Drowned in Scotland
During the general election in Scotland several voters on their way to vote in the Hebrides Islands were obliged to cross the water in a boat. The weather being very rough the boat swamped, and…
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A Serious Accident
A man named Frank Shirley, a bookbinder, employed at a printing office in Bridge-street, sustained terrible injuries this morning, through. missing his footing and falling down a lift well…
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Owing to a break-away in the workings of the Broken Hill South mine on Thursday, eight miners were killed and two others were seriously injured. The displacement of an extensive…
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On Saturday morning. Cly[?] a son of Mr W. Curtis, of George-street, 10 years old, while climbing a fence, slipped and fell, dislocating his right arm. He was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fearful Railway Accident in Japan. London
A serious railway accident is reported from Japan. A train conveying four hundred soldiers between Kohe and Hiroshima became derailed. Carriages were wrecked, and 140 men were killed…
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A collision occurred in the harbour yesternight, between the steamers Jenny Lind and Lady Mary. The former subsequently began to fill rapidly, and it was considered advisable to beach her in…
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a drover named Cronin was thrown out of a cart near Carroll on Friday night and and killed instantancously. Lady Gunning was brought before…
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[?] Lind, which was beached at Chowder Bay on Monday night in a sinking condition, was successfully floated this morning and docked for repairs…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Boat Accident in Ireland. Nine Lives Lost. [By Cable.] London
A BOATING disaster in Cork harber has resulted in the loss of nine lives. A party of excursionists went for a trip in a fishing lugger which caught…
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A man named E. Gardiner, in the employ of Mr TV. Curtis, of George-street, was thrown from his horse while riding after cows yesterday forenoon, and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Eldorado Mine Accident
On Monday afternoon the body of Thompson, one of the unfortunate men buried in the mine at Eldorado, was found It was discovered lying in the slug at the back of a great boulder which had…
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The jury returned an open verdict at the inquest on the body of a man named Maurice Casey, whose body was found floating in Darling Harbour…
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During a heavy thunderstorm at Philadelphia yesterday, a church in the city was struck by lightning. Service was proceeding at the time, and the building was badly damaged. No one in…
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At Riverstone on Saturday a woman named M'Kin was extinguishing a fire when her clothes ignited, and she was so severely burnt that she died on…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Church Struck by Lightning Twenty Persons Injured. [By Cable.] London
During a heavy thunderstorm at Philadelphia, a church was struck by lightning. The building was badly damaged. No one in the congregation…
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During a display of fireworks at a Foresters' fete at Brighton last evening, a bomb, burst, injuring 16 persons…
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A shocking parachute fatality has occurred at Peterborough. Miss Adelaide Basaett, a parachutist, intended to make a descent from a balloon at a fete which was being bald in the vicinity of the town…
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While Mr A. W. Blaxland, of Tea Tree was riding on Thursday, his horse fell and threw him, fracturing one of the bones of his left forearm (the radius) a little above…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Terrible Accident. Bursting of a Mortar. [By Cable.] London
At a Friendly Societies' Demonstration at Brighton last night, a portion of the programme consisted of a pyrotechnic display. A mortar used…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Cart Accident. Jammed against a Fence. [By Telegraph.] Sydney
A MAN named Edward John Sheppard, whilst trying to catch his horse which had bolted with a cart near Fairfield, to-day, became jammed between the…
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