A Peculiar Accident
A rather peculiar accident, of which Miss Grace Thompson was the victim, occurred late on Saturday night. The young lady, who had been attending a theatre party, was…
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Harbor Collision
The steamer Wakatipu, form Tasmania, collided with the outgoing steamer Eurimbla just off Bradley's Head on sunday morning carly. Bath…
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OBERON, Monday.--At a magisterial inquiry held at the residence of Mr. Arthur Knauf, Willow Spring, it was found that Dora Knauf, aged 6 years, the daughter of Arthur Knauf,…
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A middle-aged man named George Stephens, lately residing in Hart-street, Paddington, died in St. Vincent's Hospital yesterday. The deceased, it may,he remembered, fell from a cable tram in…
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A magisterial Inquiry was held yesterday concerning the death of Lily Gertrude Ogden, aged two years and a half, which occurred at the Balmain Cottage Hospital on Sunday afternoon, from…
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There was very little alteration in the position Of the stranded steamer Wato[?] in Neutral Bay this morning. There are still several lighters alongside the vessel, belonging to the Sydney…
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Salvage work was started at the sunken steamer Wakatipu in Neutral Bay yesterday, and the operations wore watched with considerable interest, throughout the day…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wakatipu-eurimbla Collision. Position of the Wakatipu Unchanged. Efforts to Refloat the Vessel Patching the Hole in Her Side. Divers and Wharf Labourers at Work. the Eurimbla. the Official Inquiry
The steamship Wakatipu, of the Union Company's line, wich was severely damaged in collision with the Eurimbla early on Sunday morning, and which was beached at the head of Neutral Bay to prevent…
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George Stephens, a middle-aged man, lately residing at Hart-street; Paddington, died in St. Vincent's Hospital, on Monday evening. He fell from a cable tram in New South Head-road, neat…
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A serious accident occurred on the Cunnock-road on Saturday night. Mr. Bert Cockbaine, son of the proprietor of the Freemisons' Hotel, was out driving, accompanied by Misses Jessie Scoles and Annie…
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While playing at her father's residence, 80 Louisaroad, Long Nose Point, on the 7th instant, Helen Harrington, aged 9 years, fell a distance of 15ft., sustaining a depressed fracture of the skull and…
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Arthur Robertson, a boy of 10, was seriously injured this morning near Belmore Park. He was riding a horse, when he came into collision with a horse and cart near…
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On Sunday morning last, about 11 o'clock, while the baths at Lady Robinson's Beach were crowded with people, a bather in the ladies' section was seen to be drowning. She had got out…
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Early on Sunday morning a serious collision occurred off Bradley's Head between the wellknown interstate steamships Wakatipu and Eurimbla which resulted in serious damage to both…
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The City Coroner (Mr. J. C. Woore) held an inquiry yesterday respecting the death of a single man named George Stephens, 40, clerk, lately residing at 2 Hart-street, Paddington. It was stated…
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An action, resulting out of a collision between a cab and an electric tram on October 20 last, was heard before Judge Backhouse and a jury in the Metropolitan District Court yesterday the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Marine Inquiry. Alexandra-Guthrey Collision
Judge Backhouse and Captains John Vine Hall and Henry Witherspoon, assessors, conducted a marine inquiry in No. 1 Court to-day into the circumstances attending the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Compositor Drowned. Inverell
The body of John Boggs, a compositor, was found in a shallow hole in the river on Sunday. Deceased was seen sitting on the bank earlier in the day. At an iuquiry yesterday a finding of found drowned…
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The Marine Court—Judge Backhouse, who had with him Captains John Vine Hall and Henry Wetherspoon as assessors—held an inquiry in the No. 1 District Court to-day, into the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Collision in George-st. Verdict for £50
A cab and tram collision formed the subject of a suit in the District Court yesterday, before Judge Backhouse and a jury of four. The plaintiff was-Lovatt Davidson, cabman,…
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