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BRISBANE, Thursday.--Messrs. Aplin, Brown, and Crawshay, agents for the Northern Steamship Company, have received advices from the Coen River, stating that the steamer Quiraing,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →John Hillier (30) was admitted for treatment at the Sydney Hospital last evening suffering from concussion of the brain, caused by a fall from a bicycle. Hillier is the keeper of the Zoological Gardens, and it was there…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Mr. J. C. Woore, J. P., the City Coroner, resumed the [?]quest yesterday as to the cause of death of James Noble, labourer, aged 33, who lived at 137 Newell-street, Marrickville. Deceased was on board…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →LONDON, April 18, 3.30 p.m.—The inquiry into the loss of the Union Company's Royal Mail steamer Mexican, which sank after having been in collision with the transport Winkfield near…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Yesterday the City Coroner held an inquiry into the death of the woman whose body was found in Darling Harbour, near the foot of Bathurst-street, on Thursday…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The transport steamer Manchester Port was being assisted by two tugs this morning from South Brisbane, wharf to Pinkenba, when the tow line broke, and the vessel struck…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →MUNGINDI, Friday.—The Royal mail coach running between Moree and Mungindi was upset eighteen miles outside of Moree. It appears that the coach was crossing Welbon Creek, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →At about 5 o'clock on Tuesday Peter Burg, aged 58, residing in Cleveland-street, Darlington, and employed by Messrs Tooth and Co., was driving along George-street…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →MANY a time a man is invited out to dinner, and seeing some delicacies on the table, he partakes of them. But as soon as he leaves his friend's house, with his stomach full, he feels as if he has met with…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →MITTAGONG, Saturday.—Then Bearing Braemar Platform yesterday afternon, the truck of No. 32 goods train, bound from Goulburn to Sydney, jumped the rails, running 400yds, and dragging…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →BRISBANE, Saturday.—The actual cause of the accident to the Imperial transport Manchester Port was the breakage of towage hawser. It has leaked out that the rope was actually cut. The detective branch was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mr. Henry Selfe engineer's surveyor to the Board of Navigation, continuing his evidence, said the new Navigation Act came into force on March 17, but he had not inspected any vessels…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →BRISBANE, Friday Afternoon.—An unfortunate accident happened to the Imperial transport steamer Manchester Port, which left the wharf at South Brisbane early this morning to proceed…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The transport Manchester Port was proceeding down the river to berth at Pmkenba, when one of the tow ropes broke. The steamer struck the rocks and knocked a hole in her bottom plates of No. 1…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Mr, Jossph Atkins, of Canningalls, was injured yesterday owing to a tree falling on him. He had several ribs broken, and received other serious injuries…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →The mail coach running between Moree and Mungindi was upset 18 miles out of Moree, while crossing Welbon Creek, when the brake failed to act. The driver was thrown out,…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →This morning, through a horse bolting, an old lady named Corbett, from Cobram, Victoria, was thrown out of a buggy, and killed…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Mr. Henry Selfe, continuing his evidence at the inquest held yesterday afternoon said that the engineer could not have discovered the defect in cleaning the boiler. He…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The inquest concerning the death of James Noble, who was killed as the result of a boiler explosion on board the steam launch Young Charlie, in Woolloomooloo Bay, on Saturday last, was resumed at the Coroner's Court,…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Advices were received by the Railway Commissioners yesterday afternoon to the effect that a goods train had met with an accident between Colo Vale and Mittagong, a large number of…
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