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Frank Beaurepaire, Victoria's great swimmer, jumped off the pier at Queensellif on Thursday, and saved the life of a picnicker from the excursion steamer Hygeia. A man lost his hat…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →john Tyne (50), married, wharf laborer, residing at 15 Barcom-place, Paddington, while stacking bales of wool on board the steamer Esses, at Circular Quay, was buried under a stack weighing…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A serious railway accident occurred at Beaufort early this morning, resulting in three men being killed, and a fourth being so seriously injured that he is not expected…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →On Saturday a diver recovered the body of Stafford Simpson, who was drowned last Friday through falling off the side of the steamer Den of Airlie, on which he was working as a…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →HOBART, Saturday,--News has been received to the effect that Frederick Ernest Snudder (17), a seaman of H.M.S. Pytamus, fell overboard yesterday while the vessel was at anchor…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →HOBART, Sunday,--The police have recovered tho body of a young married woman named En- man In the river, near Powder Jetty. Her hat and Jacket had previously been found, and on…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The body of Theresa Florence May Enman, who had been missing since Tuesday, was recovered from the water in the vicinity of the powder jetty, Hobart, on Saturday. Early on…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A New York telegram to London of December 25 said:— A terrible tragedy has converted Mark Twain's Christmas into a day of gri[?] and ds[?]lation. This morning Jean, his youngest…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Thomas Dynon, 22, single, a wharf laborer, lately residing with his parents at 51 Fovea[?]sfcreet, Surry Hills, was drowned at Woolloomooloo Bay on Saturday under sensation…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Thomas Dynon, aged 22, a carrier, was drowned in Woolloomooloo Bay on Saturday, despite the attempts of his mate, Coulter, to get him out. The men were loading cases…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →LAUNCESTON, Sunday.--Shortly after midnight on Friday Constable Herbert attempted to arrest Michael Rago, an Italian musician, aged 18, on a charge of disturbing the peace,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The premises of Peapes and Co., Limited, 309 and 311 George-street, Sydney, were, broken into on Saturday evening, and goods to tho value of £2, consisting of studs, a shirt, and a couple…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A Chinese employed at the local vegetable gardens owned by Sam War was found last night by a little girl on his employer's verandah in a semi-conscious condition. The police…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →KATOOMBA, Saturday.--It is now possible to survey with some possibility of realising the damage tho wreck caused by the serious railway collision which occurred near the eastern…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Within a few hours of the narrow escape from disaster of a wheat train at Trawalla, and within 20 miles of the spot, another wheat train was wrecked at 2.30 o'clock on…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The pilot engine attached to the western mall train, which arrived at Katoomba at 9.30 on Saturday night, ran off the rails at the home signal, and travelled over 130 yards before…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →LONDON, Sunday Evening.—Eleven men were killed by an explosion on Saturday in the Earnest Colliery, Pennsylvania. A man at the Meadow Colliery, Staffordshire,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →KATOOMBA, Monday.—Great excitement was caused on Saturday evening, about half-past 9, when it was reported that the passenger train from Sydney, known as the "fish" train, was…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Charles Barber. 50, residing in Crescentstreet, Rose Hill, was driving a lorry Across pyrmont Bridge this morning, when the wheel bumped into a rut. The sudden jerk sent…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →W. M. Dale, a miner, was working in the Central mines at the 600ft level, when he had his breastbone fractured. In trying to escape from a falling rock, he fell on his chest…
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