A Strange Fatality
J. Lennox, guard of a goods train which left Penrith on Tuesday night, lost his life through being suffocated by nitric acid fumes. When nearing Woodford the driver of…
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New Zealand. Another Boating Fatality
A picnic party capsized on the river outside Napier, with the result that one girl was drowned, while another is missing…
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FROM Melbourne it is reported that five little children, named Roy, were paddling in the River Mitchell at a spot where the water was only 2ft…
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A VERY narrow escape from a terrible accident occurred at the level crossing on Wednesday, at Katoomba. The special train which arrives about 1…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Gilgandra. a Painful Accident
A groom, named Frank Menzies, while employed carting in hay, sustained serious injuries through falling off a loaded dray. He was riding on the load, when some of it slipped off, carrying him with it…
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A man named Alfred Murphy was run over by a truck at Mount Kembla incline last evening, while in the mine seeking work. One leg was severed, and the man survived…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fatality at Parramatta. Another Christmas Sorrow
A CORONLAL enquiry was held at Parramatta concerning the death of Mrs Jessie Lemarehand, a sister of Mrs W. J. Ferris…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fearful Explosion. Accident on Board a Warship. 43 Men Killed. Sydney
A fearful disaster was occasioned this morning by the bursting of a boiler on board the warship Wallaroo, which was at the time off Montague Island. The result of the…
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A MAN named Alfred Murphy was run over by a truck at Mount Kambla incline last evening, while in the mine seeking work. One leg was severed…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Collision with a Tram
A horse attached to a van bolted in the Haymarket this morning, and collided with a tram. Great confusion prevailed amongst the passengers, and women screamed and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fearful Explosion. Catastrophe on the Wallaroo. a Misinterpreted Message. Four Men Killed. Three Injured. Sydney
A feeling of intense, relief and thankfulness pervaded Sydney this morning when it became known that the catastrophe on board H.M.S. Wallaroo, dreadful though it…
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Yesterday afternoon, we received word from our city agents that a boiler on board the warship Wallaroo, one of the Australian squadron, had…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Adelaide. Another Boating Fatality
Walter Stephen, aged 23, and Millie Reid, 15, put off from Henley Beach last evening in a small American collapsible canvas boat, which has since been found bottom upwards…
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A HORSE attached to a van bolted in the Haymarket this morning, and collided with a tram. Great confusion nt once prevailed amongst the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Serious Railway Collision. Thirty Passengers Killed. LONDON
A SERIOUS collision occurred to the westward of Topeka, U.S.A., yesterday, between a passenger train, travelling at a speed of about 30 miles an…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fearful Explosion. Accident on Board a Warship. Four Men Killed. Sydney
[?] was occasioned this morning by the bursting of a boiler on board the warship Wallaroo, which was at the time off Montague Island. The result of the…
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Geo. Bates and his son William, while returning home last night on a tricycle, were overtaken by the Brisbane mail. The boy William saw the train when it was almost…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Another Cliff Fatality
The body of a man was found below the cliffs at Bondi, decomposed beyond recognition. Life had probably been extinct a week. There was a compound dislocation of the left…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Terrible Burning Fatality. Three Boys the Victims. the Father's Desperate Attempts at Rescue
A sad burning fatality, involving the death of three children, occurred at Trafalgar, W. A., at a late hour on Friday night. It appears that shortly after 11 o'clock Frederick Lee,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Late News by Cable London, Jan. 9. Accident to the Nineveh
The steamship Nineveh, which left London on January 5 for Sydney, has been detained for a few days at Southampton owing to the intermediate cylinder cracking. Repairs will…
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