A Peculiar Accident. Hay
A young man named Gilbert M'Gill was shooting at galahs to-day, when his gun burst. A piece of the cartridge was blown into one of his eyes. He was admitted to…
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Railway Accident. Mail Train Collides with a Truck. Rolling-stock Damaged. Singleton
The north-west mail train met with a mishap last night near the home signal, just before running into the local station. It appears that prior to the arrival of the mail…
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MANDURAMA, Friday.--Mr. Charles U. T. Burke, of Lyndhurst, met with a serious accident yesterday while out shooting foxes. He was getting through a fence, when one barrel…
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NARRABRI, Friday.--The mail train arrived an hour late this morning, owing to an accident at Singleton. It appears that the ballast train did not quite clear the points, and the engine…
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A few days ago, Captain Mance (late commander of the Sydney Ferries fleet), had the bud luck to break a rib through slipping on a ladder whilst he was picking…
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Mrs. Grossmann, mother of Mr. Cecil Grossmann, of this town, miraculously escaped a violent death ia Sydney the other evening. She had been visiting some…
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Henry Rowlands (18) employed at Mr. Jno. Toohey's factory, George-street, Parramatta, had the had fortune the other day to get one of his fingers crushed in a…
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The inquest on the body of the late Mrs. Emily Morris, the victim of the Stanwell Park railway accident, was resumed before the Deputy Coroner and a jury on Monday…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Two Young Men Drowned. in Sight of Their Brother. Melbourne
Sidney A. Guest, aged 23, and Allison Guest, aged 21, went out duck shooting at Horsham yesterday. They entered the big salt lake towards the evening to recover some birds…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Sailors and the Sea Compensation to the Injured Some Curious Cases the Bite of a Cat
A captain of a ship at present at Sydney in deploring the fact that practically the wh[?] of his crew had deserted. whilst his yeasel was getting ready for sea, said that…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Dangers Miners Run. Two Accidents at Kurri Kurri. Kurri Kurri
Clarence Bocks, a miner at the Pelaw-Main colliery, was yesterday struck by a fall of coal, and had his left hip dislocated. He was admitted to the Kurri Hospital…
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Thomas Joseph Massey, a twelve months' old child, died at the Children's Hospital', Camper-down, on Saturday, from the effects of scalds received: on Friday evening at his home at The…
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An inquest was held on Monday into the drowning of George Williamson, lately residing In Brougham-street, Woolloomooloo, whose body was found In the water near Cowper…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Train and Vehicle Collision. Woman Killed. Two Persons Injured
WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Monday.--While a coach was crossing the railway line near Nolson, a train crashed into the vehicle. Mrs. K Tilbury, a passenger, was killed outright, her…
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Mr. Stephen Murphy, Acting City Coroner, held an inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the death of George Williamson, a stevedore's storekeeper, at Woolloomooloo, who…
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On Monday afternoon the Parramatta Coroner, Mr. W. Clark, D.S.M., opened an inquest at Parramatta on the body of a man named John Gentleman, who was knocked…
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Yesterday the Acting Coroner (Mr. S Murphy, P.M.) held an inquest touching the death of George Williamson, 53, storekeeper at a stevedore's shop in Woolloomooloo Bay, whose body was recovered from near where…
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Yesterday, at the Coroner's Court, Mr. S. Murphy, Acting City Coroner, held an inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the death of George Williamson, a former…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Glaucus-- Wareatea Collision. Marine Court Judgment
MELBOURNE, Saturday.--At the Bitting of the Court of Marine inquiry to further inquire into the collision which took place on November 30 off Point Nopean between the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Another Vicious Attack Two Policemen Roughly Handed One Seriously Injured
Wharf-street, which has the reputation of being the resort of roughs, was the scene of a brutal attack on the police on Saturday night. About 11 p.m. Constable Mitchell saw…
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