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News reached us on Friday afternoon of last week, just as we were going to press, that Mr Henry Colless, one of the oldest guards on the western line (Penrith section),…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →On Wednesday last Mr. William Robertson, overseer of Tyree station, near Dundaloo, via Trangle, was riding across the plain when his horse fell to the ground and rolled on him. The injured man…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →William Bennett, 18, who lived at Botany road, North Botany, met his death yesterday afternoon. It is stated that the young fellow climbed a tree to secure a pigeon which had…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Yesterday evening an infant named Charles Parker, whose parents reside at the True Blue Lease, was drowned. Mrs. Parker had occasion to go out of her house for a few minutes, and she left…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Several bathers who frequent the Bondi Beach at early morning had a narrow escape from drowning about 6.30 this morning. The Rev. R. M'Keown, Messrs. Septimus…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A serious explosion has occurred at Barrow- in -Furness, where several submarine torpedoboats are being, constructed. The explosion took place while a battery on…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A sensational occurrence is reported from Yalgoo. The Deputy Postmaster-General received the following telegram to-day from that town:—" I regret to report that a serious accident happened to-day. A…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The Civil Ambulance Brigade met the western mail train at Redfern yesterday morning, and conveyed Mr. William Robertson, manager of Tyrie Station, Bundaloo, to "Molong," private…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A young English nobleman, in a frightful railway accident, missed his valet. One of the guards came up to him and said, "My lord, we…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The express from Adelaide to Broken Hill stopped suddenly near Gumbowie at 11 o'clock last night. The piston rod had snapped and forced out the end of the cylinder box. The accident occurred just as…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →On Sunday evening lost Thomas Shaw, 21, a resident of Fitzgerald-street, Marrickville, had a quarrel with another young man. The two came to blows, unit Shaw was knocked down, his head striking the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →James Moore, 43, living at Salisbury—road, Waterloo, had his right arm severely lacerated in some machinery yesterday while working at a local brick-making establishment. He was taken to…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Some mystery attaches to the death of an engineer named David Charles Johnson, aged 27 years, lately residing in Lambton-street, Waratah, which was investigated at the Coroner's…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →AN accident, which by a mere fluke did not cause the death or maiming of a lady and a lad with her, happened on Skidmore’s Bridge, Rockdale, on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A painful accident happened to Mr. A. Leabeater (Parramatta's leading cornet-player) a few days Ago. It appears be, with others, was getting through a barbed-wire fence, and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →On Tuesday a little girl, Mary Sonter, was treated at the Parramatta Hospital for a burnt wrist. The child, who was only four years of age, had sustained her painful injury whilst…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A collision occurred in the Harbor shortly after midnight between the steamers Eurimbla, of the Adelaide Steamship Co., outward bound for Melbourne, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A shocking tram accident occurred to-day. The wife of Mr.C. E. Goodall, engineer, had her head cut off, owing to a collision…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Lily Ogden, aged 2 1/2 years, residing at Ferdinand and Rose streets, Balmain, was fatally burned on Sunday morning, through her clothes catching fire. The only other member of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Shortly after 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon, a boy named John M'Grath, residing at 175 Harris-street, Pyrmont, was playing on one of the Jetties at Fort Macquaric, when he fell into the…
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