Fatal Pea-rifle Accident
URANA, Monday.--At the magisterial inquiry touching the death of a young man named Frederick Lewis, who died at Ferndale Estate on Saturday as the result of a pea-rifle bullet…
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Fatal Shooting Accident
LITHGOW, Monday.--This morning the death was announced of the young girl. Annie Hope Ducker, aged 17, residing at South Bowenfels, whose injuries through the accidental discharge…
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A collision, fortunately unattended by serious result, occurred between two sulkies in George-street, near the Haymarket, on Tuesday afternoon. The report of the affair, made by…
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Mr. George W. P. Johnston, an engineer, was awarded, in the King's Bench, London, £3000 damages against the Great Western Railway Company for injuries received while…
Continued on Trove, page 36 →A Lad Drowned. Perth (W.a.)
Robert Wilson Gribble, a lad, was accidentally drowned yesterday in a clay hole. He could swim, but in diving he struck his head on an old submerged windlass. The blow,…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Coogee-fortunato Figari Collision. Court of Marine Inquiry. Melbourne
The Court of Marine Inquiry commenced an investigation to-day concerning the collision between the steamer Coogee and the Italian vessel Fortunato Figari on Christmas morning in Bass Straits. The…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Man Fatally Injured. Run Over by Locomotive. [By Telegraph.] WOLLONGONG
A man named John Murphy, whilst proceeding yesterday up Mount Kembla colliery incline was run over by a locomotive, and fatally injured. It appears that Murphy, who…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Casualties. Recent Fatal Waggonette Accident. a Generous Jury. Cooma
At the inquest held at Kara station, near Berridale, by the western district coroner, Mr. H. Merrett, touching the death of Ellen Jane Gilchrist, wife o John Evelay Gilchrist, who was killed by being…
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EMMAVILLE, Tuesday.--A sad accident happened at Rose Valley yesterday evening to William Lennon, eldest son of Mrs. James Lennon, of this town. He was working with his…
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Recently Mr. Estell, M.L.A., introduced to the N.S.W. Minister for Mines at Sydney a deputation representing the miners who contributed to the Miners' Accident Relief Fund, and presented…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →The Late Tragic Accident The Death of Mrs. Lemarchaand. Magisterial Enquiry
On Monday n magisterial enquiry wag hold not the Parramatta Courthouse by Mr. T. 13. MsoNevin,S.M.,Parramatta's District Coroner, touching the death of Mrs Lemarchand, who…
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Mr. Fred. Thorpe, the crack golfer of Harris Park, met with a painful accident on Saturday, while doing a round on the Marrickville links. He was lifting a ball…
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The body of an unknown man, dressed in a black ribbed pair of trousers and double-breasted pilot coat, was found floating about 50ft. from the beach at Sans Souci yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Coogee Collision. Marine Inquiry. To-day's Evidence
MELBOURNE, Thursday.— The Inquiry by the Court of Marine Inquiry into the circumstances attending the Coogee-Fortunato Figari collision was continued to-day…
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AUCKLAND, Wednesday.--The Jury has found that the fatal tram collision on Christmas Eve was caused by the ratchet brake falling to act, causing the motorman to lose his head, and,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →COLLISION. Coogee-Fortunato Figari Affair. [By Telegraph.] MELBOURNE
The investigation into the circumstances attending the collision between the Coogee and the Fortunato Figari was continued today. Henry Thomas Dixon, a seaman on the…
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An elderly domestic servant named Bridget D. Halloran, employed by Mrs. Campbell, of Qarrington-road, Waverley, was crossing the tram line at Charing Cross, Waverley, last…
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The Acting City Coroner (Dr. R. H. Todd) resumed the inquest at the Coroner's Court this morning on the body of a wharf labourer named John Joseph Carl, aged 59, who died…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Coogee-fortunato Figari Collision. Court of Marine Inquiry. Evidence of the Fortunato Figari Crew. What the Lookout Saw. Melbourne
The investigation into the Coogee-Fortunato Figari collision was continued to-day by the Court of Marine Inquiry. Henry Thomas Dixson, a seaman on the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Murder Ob Accident? Tragedy Near Werris Creek. a Girl Shot Dead. While Working in the Kitchen
WERRIS CREEK, Thursday.— A shocking tragedy took place last night at Terrible Vale railway platform, four miles from here…
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