Fatal Burning Accident
A young woman named Essie Thompson, daughter of Mr. John B. Thompson, of the Horse Shoe Bend, had the misfortune to meet with a frightful burning accident about 2…
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A young woman named Essie Thompson, daughter of Mr. John B. Thompson, of the Horse Shoe Bend, had the misfortune to meet with a frightful burning accident about 2…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A collision occurred in the Yarra at Melbourne on Tuesday night between the steamer Flinders, which was returning from an excursion trip down…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Before Mr. E. A. L. Sharpe, District coroner, at the West Maitland Police Court, yesterday afternoon, an inquiry was held into the circumstances regarding the death of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Saltwater River, near the Flemington Racecourse, was on Tuesday afternoon the scone of a sensational tragedy. It appears that a punt, manned by a…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →A telegram from Melbourne stales that the lighthouse-keeper at Warnambool noticed at 10 o'clock last night a vessel lying on a reef about a quarter of a mile off the breakwater…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A young woman, named Essie Thompson, daughter of Mr. John B. Thompson, of the Horse Shoe Bend, had the misfortunate to meet with a frightful burning accident, about…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →'Although massacres of Jews continue in the provinces of Russia, Sunday, which it was threatened would be marked by butchery, passed quietly in St. Petersburg…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A young man named James Goodwin met with a shocking accident at Rutherglen, near Corowa. He had en ered for the wood-chopping event…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →About 9 o'clock this morning a man named William Yates, a miner, aged 11 a employed at Pelaw-Main Colliery, was killed by an explosion of saxonite, and his mate…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A man named Butler Holland, 32 years of age. met with a fatal accident in Brisbane. Holland, who was employed as an order collector by the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →An inquest, concerning the death of William Yates, who was killed in Pelaw-Main Colliery on Thursday morning, was hel at deceased's late residence yesterday, before Mr. Albert Pryor…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A fatal accident occurred at the Pelaw Main pit on Thursday morning. Two men named William Yates and Musgrave had rammed a [?], and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A terrific thunderstorn passed through here at 4.10 t[?] afternoon, [?]asting about half-an[?]. The storm was accompanied [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The miner, William Yate, who was killed by an explosion at Pelaw-Main Colliery on Thursday morning last, wa a son of Mr. Micheal Yates, a well-known resident of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →While shooting at Old Windsor with Prince Nicholas of Greece, King Edward stepped into a rabbit hole, which was concealed by bracken leaves, and fell…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A youth named Waugh, 14 years of age, met his death in peculiar circumstances at Boort (Vic.) on Thursday. About noon he went into the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The hotly of a young man supposed to be that of Alexander Densey, a scaman of the steamer Coolgardie, was found in Berry's Bay this morning. Densey disappeared on…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →On Sunday morning a fearful explosion of gas occurred at the Waverly Hotel, Colli[?]S-street, Melbourne. Through a leakage from a chandelier…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →On Saturday last an accident occurred to a little daughter of Mr Emery, of the Public School, B[?]lford. The child was playing with a. bicycle chain, when, by a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →It has been the proud boast of the Cunard Line that for 60 years, notwithstanding their enormous traffic, not a single passenger has been lost by accident. This…
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