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The city coroner conducted an inquest at Ralph's Hotel this afternoon on the body of the young seaman named Herbert Neilson, 18 years of age, who died at a late hour last night in Newcastle Hospital from the effects of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →At the rear of a nursery in Dobroyde, in the police district of Ashfield, there is a disused quarry partly filled with water. This appears to be a favorite spot for the juvenile population…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Master Joseph Stone, aged 16, son of Mr. and Mrs. M. Stone, Glebe-road, Glebe, was drowned accidentally whilst bathing in Wallis Creek, West Maitland, on the 7th inst. The…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Sir,-Last Sunday afternoon, I was taking my usual bath at the Bondi Baths, when I witnessed an act which I think should be brought under the notice of the proper authorities. A boy about 15…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Sir,-I should be pleased if you would kindly insert my disinterested testimony, regarding the above. Having travelled continuously for nearly seven days in corridor cars in Rhodesia, and…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A public meeting was held in the Rockdale Town-hall on Wednesday evening for the purpose of arranging assistance for the sufferers by the recent railway accident. The Mayor of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Deputy Coroner, Dr. Todd, held an inquiry at Ashfield on the body of Alfred Dobbs (14), of Junior-street, Leichhardt, who was drowned in a waterhole at Dobroyde on…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →The Railway Commissioner has received a report from Olary signalman to the effect that a goods train from Cockburn, and due at Olary at 10.7 a.m. on Friday, was run into by another…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The Deputy City Coroner, Dr. R. H. Todd, conducted a magisterial inquiry yesterday at the Elswick Hotel, Leichhardt, into the circumstances attendant upon the death of the lad…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →NARROMINE, Friday.-- A fatal accident ococ[?]urred to-day at Kurrajang, near Mungeribar. It appears that a man named John Corbett, well known in this district, and late proprietor of…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The following is a list of these who were injured:— AT PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL. Matthew Doyle, aged 45, married, engme-driver of the ill-fated train, residing at 13 Stream-street…
Continued on Trove, page 471 →James Clemow, lamp-trimmer, employed by the Tramway Department, met with a serious accident yesterday, while at work at the tram yard, Bridge-street. He is said to have…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Mr. T. E. MacNevin, P.M., District Coroner, held an inquest at the Newington Asylum on Wednesday afternoon on the body of a man found the previous evening…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The collision between the yacht volunteer and the ferry steamer Lady Hampden, which occurred in Sydney Harbor on January 19, was inquired into, Judge Backhouse presiding. The…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →A goods train from Cockburn to-day was run into by another goods train just as the former had pulled into the yard. Both engines were disabled, several trucks were smashed, and the line was blocked…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →In No. 2 District Court on Friday, the Marine Court, consisting of his Honor Judge Backhouse and Captains John Vine Hall and John Mackenzie (assessors), held an inquiry into the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The running down of the yacht Volunteer by the ferry steamer Lady Hampden, on the afternoon of January 19, was inquired into by the Marine Court (Judge Backhouse,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →After being free from a serious railway accident for a considerable time, Sydney was startled on the evening of February 15 to hear of a terrible disaster on the Illawarra line, near the Sydenham…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →On Thursday afternoon Mr J H Baxter, son of Mr Baxter, of Valley Heights, a highly respected resident, met with a very serious and painful accident at North…
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