Bathing Fatality. Hay
A magisterial inquiry was held to-day by the coroner respecting the death of John J. Nagle railway porter, who was drowned in the Murrumbidgee River. Yesterday forenoon…
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Drowned in the Murrumbidgee
WAGGA, Monday.--Albert Edward Edney. aged 17, son of James Edney, blacksmith, was drowned in the Murrumbidgee yesterday afternoon. He was swimming with two companions…
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LONDON, Monday.--A truck of gunpowder at Sandford, Indiana, exploded, wrecking a passenger train, which at the time was standing in a siding…
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Yesterday afternoon Albert Edward Edney, aged 17, was drowned while attempting to swim across the Murrumbidgee. Two companions swam out to assist him, but were…
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William Webb, of M[?]thorpe, who occupies the position of inspector on the northern line, was examining a truck and whilst in the act of jumping off, a ring he was wearing…
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A terrible accident occurred at Morgilla on Wednesday. A little girl named Jamieson discovered a plug of dynamite secreted in a stable, and was…
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A 7-year-old boy named Charles Alfred Brookes, residing with his parents at 158 George-street West, met a shocking death this afternoon. His mother, who was in the front…
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While riding in a cart along Cook's Riverroad, St. Peters, yesterday. George Cox, 29, residing at 83 Denison-street, Newtown, was thrown out, and received severe injuries. The…
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Shortly after noon yesterday, while Mrs. Ada Hickey was alighting from a tram at Johnstonstreet. Annandale with her little son, John Hickey, aged 1 year and 8 months, she fell…
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Mr. Waters, catechist to the Rev. Vaughan Rose, of this parish, met with a serious accident last night while driving to Sunny Corner to hold Divine service. The breeching…
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A horse Lord Kitchener was riding d[?]rin the military manoeuvres at Poona put one of its hind legs in a hole. The animal fell, and rolled down a steep bank…
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The inquiry by a Departmental Board concerning the recent railway accident at Stanwell, is concluded. Stanwell Park is a difficult station to work, on account of the grade…
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The City Coroner, Mr. A. N. Burnett, opened an inquest yesterday afternoon concerning the death, of a seaman named Wm. Howcroft, which occurred on December 3, as the result of a fall…
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Immediately the report was received by the Railway Commissioners of the accident at Stan well Park on Friday, when a train of trucks collided with a standing train, also of trucks…
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COOMA, Tuesday.--At the adjourned inquest concerning the death of Andrew Butler, who was found on the bank of Rock Flat Creek on Monday week, a verdict of death from…
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Charles Alfred Brookes, 7, residing in George-street West, was so severely burned about the body and legs on Monday that he died from his injuries yesterday. His mother,…
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While on the beach, gathering cockles, on Friday morning, at Crescent Head, Mr. and Mrs. James Brenton, of Kemp sey, were washed out to sea, and both…
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LISMORE, Tuesday.--The body of a man, James Poole, was recovered from the river near the Government wharf last evening. The deceased, who was a cook at a survey camp, was…
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A young, man named William Atkinson, who resides at Mentone-street, Burwood, met with a painful accident at Hunter's Hill this morning. He was riding a bicycle down…
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Albert Windra, lorry-driver, was killed to-day in a very simple way. The lorry he was driving passed over a rut, and Windra was jolted from his seat. He fell forward, his…
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