Supposed Drowning
Early on Thursday morning the Water Police found a man's coat and hat floating in the water at the west side of Circular Quay, near Metcalfe Bond. In one of the coat pockets was a…
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An Infant Drowned
James M'Grath Boyle, 16 months old, was drowned in Darling Harbour yesterday afternoon. The child's parents were engaged in removing their furniture from 4 School-street…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Katoomba-essex Collision
H.M.S. Katoomba returned to the be the berth she formerly occupied in Port Adelaide Harbor and it is anticipated she will remain there for a week. Whilst in harbor repairs will be…
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The dead body of an infant named James M'Grath Boyle, lately residing with his parents at School-street, Balmain, was last evening found floating in the water at the foot of…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →A Pyrmont Fatality. Coroner's Inquest
An inquest was opened b ythe City Coroner yesterday on the body of John Patrick Bancroft, who formerly kept a hairdressing saloon in Harris-street, Pyrmont, and who…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →The Pyrmont Fatality. Inquest Opened
The City Coroner held an inquest yesterday on the body of John Patrick Bancroft, who died at the Sydney Hospital on the previous day from a fractured skull. The injury is alleged to have…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Railway Disaster. Three Express Trains in Collision. Signals Obscured by Fog. Seven Persons Killed and Fifteen Injured
LONDON, Thursday Afternoon. -- The Glasgow to London express, which was following the Leeds to London express, came into collision with the latter during a fog…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Twenty Children Drowned. Fall Fifty Feet Into Swollen River
By the collapse of a suspension bridge, which had long been condemned for its rottenness, 20 school children were drowned on December 15 in the River Elk, at Charleston, West…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Butter-maker Injured. His Arm Sadly Crushed
Early this morning a foreigner named Guster Gottardo (25), a butter-maker, residing at 305 Upper Dowling-street, Darlinghurst, was placing cases of butter on to a…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A Peculiar Accident. a Juvenile Hero of Five Years
Last Sunday evening, as a little boy of two years, named John Jenkins, was playing with a ball in Roseberry-street, it went into the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire and Flowers. a Remarkable Accidental Discovery. In "Chambers's Journal," In the course of an article entitled "Forcing Flowers by the Direct Action of Fire," J. E. Whitby says:—
Great events have frequently sprung from the smallest or the most apparently Indirect causes; and a serious fire that broke out last September at Chausee-sur-Marne, between Chalons and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fatal Accident Near Mudgee. Mudgee
A terrible fatality occurred on Thursday evening on the ridges near Marshfield, Charles Blackert, aged 16, went rabbiting alone. At 6.30 it is supposed an accident occurred, as…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Plot or Accident? The Tsar's Close Call. Fired at by Artillery. Religious Ceremony Rudely Interrupted. LONDON, Friday, 2.40 p.m
The theory is gaining ground that yesterday's sensational incident at St. Petersburg was part of a plot on the life of the Tsar. Two of the gunners belonging to the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Very Serious Accident
The little 12-years-old daughter of Mr. Robert Bowerman, of Carlingford, met with a severe accident on saturday. She was playing swing on the back of a loaded…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Unhappy Russia. Czar Has a Narrow Escape. a Loaded Cannon Fired While Saluting. Several Persons Injured. Was the Shot Intentional? Arrest of Aristocratic Officers. Supposed Military Conspiracy. Excitement in St. Petersburg
LONDON, Friday. -- A sensational incident is reported from St. Petersburg, in connection with the ceremony known as "the blessing of the waters" of the Neva, and at…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Shocking Dynamite Accident. Man Blown to Pieces
Mr. G. R. M'Intosh, of M'Intosh arid Pickering, gunsmiths, &c., who was well known in sporting circles as a crack pigeon shot, met his death at Hunter's Hill on Monday morning in a frightful…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Serious Tram Accident
A shocking accident, which might have resulted fatally, occurred on Saturday in King-street, to Mr. J. B. Laing, a member of the "Hansard" staff at Parliament. Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Burning Fatality
James Bricheno, aged 67, formerly residing in Smith-street, Botany, died at the Coast Hospital on Friday afternoon from the effects of a burning accident. On the night of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A Cyclist Injured
Yesterday aftornoon Austin Baker, a mechanic, was admitted to the St. Vincents Hospital suffering from a wound in the right temple and abrasions on the face. He was…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Two Carters Injured
Two horses attached to an aerated water cart got beyond the driver's control in the neighborhood of the Ocean Beach, Coogee, on Saturday. The vehicle struck the sea wall, with the…
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