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Ernest Clarke of Balmain the captain of the steam launch Octavia reported to the Water Police that at a quarter-past 7 this morning he saw a dead man floating in…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--The cricket match, Victoria v. South Australia, opened today in beautiful weather on the Melbourne Cricket Club ground. The wicket was in…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Samuel Rattersman 29 a preade[?] living at 23 Denison-street Woollahra was taken by the Civil Ambulance to the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital this morning and admitted suffering…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The members of the local St. John Ambulance Brigado were kept busily engaged on Wednesday attending to various cases at [?] was a large crowd of…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →On Tuesday morning Mrs. Russell, wife of Henry Russell, of Dulwich, was preparing tea with a Primus stove, when a great burst of flame spread in the kitchen. Mrs. Rubsell…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →A lad named Raymond Gornall was accidentally shot in one of his knees by a companion named Purser, whilst out rabbiting at Eglinton to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The accident to Matthews will prevent him from taking any further part in the m[?]. He was in great pain on leaving the field, and was immediately examined by several…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A gloom hangs around and smothers All filings of pleasure and joy, Our grief goes out to the parents In the loss of their only boy;…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The body of a man found in George's River on December 27 has been identified as that of Edward John Burn, a resident of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →GOOLAGONG, Thursday.--Arthur Richard Sellers, a young Englishman, was drowned in the Belubula River on Christmas Day. Sellers was unable to swim, and whilst bathing was…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →COFF'S HARBOR, Thursday.--Mr. Beatty, railway paymaster, had a narrow escape from being drowned while surf bathing. He was carried out to sea, but managed to hold on to a…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Thursday.--A motor car was wrecked by a train at the Normanby Station crossing. John Young, of Opunake, was killed, and Frederick Butterworth was seriously…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →George Anderson, a laborer, living at Narrabeen, was drowned in the Narrabeen Lagoon yesterday afternoon. He was unable to swim, but jumped into deep water. He…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Senior-Constable Fewster, of the Water Police, was treated at the Sydney Hospital yesterday afternoon for injuries on the [?] and leg. Fewster was engaged in dragging in…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →George Anderson (25), a laborer, living at Narrabeen, was drowned yesterday afternoon in the Narrabeen lagoon. Deceased, who was unable to swim, was bathing with one Joseph,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A woman, of 25 to 40 years of age, whose name is at present unknown, fell or disappeared overboard from the ferry steamer Kamiri, while on a trip from Hunter's Hill to…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →At about 10 o'clock on Wednesday night Constable G. Twiss, of No. 4 Police Station, was going off duty, when he noticed a man at Circular Quay suddenly leap the Iron railings by…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Thursday.--It is believed that four men--Alexander M'Kenzie, Alexander Duncan, Sam Potangaroa (a native), and James Powers (a half-caste)--have been…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A woman, who has not been identified, was drowned in the harbor this afternoon. She was seen to board a Parramatta River ferry steamer, and when the steamer was on the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →At Maryborough a boy named Keith West Moyes, aged 15, who, with his sister, was on a visit from Sydney, was drowned through falling out of a boat into the river at Point…
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