Cycling Fatality
ADELAIDE, Wednesday. --A cyclist named Chettle, collided with a pedestrian on Morphett-street Bridge at 10 to-night. The cyclist was thrown on his head and killed, his skull being…
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Injured Leg
WEE WAA, Wednesday.--Fred. Long, the manager of Cubberoo station, was brought here last night, suffering from a deep out in the calf of the leg. Dr. Willis put 15 stitches in the…
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The Acting Parramatta District Coroner conducted an inquiry at Parramatta, touching the death of a lad named John Roland Smith (who as drowned at Prospect), son of Mrs…
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ADELAIDE, Wednesday.--John Towers, employed on the Government survey boat, working near Renmark, was drowned in the River Murray on Sunday. Dragging operations were…
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Raymond Wilson, 7, son of Mr. William Wil- I son, of Merrylands, was drowned In a waterhole on his father's premises on Wednesday 'afternoon. The little boy was supposed to be play…
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WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Wednesday.--A young man Alex. M'Dougall, was drowned at Orewa whilst trying to save his wife, He went out with his wife to bathe in the creek, and the…
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A horse, the property of James O'Connor,Little Surrey-street, Darlinghurst, was drowned at Miller's Point this afternoon. Some filling in is being done at the point for the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Is the Place Dangerous. Heddon-greta Fatality. Kurri Kurri
At an inquest on the body of George Percy Crce, one of the victims of the Heddon-Greta disaster, evidence was given concerning the place where the accident occurred…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →DISTRICT. (Before Judge Rogers.) Claim by Injured Child
Harry Gilbert Goldsworthy, an infant, by John Goldsworthy, his next friend, of 504 King-street, Newtown, sued Henry Marcus Clark, of Sefton-hall, Marrickville-road, Dulwich-hill,…
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The Full Court yesterday granted a rule nisi on behalf of the defendants for a new trial in the shale blasting accident case, in which a man named Robert Francis…
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A lad named Ambrose Hampe an inmate of St. Joseph's Orphanage, Kincumber, was driving a horse attached to a dray near Woy Woy on Tuesday afternoon, when the…
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BROKEN-HILL, Wednesday.--An inquest on the body of J. F. Maloney, who was killed at the Proprietary Mine yesterday, was held to-day, and a verdict of accidental death was returned…
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Alick Ramsay, a coal-lumper, working on the collier Wallarah, in attendance on the steamer Orestes in Neutral Bay yesterday, fell from a plank, a distance of 20£t., striking a winch…
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An inquiry was held at the Coroner's Court yesterday into the circumstances surrounding the death of Philip Wilson, late of Kensington- street; city, which occurred at Sydney…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Law. Wednesday, February 19. the State Courts. Banco. (Before the Chief Justice, Sir Frederick Darley, Mr. Justice Cohen, and Mr. Justice Pring.) a Blasting Accident. Purcell V. Commonwealth Oil Corporation
The Court heard further argument on the application made on behalf of the defendants in the action Purcell v. the Commonwealth Oil Corporation, Limited, for a rule nisi, calling upon the plaintiff to show cause why the…
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An inquest was held at Parramatta yesterday concerning the death of John Roland Smith (16 years), who was drowned whilst bathing in the Emu Gravel Company's dam at Prospect. The…
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On Wednesday afternoon a little boy named Roland Wilson, aged seven years, son of Mr. W. Wilson, of Merrylands, was drowned in a waterhole near his father's residence. It…
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Mr. E. L. Maitland, D.S.M., held an inquest at the Parramatta Court-house on Wednesday afternoon touching the circumstances surrounding the death of a lad named John Smith,…
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Roland Wilson, a lad seven years of age, residing with his parents in Jersey-road, Merrylands, was missed from home on Wednesday afternoon. A search was made, and his body…
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MUDGEE, Thursday.--While playing cricket at Cooyal, Mr. J. Mahon received a severe blow on the lip with the ball. The lip was laid open, and it was found necessary to insert several…
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