Teetotaler Drowned in Stout
James Canham, of Walthamstow, near London, who for many years had been a staunch teetotaller was drowned last month in a vat of [?] He was employed at an East End…
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Bond Tram Fatality the Inquest
An inquest was held yesterday into the death of Thomas Williams, 34, who was knocked down and killed by a tram near the Bondi Junction on the 29th ult…
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At the Central mine early this morning John Harris was in charge of the grinding pans in the new mill, and one of the chutes becoming blocked he sought to free it. He jumped…
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A collision took place on Wednesday on the South Bull[?] tram line, where six lecomotives ware engaged in hauling waggons to die jetty. It became necessary, owing to…
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Another fatality occurred in the Central mine at 4 o'clock this morning. Following so closely on the death of the man Johnson, who was electrocuted last night by catching…
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An accident resulting in the death o[?] Richard Osborne a driver, occurred on South Bulli colliery's tramline this afternoon. An unusually heavy load of hoppers, necessitating…
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PERTH, Wednesday.--Geraldton telegrams report the total wreck of the steamer Windsor at the Abrolhos Islands. The windsor left Fremantle on Saturday for…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Three Engines in Collision. Coupled Tp 61 Waggons. One Driver Dies of Heart Failure. Half an Hour Afterwards
BULLI, Wednesday.--A fatal colliery tram way accident happened on the South Buill colliery tramway, owned by the Bellambi Coal Company, about midday' to-day. The company's…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Invalidity and Accident Pensions
The friends of those persons who are permanently incapacitated from supporting themselves owing to sickness or accident should note that the Invalidity and…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Peculiar Accident at Miller's Point. Fall of a Wall. Contractor's Narrow Escape
Portion of a stone wall recently erected, in Moore's-road, Miller's Point, for the purpose of enclosing Dalgety Terrace, fell into the roadway shortly after noon to-day…
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David Lioyd Davies, who was injured while, attempting to board a moving tram in Scottstreet on Monday afternoon, died in the Newcastle Hospital last night. Deceased jumped…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Coroner's Inquests. Fatal Tram Accident
The Acting City Coroner (Mr. S. Murphy, S.M.) yesterday held on inquest touching the death of Thomas Williams, 36, wharf-labourer, residing [?] Edgecliff-road, Woollahra, who died in St. Vincent's…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Engines in Collison Serious Accident at Bulli, Wollongong
A serious collision between two engines happened this evening on the South .Bull Colliery line, which was followed by the death of Driver Osborne through heart failure…
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Mr. Stephen Murphy, acting-city coroner, hold an inquiry yesterday into the circumstances surrounding the death of George Feck, who died at his residence, Hurstville, from…
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Two policemen are at present off duty suffering from injuries sustained through assaults by street nullians. They are Constables Mitchell and Nolan, and both are…
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John Hall, a resident of Newtown, while working at the Metropolitan mine, Helensburgh, yesterday, was crushed between a skip and a post. He was brought to Sydney and…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Missing Jeweller. Found Drowned
The Water Police wore informed by a Watson's Bay fisherman yesterday that a body was floating in Vaucluse Bay. Sergeant Wallace went to the spot in the police launch and…
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A fisherman at Vaucluse Bay, named peter Newton, yesterday saw the body of a man floating in the bay. The Water Police were communicated with, and Sergeant Wallace…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Drowned in a Blowhole. Young Lady's Fate
HOBART. Friday.—A dreadful fatality occur red at Eaglehawk Neck, at a spot known as the Blowhole A young lady named Green, aged 19, was washed off the rocks while a heavy sea was…
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WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Thursday.--The steamer Moeraki, which arrived from Sydney to-day, experienced a very rough passage. Mr. Grant a passenger had an arm broken and his head…
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