The Drowned Woman
The woman, whose body was sound floating in the harbour yesterday, was identified as Mrs. Catherine French, who resided with her husband at Surry Hills. She was last seen alive on…
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441 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 13 of 23
A Singular Fatal Accident
Mrs. Samuelson, a Yorkshire lady, while on visit to London directed a hairdresser to use petroleum wash. The bottle exploded, and Mrs. Samuelson wits terribly burned and died after…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Accident to Lady Brassey
On Thursday, as Lady Brassey, accompanied by the Honourable Dorothy Brand, was driving in a Victoria along Elizabeth-street, Melbourne, a horse and cart, apparently out of the control of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fatal Street Accident at Newcastle
A sensational runaway occurred on Saturday evening in Newcastle whish unfortunately resulted in the death of a young lady and serious injuries being inflicted on three youths. Shortly after…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Accident to Lady Brassey The Hon. Dorothy Brand Escapes Injury
LADY BRASSEY was badly injured in Melbourne on Thursday morning in a carriage accident, and the Hon. Dorothy Brand had a very narrow…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sensation, Fatality & Crime
Three thousand persons are in a starring condition at Johannesburg, owing to the closing of mines. Two burglars were each sentenced…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Accidents to Equestrians
Whilst out on duty at Tumberumba yesterday Senior-Constable Holy was thrown from his horse and dragged in the stirrup a distance of over fifty yards, receiving injuries to his body and concussion…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Railway Accident
George Hearsley, the victim of a railway accident at Petersham yesterday, is in a critical condition to-day. Hearsley, who had been over-carried, jumped out of the train and was so injured that a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fuller Particulars of the Disaster. Passengers Landed Safely. Six of the Crew Drowned
Further particulars about the loss of the Tasmania show that the vessel left Auckland for Wellington on Wednesday, struck a rook, and disappeared in an hour. All the crew and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Melbourne. Drowned in Beer
A man named Joseph Hartley, 68 years of age, fell into a vat of beer at the Castlemaine Brewery early this morning and was drowned. It was part of his duty to attend to the beer whilst it was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Steamer Wrecked. Steamer Tasmania Sunk in an Hour Six of the Crew Drowned. [By Cable.] Auckland
THE steamer Tasmania, which left Sydney on the 21st instant bound for here and other ports, struck a rock on Table Cape Inst night, soon became…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →To-day's News by Wire. Sydney. Serious Accidents on the Railway
Two accidents occurred on a suburban railway line this morning. At Sydnenham station, on the Illawarra line, a junior porter named John Garnham, aged 19, was run over by a train and had…
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The many friends of Mr Lindsay Fawcett will regret to learn that on Saturday last he sustained a fracture of the left leg just below the knee. Mr Fawcett, in company…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Serious Accident
While a wharf labourer named Thomas Lucock was engaged in discharging cargo from the steamer Balmain this morning a bale of hay slipped from the grip and fell on him, fracturing his skull…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Terrible Accident at Hobart. the Patient Sent Over to Sydney Hospital
Advices to hand conveys the news of a terrible accident having befallen a well-known and highly esteemed resident of Hobart. The unfortunate sufferer has, as the result of her mishap, been…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Another Bicycle Accident
About a dozen of the local wheelmen went for a run to Maitland last Sunday. The wind favored them, and the roads were in capital order after the late rains…
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A man named Thomas Fowler committed suicide at Walcha by taking a dose of ar[?]cuic. While coming up the Tasmanian…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fearful Accident in Russia 200 Women Bathers Drowned. [By Cable.] London
A TERRIBLE accident is reported from Russia. While 400 women were disporting themselves in a swimming bath at Klemenchug, on the river…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Terrible Accident in Hobart. the Patient Sent Over to Sydney Hospital
Advices to hand conveys the news of a terrible accident having befallen a well-known and highly-esteemed resident of Hobart. The unforturate sufferer has, as the remit of her mishap, been…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fatal Accidents on the Railways
Two accidents occurred on a suburban railway on Saturday morning. At Sydnenham station, on Illawarra line, a junior porker named John Garnbam, aged 19, was run over by a train and had…
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