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Yesterday morning, Richard Policy, a lad of 15 years of age was drowned in Middle Harbor under sad circumstances. He and another boy, Hatwell, left Balmoral Beach in a rowing boat,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Mackay (Q.) "Mercury" of January 29 says: Sunday last witnessed one of the most remarkable instances of narrow escapes from drowning that it has been our lot to record. At Sarina Inlet,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A miner named John Pain Medhurst, aged 25, employed at the Cassilis Mine, Omeo, was kille[?] by being crushed beneath a block of stone weighing three tons. At the inquest the jury returned a…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →SUTHERLAND, Saturday.-A sad accident occurred at Gunamatta this morning to a man, while fishing. His two mates had prepared breakfast, and when one…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Two lads, named Richard Polley and Charles Atwell, left Balmoral Beach on Sunday morning in a row boat, to have a day's fishing near Grotto Point. They pulled until they reached the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A 15-year-old lad named Richard Polley, whose parents live in Denison-street, Woollahra, was drowned in Middle Harbour yesterday morning. He is said to have left…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A yonng man named Archibald Walsh, about 24 years of age, who resided with his parents at Marrickville, was drowned at Gunnamatta Bay, near Cronulla Beach, this morning. With two brothers…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →SUTHERLAND, Saturday.--A young man named Archibald Walsh was drowned in Gunnamatta Bay this morning under sad circumstances, A party of four started fishing in the morning,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →By a collision with the steamer Melbourne in Victoria Dock the German barque Amazone had several of her plates, both above and below the water-line, badly dented. The…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The District Coroner opened and adjourned an inquest, on Saturday, on the body of a young man lately residing at Marrickville, who was drowned earlier in the day at…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →For the first time since he took command of the Metropolitan Fire Brigade, Superintendent Webb bad the painful duty this morning of reporting a fatal accident to one of his men while…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →On Saturday, at midday, a corpse was accidentally cremated at Heifer station, about eight miles from Orange. Mrs. Ivers, aged 70 years, on old resident of the district, died at 11.30 that morning. The body…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Whilst Albert Brown (43), of Railway-parade, Enmore, and William Cosgrove(39), of Too-good-street, Erskineville, were engaged in the erection of a new kiln at H. Woodley and Co's…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →While the river steamer Shamrock was leaving to-day for Smithtown, a child fell overboard. Mr. Hopkinson, the engineer, sprang over the rail with all his clothes on, not even waiting to remove his…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →At about 7 o' clock this morning senior-constable Olsen found the body of a man named Alfred Banks floating in the water of the inner basin. The deceased had been employed…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Another addition to the fairly long list of deaths by drowning in waterholes was reported to the Pymble police yesterday afternoon. The victim was a 12-year-old boy named Arthur…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →About 6 o'clock yesterday afternoon a collision occurred at the corner of King and Castlereagh streets between a cable tram and a salvage waggon belonging to the Metropolitan Fire Brigade…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →At an early hour yesterday morning the MarrickVille Volunteer Fire Brigade received a call to No. 401 Parramatta-road, Leichhardt, where a fire had occurred in the premises occupied by Daniel Slade, a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A fire, attended by fatal results, occurred at the residence of Mr. Daniel Slade, produce merchant, 401 Parramatta-road, Leichhardt, at an early hour yesterday morning…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →URALLA, Monday.-On Saturday last a serious burning accident happened at Uralla. It appears that the children of Mr. M'Mahon, M.L.A., were playing in a room, and the eldest girl trod on a…
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