The Quay Tram Accident
The foreigner who was admitted to Sydney Hospital this morning (as reported in our first edition, on page 4), suffering from injuries sustained by being run over by a tram, has given…
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The foreigner who was admitted to Sydney Hospital this morning (as reported in our first edition, on page 4), suffering from injuries sustained by being run over by a tram, has given…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →At Circular Quay this morning another accident was credited to the electric trams. It appears that a foreigner, Woolfe Kimerling, was standing between the two lines, and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A fatal gun accident occurred at Toolern on Sunday evening. Thos. Sexton, aged 6, and his brother Cornelius, 12, went out shooting rabbits with an old muzzle-loading double-barrelled gun…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The city Coroner yesterday continued the investigation into the death of the man Archibald Horny Wiseman (28), who was killed by a trum near Bel[?] Park on Saturday night. Deceased had resided at 31…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Early yesterday morning a man named George Fairfield, aged 22-years, lately residing with his mother in Cleveland-street, and employed as a carter by Anthony Hordern and Sons, was killed through being thrown from…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The little daughter of the Rev. W. Atkinson, a year and six months old, had the misfortune to break its forearm in a fall a few days ago. The limb was set by Dr. Brown, and the child…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Claude White, a lad 10 years of age, was taken to the Parramatta Hospital on Saturday last, suffering from a misty wound on the upper part of the thigh, caused by him getting caught…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Frederick Nelson and several men belonging to the sailor gang were engaged shifting a 12-ton boiler in the vicinity of Stewart's shaft, Proprietary mine. Nelson was standing with a chock in his…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The inquest on the body of the miner M 'Auley, who was killed by an explosion in the Cobar coppermine was concluded. The evidence of the " goingoff " shift was to the effect that six holes were left…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →George Baker, aged 18, employed by Alderman Blaikie, of The Cottage, Mulgoa, was drowned in the Mulgoa Creek this morning. He went out on horseback to bring in cows, which had been rounded…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A middle-aged man named Woollf Kinerling was admitted to the Sydney Hospital yesterday, suffering from a serious injury to one of his legs, above the ankle. He was knocked down and run over by an electric tram at…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Douglas Porter, aged 26 years, contractor, residing in Jesson-street, Alexandria, met with a painful accident at the Lyceum Theatre last night. He was descending a night of slips, when he slipped and fell to the bottom,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A middle-aged man named William Whalen was killed yesterday at Mr. James Howard's farm, near Broken dam, owing to a tree falling upon him while he was engaged in grubbing and clearing. This is…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A drowning fatality occurred at Robertson Park yesterday. Thomas Brooks, aged 11 years, a nephew of Mr. J. M'Pherson, was on his way home from a paddock, and had to cross by means of a log…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →This morning about 11.15 a carter named James Conday, aged 48, living at 22 Glebestreet, Glebe, fell from his waggon in Jonesstreet, Ultimo. The Civil Ambulance Brigade…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →On Wednesday morning last a young man named George Baker, 18 years of age, employed by Alderman A J Blaikie, dairyman at 'The Cottage,' Mulgoa, was drowned in the Mulgoa Creek, It had…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Mr. A. D. Badgery, district coroner, conducted an inquest to-day concerning the death of Thomas Jerrett Brooks, aged 11, who was drowned in the creek at Robertson Park on Wednesday. There was…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →MURRURUNDI, Friday. -- This morning a daughter of the late Mr. Douglas Martin, aged seven years, when playing about on the railway line into the Government quarry at Doughboy…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →A somewhat peculiar fatal accident happened at Maffra early this morning. A young farmer, Samuel Weatherley, was returning from a ball given to conclude the Queen's Birthday…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →LONDON, May 16.—Owing to two boats coming into collision during a fete on the lake at Ronciglione, Italy, 35 children were drowned…
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