Police and Sailors. Policemen Injured
AT a very early hour on Sunday morning a gang of Swedish sailors set upon Constables Sharrock and Donovan in Flinders-street, Melbourne, and so…
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Appalling Tram Accident
An exhibition tram was derailed at Kiminswick, Missouri. Fifty persons were killed…
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A TERRIBLE and fatal railway accident occurred this morning on the railway line near the Crookwell Junction. A boy named William O'Reilly, aged…
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The express train from Basle, Switzerland, to Paris, whilst going over a level crossing at La Ferriere, came into collision with motor car, and killed six persons who were…
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A shunter named John Evans was badly crushed at Darling Harbour this morning, through a collision between two trucks. Among his injuries were two compound…
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The train at La Ferriere carried the motor car half a mile on its buffers. The driver did not see the accident, which was caused by the gatekeeper's neglect…
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SYDNEY JAMES, a young seaman on the mail steamer Orient, was lost overboard on Monday afternoon, when the vessel was some distance south-west of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Serious Accident. [By Telegraph.] Sydney
A SERIOUS railway accident occurred at Darling Harbour this morning, when, through two trains colliding, a shunter, named John M. Evans…
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The anchor chain of the French ironclad Henri Quatre snapped at La Rochelle, cutting a gunner in three, and killing another…
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A very sad sight was to be seen the other day in the children's ward of a London hospital—a baby of a year and a half old strapped and bandaged to…
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A fire, involving the destruction of Motrin's wholesale hardware warehouse, which is in the heart of Auckland, was totally destroyed by fire…
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A married woman, named Grace Dunbar, who fell clown a lift-well while, at work as office-cleaner in the New York Insurance Co.'s building in Pitt-street yesterday, died…
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A shocking accident occurred this morning on the railway line near Crookwell Junction. It appears that William O'Reilly, aged 10, was crossing the line in front…
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Yesterday morning, Joseph Killalea, aged 9 years, the son of Mr J. C. Killalea. of John-street, had the misfortune to meet with a very painful accident. The little fellow…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →An Extraordinary Naval Accident. a Gunner Cut in Pieces. [By Cable.]
AN extraordinary accident occurred on board a French ironolad, at La Rochelle. An anchor chain snapped, cutting a gunner into three parts, and…
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The body of a man, drowned while fishing at Fort Macquarie, has been identified as that of Leonard Richard Pitt, a tent and tarpaulin maker, a man who had resided…
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A man named Stewart, a resident of Penshurst, was proceeding home in an Illawarra train last night, and had his elbow on the window sill, when the open swinging door…
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A verdict of accidental death was returned at an inquest on the body of the woman Jessie Meyer, who was run over by a tram last night and fatally injured…
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John Brennan, aped 60, was found drowned at Wollongong wharf this morning. He was a well-known resident of Balgowrie, and latterly has been engaged in mining and…
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Last night an accident of a sensational character happened to the mail train which leaves West Maitland for Brisbane at 9.23, which might have had a very serious…
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