Fearful Railway Smash. 28 People Drowned. [By Cable] London
LATER particulars regarding the railway accident at New York state two care of the train from the bridge into the Hudson River, 50ft. bolow…
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A Verdict of Accidental Death. Sydney
At an inquest on the body of Ida Stacey, the lady cyclist, who was fatally injured by being run over by a tram, a verdict of accidental death was returned…
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William Sorell, a bank clerk, committed suicide at Launceston (Tas.) on Saturday by drinking laudanum. The miners' strike at Lucknow has…
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Troublos, as a rule, do not Come-singly, saith the sage. On Saturday-morning last while Dr. Read was attending to Mr J. Kelt (the local postmaster), whose illness…
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The Moloch of cycling is claiming a victim pretty nearly every week. A few days ago a young fellow ran, head down, into a hawker's cart—sentence,…
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FURTHER particulars are to hand with reference to the loss of- four men from the Lund liner Woolloomooloo, which left Port Melbourne on…
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An accident took place at the Railway marshaling yards at Clyde last night, when an employ named John Haddie, aged about 50, met with his death, Haddie who was engaged examining trucks…
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The warship Empress of Indja/has taken refuge in standia Island, on the coast of Crete, the steering gear having broken, damaged the keel, and thus flooded the stern…
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At Coolgardie (W.A.) James Baines committed suicide by shooting himself through the head with a revolver. The sun shone through the dust…
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An accident took place at the Railway marshalling yards at Clyde last night, when an employed , named John Haddie, aged about 50, met with his death. Haddie, who was engaged examining strucks…
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I was swimming at some distance from the shore in the tropics, and when I turned in a homeward direction I found that the current was too strong for me, and that, do what I…
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An employee named M'Pherson at the Singleton Butter Factory met with a painful accident while attending to the furnace of the boiler. While in the act of…
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A train convoying racehorses was derailed at Luffenham, one horse being killed and several injured. None were public favourites…
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I was swimming at some distance from the shore in the tropics, and when I turned in a homeward direction I found that the current was too strong for mo, and that, do what I…
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Last Wednesday morning, at about 7 o'clock, a fatal accident occurred in the yard of the Willow Tree Station, 15 miles above Murrurundi, when a man named…
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The Court has awarded the German steamship Wolfsburg £8000 as salbage rendered to the New Zealand Shipping Company's steamer Kaikoura in connection with the towing of that vessel into Rio…
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A little girl, aged 12 years, from one of the orphanage asylums, jumped into the Port River, Melbourne, on Monday, and drowned herself…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Sad Bathing- Fatality. Two Little Boys Lose Their Lives [By Telegraph.] Sydney
Two boys, named Brown and Bruce, aged 10 and 12 years respectively, were this afternoon in a Duck River near the chlorination works at Clyde…
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The countess of Lathom was thrown from her carriage while out driving at Wigani, in Lancashire, yesterday, and was killed. Later,…
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A verdict of accidental death was returned at an inquest on the body of Arthur Cullen who was fatally injured on Saturday through colliding with a cart while riding a bicycle…
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