Accident to a Motor. a Match and Naphtha. Katoomba
An accident occurred to a motor car being driven through Katoomba on Saturday night, about 9 o'clock. The driver was replenishing the naphtha, and someone hold a match…
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An accident occurred to a motor car being driven through Katoomba on Saturday night, about 9 o'clock. The driver was replenishing the naphtha, and someone hold a match…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →John Nicholls, 36, a visitor from Albury, accidentally took an overdose of chlorodyne yesterday, and was removed to St. Vincent's Hospital…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Anothor surf fatality occurred at Manly Beach yesterday afternoon, when John Murphy, 27, a labourer, lately employed at St. Patrick's College, Manly, was caught in the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →John Murphy (27), laborer, was drowned in the surf at Manly yesterday afternoon. He was brought ashore by several members of the Life- saving Club, but despite all their efforts Murphy…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →KATOOMBA, Tuesday. -- A magisterial inquiry was held at the police court this morning concerning the death of Albert Fletcher (13), the victim of the drowning fatality at…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →George Hammond (19), residing at Church-street St. peters was carried out by the undertow at Coogee on Sunday afternoon and drowned. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A magisterial inquiry into the death of Albert Fletcher was held this morning, before Mr. Arthur Judges. Deceased, who was the eldest son of Mr. William Fletcher, of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Two men camping near Vale Creek, at the junction of the Ma[?]quarie River, had a narr[?]w escape from drowning. The creek rose rapidly, and at about 12 o'clock the men a woke to find…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →William Cleary, a laborer, aged 25, met with a severe accident while working on a crane in Murray-street, Pyrmont, this morning. The handle of the crane slipped, and,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Edward Ta[?]bot, a wharf-lab[?]urer, was working on the steamer Barwon at Howard Smith's wharf yesterday, when he fell down the hold, a distance of about 15ft. [?]is head was…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The first death in the surf at Manly this year occurred yesterday afternoon, when John Buckley, or Murphy, 27, a laborer, employed at St. Patrick's College, Manly, was drowned. Buckley…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Mr. Joseph Harper, a resident of Waverley was severely injured yesterday through a motor in which he was being driven skidding and capsizing in Centennial…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A [?]oy named Shepherd (10) dived into the H[?]bburn dam last evening. He was unable to swim, and was drowned. The body was recovered to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Two men working at Langdon and Langdon's timber yard, on the shores of Rozelle Bay, met with an accident yesterday by the collapse of a stack of timber. They were picking…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The many friends of Mr. L. L. Harnett, who recently retired from the position of Sergeantat-Arms in the N.S.W. Legislative Assembly, after many years' service, will regret to…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Mr. John Griffiths was brought to Dr. Foster's surgery for treatment for an injury to his hand last week. The doctor's examination showed that the thumb had been lorn…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A SPECIAL fast train from the Mountains, which runs on Mondays only,…
Continued on Trove, page 35 →Mr. M. S. Love, S.M., held an inquiry yesterday, at Parramatta, into the circumstances surrounding the death of a clockmaker, named Henry Joseph Coughlan, who on Saturday…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →A little lad, Willie Riddell, 2½ years of ago residing in George-street Parramatta was attended to at the parramatta Hospital on Monday He had…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The committee of the Coogee Progress Association desire to publicly convey to Messrs. Charles Hobson, jun., of Coogee Aquarium, and Harry Olliffe, Ken[?]ington-road. Keasington, the appreclation, not only of…
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