Severe Accident
ON Thursday last a half-caste, lad, 14 years of age, left Camira station for Battens Bight in a dray which contained two empty casks. A lurch caused one of the casks to knock the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Accidents
Accidents, 1893
13 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers
Deaths by Drowning
FURTHER particulars are to hand respecting the drowning of Frederick Drier, who met his death while crossing Cangai Creek, then in a swollen state. From the evidence given…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Bodalla Drowning Fatality
THE news of the sad fatality at Bodalla was received with intense regret in society circles in Sydney, where both Mrs. Mort and Miss Dight were very well known. Mrs. Mort…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Painful Accident
A young man named Perkins was taking some articles from the loft in Mr. M'Cristal's butcher's shop at South Grafton, when he fell, and in his descent was caught by one of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Severe Accident to two Boys
While two lads, N. Alderson and Murphy, son of Mr. Murphy of Queen-street, were driving in a spring cart near the Common, some dogs ran our from the camp of a tramp…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Death by Drowning at Grafton
ON Sunday a man named Alexander C[?]ghton, a plumber employed at the new g[?] was drowned in the river below Do[?] street. It appears that Creighton had been…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Strange Shooting Accident
AN extraordinary shooting case occurred at Broken Hill. A man about 10 years of age, named Joseph King, walked into Dr. Kor[?]s surgery and informed him that he had shot…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Inconvenience From Bank Suspensions. ' Financial Chapter of Accidents
THE most embarrassing incident connected with the bank suspensions must be the ordeal passed through by passengers stranded at San…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Collision at Sea. Hundreds of Brave Men Drowned. H.M.S. Victoria Sunk. Sympathy of Several Nations
LONDON, SUNDAY.—The latest news with reference to the collision between the two ironclads in the Mediteranean, states that Admiral Tryon, officers and crew of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Victoria-Camperdown Collision
THE following further details of the catastrophe are to hand:— When the two lines of the fleet were 1200 yards apart, Vice-Admiral Tyron signalled…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Vessel Blown up. Further Particulars. The Chief Officer Killed—Two Sailors and a Passenger Injured
THE explosion of the Argo was of the most extraordinary character, and the vessel is now to all intents and purposes a wreck. The Argo, with a cargo of 1485 tons coal,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Terrible Railway Accident
A REUTER telegram from New York States that a train on the Manhattan Bench Railroad, carrying a thousand passengers on the 20th of June whih…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Disastrous Boat Accident. Several Ladles Drowned
SYDNEY. MONDAY.—A boat accident, which resulted in the death of five people (and probably seven)occurred off the south roof between the Heads, yesterday afternoon. The boat, which capsized, was a half-decked…
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