School Teacher Injured
Miss Gertrude Fletcher, a school teacher at the Camdenville Public School, Newtown, was seriously injured this morning in King-street, Newtown. She was in the act of alighting…
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The Bulahdelah Fatality. Bulahdelah
An inquest was held in the courthouse at Bulahdelah on Saturday evening by Mr. Charles M'Intyre, Coroner, respecting the death of Edward Langley Whitbread, aged 20,…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →An Immigrant Drowned. Scone
At Belltrees, 22 miles from Scone, yesterday one of a number of immigrants, John Sarsfield, went with two others for a bathe in a deep hole in the Hunter River. After…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Casualties. Farmer Badly Injured. Gulgong
Mr. Henry M'Manus, sheep farmer, of Two Mile Flat, was severely injured yesterday on his farm through a limb from a tree falling on him. Dr. Maher was sent for, and found…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Good Swimmer Drowned. in a Deep Waterhole. Scone
There was an unfortunate drowning accident at Belltrees, Messrs. H. E. A. and V. White's estate, yesterday. John Sarsfield, an immigrant employed on the estate, and a good…
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ALBURY, Tuesday.—A young man, named Edmund Kelly, son of a grazier, near Albury, was drowned in the Murray on Sunday afternoon while bathing with three companions, one of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Forest Castle Strikes a Rock. Nine Persons Drowned. London, Feb. 14
The British steamer Forest Castle, owing to a storm shifting a buoy, struck a rock in Brest Bay, on the French coast. Nine people were drowned…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Tree-felling Accident. Mudgee
Yesterday Henry M'Manus, of Two-mile Flat, was brought to Mudgee in an unconscious condition. While falling n tree on Friday morning a limb crashed down, striking him on the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Accident at Folly Point
A man. Charles Duck, 27, married, residing in Young-street, North Sydney, met with an accident yesterday afternoon. whilst working at the North Sydney outfall works, at Folly Point, North Sydney. He was…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fatalities and Accidents. a Peanut Vendor's Death
The city coroner (Mr. Stephen Murphy) yesterday morning inquired into the circumstances connected with the death of James Gillio, who died in Sydney Hospital on January 26 from…
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COBAR, Wednesday.—A terrible drowning fatality occurred last night in the mine tank. A young man named William Harris was teaching his Sister-in-law, Mrs. G. Harris to swim, when…
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George Curley (30), carter, residing at Darlington, was leading two horses attached to a lorry yesterday when he collided with another stationary vehicle and wns jammed between…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Shooting Fatality. Casino
Robert John Rankin accidentally shot himself on the Wooroowoolgan Estate. He was shooting quail, and in getting through a fence his gun must have struck the barb wire. The…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →A New Arrival Drowned
SCONE, Tuesday.--A newly arrived immigrant, John Sarsfield, employed at Belltrees; was drowned in the Hunter River yesterday while bathing. Deceased, who was reported to…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →A Storeman Injured
Thomas Mitchell (26), storeman, employed at Arnott's biscuit factory, Thomas-street, city, while carrying a tin of biscuits out of the factory to a waggon, slipped and fell, his head…
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GULGONG, Tuesday.--While Mr. Henry M'Manus, a well-known shoop Dreeder and grazier, at Two-mile Flat, was Inspecting his run on Friday, the limb of a tree fell on him…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The Injured Cyclist
Mr. H. O. Saunders, who met with an accident whilst motoring on the Western-road on Anniversary Day, through the falling of a burning tree, has not yet…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →School Teacher Injured
Miss Gertrude Fletcher, aged 36 years, a teacher at the Camdenville Public School Newtown, was alighting from a tram in King-street, Newtown, this morning, when a…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Telegraph Pole Falls. Line Repairer Seriously Injured
James Stack, 29, a telegraphy line repairer, residing in Holden-street, Ashfield, met with serious injuries at Rushcutter's Bay. He and others were engaged in removing a telegraph…
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An inquiry into the death of Edward Greig, 20, who received fatal injuries while working on a punt in Rose Bay, was held, by the Deputy City Coroner, Mr. F. C. Adrian, at the Water…
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