Fatal Boating Accident near Hexham
A fatal boating accident occurred at Ironbark Greek, near Hexham on Sunday morning. Five miners, Charles Bunn, John Smith, Alfred Haynes, Charles Wheatley, and…
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Drowned in a Bath
MISS HANNAH LAZARUS, residing with her brother, Mr Mark Lazarus, solicitor, at Burnett-street, St. Kilda, was the victim of a fatal accident at her brother's…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Sad Case of Drowning. Washed Off the Rocks. Gosford
A SAD case of drowning has occurred at M'Master's Beach, near Kincumber. Mr George West, accompanied by the members of his family had visited the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Railway Fatality. Out to Pieces by a Train
A SHOCKING accident took place on Tuesday evening on the Ballarat railway line, Footscray. It appears that a lady named Mrs Smellie, wife of Mr J. Smellie, tea…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Collision in Hobson's Bay. a Ship Sunk
The ship Iolanth[?], from Liverpool, which running up Hobson's Bay on Sunday night, ran into the ship Cape Verde, and the latter was so seriously injured that she sank in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fatal Accident at Murrurundi
A FETTLER named M'Fadden was killed near the Murrurundi railway station shortly after 1 o'clock on Friday morning. He was evidently walking along…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Collision off Williamstown, Victoria. (By Telegraph to the Echo.) Melbourne
The Cape Verde, iron clipper, owned by Lyle and Sons, of Greenock, 1711 tons register, waB amongBfc the Saturday arrivals. She was under command of J. Mitchell, and sailed from London on March 15,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Salvation Army Riot. Police and Salvationists Injured
LONDON, Thursday.—A conflict took place in the Strand yesterday between a Salvation Army demonstration and the police…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Extraordinary Railway Accident
AN extraordinary accident occurred at Craigieburn station (Vic.), on the main line to Wodonga, on Tuesday, by which a slight delay was caused to the Sydney…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Tram Fatality
At an inquest to-day on the body of Peter Farrell, killed by a tram last night, the jury found a verdict of accidental death, but suggested that when…
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ON Saturday evening Mrs Mabel Meredith, a widow, residing in Pelham street, Rawthorn, met with her death under very shocking and frightful…
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Dilling a dense fog on Monday morning, May 20, the steamet Beresford, 1415 tons, from Hartlepool to Bombay, with a general cargo and a crow of twenty-two all told, was at anchor off the East…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Some Smart Dogs. Facts That Are at Variance with Traditional Theories. A Newfoundland Dog That Drowned Out an Incipient Fire—How a Cat Opened the Kitchen Door —The Question of Animal Season
The dictinction between reason and instinct is not clearly perceived by many persons of ordinary intelligence able to state she difference. The Thus of Argyle in his…
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A buggy accident occurred at Dubb[?] yesterday afternoon. Mr Mack, with his wife and children, were out driving, and by some means the buggy collided against a tree…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Accident to Wirth's Circus Band a Narrow Escape
WHILE the members of Wirth's circus band were driving along the Hamilton road on Monday afternoon (says the Newcastle aerald) in a four-in-hand drag, an accident,…
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LONDON, Wednesday.—News has been received that the Kwantung River in China has overflowed its banks, and "flooded a large tract of country. Six…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Accidents to Parachutists
On June 3 a serious accident occurred to Mr. Young, of the firm of Young & Williams, aeronauts. Having reached a sufficient altitude, he prepared for his descent. No sooner,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Terrible Railway Accident at Armagh. 74 Persons Killed. The following news by the B.M.S. Garonne has been telegraphed from Albany:— LONDON, June 14
ONE of the most terrible accidents which has ever happened in the British Isles occurred on June 12, in the north of Ireland. The scene of the disaster was near Armagh,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Serious Coach Accident. Four People Injured
AN accident of a serious nature occurred to Stevens, Coach, carrying the mail from Borenore to Forbes, on Saturday, The. Coach had been running for' some…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fatal Collision in the Channel
The ships Lufras end Bondcomin collided is the English Channel last night. The latter at once caught fire and gradually filled and sank. The crew…
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