A Sydney Visitor Drowned
MUDGEE, Monday.--A sad drowning fatality occurred at Wilbertree yesterday afternoon, the victim being a young man named Sydney Mullens, a resident of Paddington, who has been spending…
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The Toongabbie Bathing Fatality. Magisterial Inquiry
A magisterial inquiry was held on Friday at the Parramatta Courthouse, by Mr. T. E. MacNevin, P.M., District Coroner, touching the cause of death of Patrick Keane, the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Tasmania. Fatality Al Queenstown. Queenstown
A shocking accident, by which a young man named Otto Darko was instantly killed, occurred this afternoon at Lyall Reduction Works. Darko was engaged in getting the aerial ropeway into working order a…
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The last mail brought news that Nelson, the well-known American champion racing man, had died in New York after the amputation of a leg caused by an accident while racing. Nelson will be remembered…
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A fatal accident occurred at the railway station yesterday afternoon. A man named William Bone, employed as fuelman, was crushed, to death between an engine and the…
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Alice Gately, a married woman, of Strawberry Hills, was found with her two-year-old baby at Burwood railway station yesterday, just after the 11.30 a.m. train from Redfern…
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A narrow escape from serious injury was experienced yesterday by a married woman named Alice Gateley, of Strawberry-hills, and her baby two years of age, both of whom were…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Bonfires and Blue Metal. a Woolloomooloo Wake-up. Two Policemen Injured
New Year's Eve in the city streets, free as it was from serious accident, was not allowed to pass without a demonstration of rowdyism. The disturbance arose out of the custom of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Second Edition. Disturbance at Woolloomooloo. the Lighting of Bonfires. Two Policemen Injured
Despite the vast crowds which thronged the city streets up till 12 o'clock last night there was almost an entire absence of accidents. At the various hospitals a few minor cases were treated; but it was…
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NEWCASTLE, Wednesday.—A miner named Chalmers died at Minmi this morning, from the effects of an accident at the No. 2 Minmi pit, which took place yesterday. While at work in…
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Very few accidents occurred on New Year's Eve. Spoken to this morning, Mr. J. D. Holt, chief executive officer of the Civil Ambulance Brigade, said: "We had nothing worth…
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ALBURY, Wednesday.—A man named Edward O'Donnell, a miner, from Rutherglen (Vic.), fell down stairs at the Rose Hotel on Christmas Eve, sustaining severe internal injuries. He was…
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A number of young men were skylarking on the banks of the River Murray yesterday evening, when two of them, King and M'Lennan, agreed to have a foot race. They had got on the mark, when one…
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A sailor named Albert Ditchfield, 44, was assisting to lower a gangway on the steamer Elingamite yesterday when it slipped and [?]ll upon his left leg, fracturing it. Ditchfield was removed by the Civil…
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Lily Young, about 13 years of age, who resides with her parents in Milson-street, North Sydney, this afternoon fell down the pavilion steps, about 20 feet, at the Clifton Gardens,…
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The wire of David Mills, a sailor, aged 33, who had committed suicide by taking poison, had a strange narrative of accidents to tell Mr. Coroner Baxter, of London…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fatal Accidents Near Albury
ALBURY, Tuesday.--Edward O'Donnell, a Rutherglen miner, who was spending his holidays in Albury, fell downstairs at the Rose Hotel on Christmas night. He was admitted…
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TRANGIE, Monday.--An accident, which terminated fatally, happened to Samuel. Tanswell, an old inhabitant, on Saturday night. Whilst getting over his back fence for the purpose of…
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EMMAVILLE, Tuesday.--A sad accident, which proved fatal, happened last Sunday at Torrington. Mr. Colin M'Dowall and Miss Uren were out riding, when by some means Miss…
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BOMBALA, Monday.--An accident of a very painful nature happened to a young man named William Combon on Saturday. Comben had been all night at a dance on Friday, and early…
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