Collision in the English Channel
The twin-screw torpedo-boat destroyer Thrasher and the cruiser Phaeton have been in collision in the English Channel. The Thrasher was badly injured. One life was lost…
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The Collision in the Channel
The Admiralty has decided to place the officers of the torpedo-boat destroyer Thrasher, and of the cruiser Phaeton, which came into collision in the English Channel, upon their trial by Court…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Melbourne. a Lady Injured
Miss Deasy, daughter of the Inspecting Superintendent of Police, was driving a pair of ponies in a Victoria to-day, when they became frightened at a steam roller and bolted, the lady being thrown out…
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The steamer Wangatira bound to Hobart has been towed into Teneriffe with her shaft broken…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Accident to Rev. Dr. Hand
A serious accident happened to the Very Rev. Dr. Hand, Vicar-general, West Maitland, on Friday night last, while returning home from the Lochinvar Convent. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Accident to a Footballer
During the progress of a game on Victoria Square last Saturday, between the Stars and a team of clerks, Mr B. Moylan, a member of the latter combination, was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Death by Drowning
An open verdict of found drowned was returned at the inquest touching the death of Jane James, whose body was found lying amongst the rocks near the water's edge at Goat Island yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sensational Stabbing Affair. Two Persons Injured. Adelaide
A most sensational stabbing affray occurred in the city yesterday afternoon, in which Mr H. M. Addison, chairman of the State Bank, who is a middle-aged…
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An inquiry was held to-day at Sylvania into the cause of death of Lizzie Dunn, aged 20 years, who was drowned yesterday in George's River. A man named Dunn, engineer on the punt, deposed…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Blayney. Injured on the Railway
A ganger named McEacheran, who resides at Carcoar, was seriously injured last night. He had been to Blayney, and while returning to Caracar on his tricycle was run into by a train. His injuries…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Serious Blasting Accident
A serious accident has occurred at Mount Lea mine, on the Manning River. On Thursday, 19th instant, a man named Thomas Gibbons fired a charge of three shots in the mine. Two exploded…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Riding Accident
A rather serious accident happened to a lad named M'Fadden on Wednesday afternoon. The youngster was schooling a pony over the hurdle in preparation for the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Series of Accidents
A youth named Omedeii, living with his parents in Mount Pleasant-street, was riding on a bicycle round Bulwer-street late on Saturday night, when he came into collision with a young man on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Another Accident on the Railway. Considerable Damage to Property. Sydney
The goods train which was running over the mountains early this morning collided with a cow, with the result that several trucks were derailed, and in consequence of this the passenger train to…
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A verdict of accidental death was returned at an inquest to-day on the body of a laborer named William Evans, who was fatally injured by a fall earth in a sewerage trench at Balmain yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sensation, Fatality & Crime
A child named Pollard was burned to death at Golden Gate, near Croydon (Q), on friday evening last. A Young lady named Maher died…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Collision at Sea
Reports form Port Said state that a Collision has taken place between the steamer Persia and the Orient R.M.S. Anstral. Neither vessel was seriously injured…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Fatal Accident. [By Telegraph.] Sydney
AN inquest was hold to-day, touching the death of William Evans, workman, who was killed by a full of carth last evening, while working in a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Melbourne. a Train Accident
A heavily-laden goods train bound for [?] ran off the rails at Jolimont about a quarter of a mile from Melbourne. Shortly s[?] four o'clock this morning the engine by some mischance or…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Fatal Accident
A fatal railway accident occurred at Hornsby Junction to-day, the victim being a young man named Fred, Thorpe, aged 21, a bricklayer residing at Newtown. The unfortunate man was engaged in some…
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