The Drowning Season
Mr. H. T. Faber writes:—Having been connected with surf bathing for a considerable period, I was deeply interested in Mr. Smitason's article in the "Evening News" of…
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A Fatal Collision
On Saturday afternoon a dingey towed by a yacht belonging to Mr. Townley was cut down by the R.M.S. Orontes near Crayfish Point, Tasmania, and Townley, who was in…
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Joseph Russell, a youth, of watkins-street, Newtown, was the victim of a serious accident on Saturday, caused by indulging in a practice common to cyclist. He was riding a cycle…
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The fall of a wall during demolition work at the Redfern "bottle neck" on Saturday severely Injured two men, and nearly involved a number of others…
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Frank Carson, 22, a motor car driver, was charged on remand at the North Sydney Police Court this morning with having negilgently driven a car in Gordon-road, Killara,…
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On Saturday afternoon the R.M.S. Orontes, which left Hobart at 4 p.m., cut fdown a dingy attached to a yacht owned by Mr. W. B. Townley, Bellerive, a prominent yachtsman. The…
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An accident which terminated fatally occurred on Boree Creek road on Friday. The victim was, Mrs. Hubner, a farmer's wife, who was driving into Lockhart with butler, and…
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An unknown woman died suddenly at the Oxford Coffee Palace last evening. She is described by the police, who would like to hear from any person able to identify her, as…
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A sad case of drowning occurrea in the Nepean River on Wednesday last, by which Mr. Samuel Sheens, son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Sheens, of Castlereagh, aged 36 year[?]…
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WARIALDA, Monday. -- Bruce Smith, the eight-year-old son of John Smith, storekeeper, of Warialda, was drowned on Saturday afternoon, while bathing with other boys…
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A verdict of accidental death was returned by Coroner Hawkins to-day at an inquest into the dentil of a carpenter, Alexander Boswell, laterly living in Alice-street…
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HOBART, Monday. -- On Saturday afternoon the R. M. S. Orontes cut down a dingey attached to a yacht at Hobart. The yacht was owned by Mr. W. B. Townley. Mr. Townley was killed in…
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Word was received in Sydney yesterday that during a recent hurricane in the New Hebrides, Mr. Pitt, a British trader, and four natives, were drowned. They were in a…
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At the North Sydney Court. Mr. Fitzhardinge, D.S.M., concluded the hearing of a charge arising out of a collision between a motor car and a bicycle at Killara on January 24. Frank Carson (22), the driver of the car,…
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PENRITH, Monday. -- A sad case of drowning took place last week, when Mr. Samuel Sheens, a son of Mr. Henry Sheens, a well-known resident of Castlereagh, lost his life. It appears…
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CESSNOCK, Monday. -- A serious blasting accident has occurred here. Nathan Prescott, a miner, was engaged clearing a building allotment in the main street and was using…
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At the North Sydney Police Court yesterday, before Mr. Fitzhardinge, D.S.M., Frank Carson was charged with having on January 24 last negligently driven a motor car in…
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A varnish factory in Park- street, Elskineville was totally destroyed by fire yesterday afternoon. How the fire originated is not certain, but it…
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A fire broke out yesterday afternoon at the Comet Manufacturing Company's factory, 4[?] Park-street, Alexandria. The building was owned by Mr. E. J. Monk, of Woollahra, and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Quarter Sessions. (Before Judge Docker end Juries.) Mr. R. J. Drowning prosecuted for the Crown. at the College "Tuck Shop."
William Hastie and John Beecroft, two lads, were charged with attempting to break and enter the shop of Frederick James Waller, at Hunter's-hill, on January 4, with intent to steal. The accused were defended by…
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