A Fatal Racing Accident
MORUYA, Monday.--Word came into town on Saturday night that the young man John Buchan, who was thrown at the Bateman's Bay races on Boxing Day, had succumbed to his injuries,…
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Newcastle. Colliery Fatality at Minmi
A miner named Francis Chalmers died at Minmi at 7 a.m. yesterday from the effects of injuries received on the previous day at Brown's No. 2 Colliery. After the accident deceased…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Disturbance at Woolloomooloo. the Lighting of Bonfires. Two Policemen Injured
Despite the vast crowds which thronged the city streets up till 12 o'clock on Tuesday night there was almost an entire absence of accidents. At the various hospitals a few minor cases were treated but it was…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Sensational Mining Accident. a Wonderful Escape
A telegram from Bendigo says: The most sensational accident of the year occurred at the South Bendigo Mine on Tuesday afternoon, and the providential escape of a miner named Charted…
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Mr. H. H. Capper was thrown from his buggy in High-street this afternoon, sustaining painful abrasions to his head and arms…
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A miner named Francis Chamlmers, lately residing at Minmi, died at 7 o'clock this morning from the effects of injuries received in an accident at Messrs. J. and A. Brown's No. 2 pit at Minmi yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Accident at Clifton Gardens
Lily Young, about 13 years of age, who resides with her parents in Milson-street, North Sydney, yesterday fell down the pavilion steps, about 20 feet, at the Clifton Gardens,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Accident to the Rotorua
The steamer Rotorua, on her way from Picton to Nelson (N.Z.), had a narrow escape recently, and was actually ashore at the French Pass for some time, but fortunately escaped serious…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Accident at a Picnic
Whilst playing near the pavilion at Correy's picnic grounds, Cabarita, yesterday afternoon, Lily Young (12), residing with her parents in Milson-street, North Sydney, fell down, some…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Mining Fatality
The City Coroner conducted an inquest at the Railway Hotel, Miumi, to-day, on the body of a miner named Francis Chalmers, a single man, 46 years of age, who died yesterday from the effects of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A Railway Fatality. Orange
An inquiry was held before Mr. Marriott, coroner, yesterday into the death of William Bone, a fuelman, who was killed at the railway station yesterday. Deceased jumped on the steps of the tender…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Juvenile Shooting Affray. Two Boys Injured. Deniliquin
A peculiar shooting affray occurred yesterday afternoon at Edwards River, about three-quarters of a mile above the waterworks. Three lads, aged each about 14 years, and named Garstang, Mitchell,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Accident. at Darling Harbor
A point-cleaner, named Charles Emmett, 34, who resides at No. 624 Harris-street, Ultimo, and who is employed at the Darling Harbor railway yard, this morning met with a serious accident…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Accident to Dr. Rentoul
The injury received by the Rev. Dr. Rantoul while cycling in Tasmania is more serious than was at first thought. A bone of the right arm has been found to be fractured…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Young Woman Accidentally Shot
On New Year's Eve a youth named Condon, whilst out shooting birds at the Eleven Mile Camp, on the New Gladstone-Rockhampton railway line, accidentally shot a young woman named Eveline…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Accidents. Albury
Alderman J. C. Chenery, Mayor of Albury, attempted yesterday evening to cross the Murray in a sulky in which were two children. The horse became restive and plunged from the ford into deep…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Rfscued From Drowning
A plucky rescue front drowning took place on New Year's Day in the Lane Cove River. A lady, one of a party of picnickers, was stopping from the wharf at Fig Tree to a rowing boat, when…
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A telegram has been received from Apollo Bay announcing that Arthur Ramsden, aged 50, and Frank Ramsden, 16, were accidentally drowned off Cape Patten this evening whilst fishing off the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Injured at Work
Joseph Swan, aged 65, a shipwright, of Theodore-street, Balmain, was working yesterday evening with an adze when the tool slipped and struck him on the left leg, in which it…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Casualties. a Shipwright Injured
Joseph Swan (65), a shipwright, living in Theodore-street, Balmain, was engaged at his work yesterday afternoon, when his adze slipped,and severed an artery in his left leg. He was…
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