At Cranbourne yesterday morning a young man named William Griffin made a murderous attack upon his father, Peter Griffin, aged 60. It appears that they had been drinking together, ...
Article : 417 wordsSouth Australians will have great cause to remember February, 1896. Without doubt it has been one of the most disagreeable within the recollection of the oldest colonist. A terrific gale sprang up early on ...
Article : 114 wordsA few evenings ago a black boy, aged 15, was swimming in the river at Fremantle, and was attacked with cramps and sank. A boy named Walter Short, aged 11, saw him, and jumped in ...
Article : 87 wordsAt 8 o'clock this morning a miner, Thomas Hall, met with a terrible death at Kelly's shaft, Block 10. He was coming up in a cage with a mate, when the latter heard some drills rattle and saw Hall stoop ...
Article : 1,525 wordsThe river is still falling, but very slowly. All the wharfs except the high level one which has been submerged since the 30th January, are still under water, and likely to remain so for many ...
Article : 395 wordsA Gazette extraordinary has been issued summoning the new Parliament to meet for the despatch of business on the 16th June. The Under-Secretary for Mines has been ...
Article : 280 wordsProfessor Klupathy, of the Physical Institute at the University of Pesth, has repeated, according to the Vienna correspondent of the Standard, with very satisfactory results, the extraordinary ...
Article : 666 wordsA coloured man has arrived at Double Island Point in the last stages of exhaustion. He cannot speak English, but speaks French. From appearances he is supposed to be an Arab. ...
Article : 183 wordsKenneth Darby, aged 16 years, when shooting sparrows in his father's garden at Woodville yesterday, accidentally shot his two-yeat-old brother dead. He is greatly distressed, and ...
Article : 142 wordsAnother tragedy was brought under the notice of the police this afternoon. A number of youths who were amusing themselves at Albert Park noticed a man sauntering leisurely along the ...
Article : 274 wordsThe bowling tournament was commenced here to-day. It is the largest ever held in New Zealand. In the match Sydney versus Christchurch, the former won by 21 to 12. The Sydney players ...
Article : 208 wordsPlease choose from the following download options:
Share this item on:
Print page as...
Testing
The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser (NSW : 1871 - 1912), Sat 29 Feb 1896, Page 434
It's easy and takes two shakes of a lamb's tail!
With your Trove account you can: