A Boy Hero. He has Saved Nine Persons from Drowning
ONCE more has Walter Myatt, aged 13, and the holder of two Royal Humane Society certificate distinguished himself by saving his ninth…
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Zeehan Boiler Fatality. Remarkable Follv of a Victim
The evidence at the inquest concerning the fatalities at the New Zeehan mine on Tuesday night showed a strange want of due care among…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A Sad Fatality. The End of a Liverpool Plains Squatter
Mr Arthur Brooke, not unknown in the northern districts of this colony, was killed through a fall at Brisbane on Wednesday morning. It seems he…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fatal Accident
Mr. Arthur Brooke until recently owner of Milch[?] ngowrie Station, Liverpool Plains, fell from an upstairs window of the Imperial Hotel. Brisbane, a distance of 50 feet, early…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →To-day's News by Wire. Sydney. Accidentally Killed
At an inquest on the body of the youth James McHugh, who was fatally injured through being run over near the Redern Railway Station on Saturday the jury returned a verdict of accidental…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Late News by Cable. [Reuter's Message.] London, Feb. 27. a Blasting Fatality
In the course of constructing the Jungfrau tunnel in the Alps a blast prematurely exploded, and six of the workmen were killed…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Hunting Accident
Mrs. Freeman Thomas, daughter of Lord Brassey, Governor of Victoria, was hunting at Eastborne, when her horse refused a fence and fell. It broke its neck, but the rider was uninjured…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Strange Shooting Accident
A PECULIAR accident occurred at Prospect on Thursday afternoon, the result of which was the admission of a resident there named Mrs Kemmis,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Accident to Labourers
Whilst at work this morning on the steamer Nineveh, lying at Dalgety's Wharf, two men were injured by being struck by a portion of the cargo, which was being taken aboard. One, Matthew…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Painful Accident
Last Tuesday an employee of Air John Lancaster's named Patrick O'Toole, son of Mr E. O'Toole of Scott's Flat, met with a rather painful accident while facing a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Railway Accident. [By Telegraph] Sydney
A RALLAWY smash occurred on Saturday near Pieton owing to a defective wheel. Eight trueks left the rails, and were badly knocked about…
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We are informed that Mr. H. Wil kins, porter at the local railway station, had a narrow escape from a serious accident on Monday. It appears…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Accident in a Theatre
Miss Ellen Torry had a narrow escape from serious injury while playing the part of Portia in the "Merchant of Venice," at the Grand Theatre, Fulham, last night. Owing to a accident to the stage…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Accident to an Actress
Miss Marlon Torry, the actress, leaped from a runaway cab, and received concussion of the brain…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Fatal Railway Accident. Auckland
The annual picnic of employees at the Islington Freezing Works was held at Ashburton on Saturday and ended in the worst railway accident that has ever occurred on any of the New Zealand…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Mining Fatality. Maitland Native Killed in the West
A SHOCKING mining accident occurred late on Saturday afternoon at the Central Boulder mine, Kalgoorlie, resulting in the death of a young man…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Terrible Railway Smash Four Persons Killed and 40 Injured Panic Among the Passengers
THE most appaling railway accident that has taken place in the history of the colony of New Zealand occurred on Saturday night at Rakaia. While…
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A CARRIER, anmed John Potts, from Merriwa, met with a somewhat serious accident on Monday afternoon, It appears that he went with two other…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Blasting Accident
A TERRIBLE fatality occurred at Cemetery Point railway cutting, near Penguin, Tasmania, on Monday. A young man named Michael Kelly, from…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railway Collision Near Alexandria
A collision took place on the Aboukir railway, near Alexandria, yesterday. Twelve persona were injured, including the Governor of Alexandria…
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