The "Campania" Disaster. Five Drowned—2s Injured
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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Drowned in the Yarra. Plucky Attempt at Rescue
John Melville, eight years of agewas on the banks of the Yarra, near Hawthorn Bridge, on Thursday evening, when he slipped and fell into…
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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…
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Mis Watt, a well known resident of Apsley (Vic), while bending over a fire, was seized with a fit, and accidentally knocked a kettle of boiling…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Serious Accident. Vehicles Collide. [By Telegraph.] Sydney
Mr Duncan M'Corquadale, a well-known miller in Sussex-street, was thrown out of his buggy, owing to a runaway horse in a sulky…
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While the ketch Aruna was going through Foveaux Strait, New Zealand, Captain William Hanning and a sailor name John. Joss were swept off the deck and drowned…
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An express train near Lindon, Massachusetts, came into collision with a local train. Fifteen persons were killed and 30 injured. The wreckage took fire, and several of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Picnic Party's Plight. Several Nearly Drowned
A serious disaster was narrowly averted at Parkesvale pleasure resort, Suns Sonci, on Saturday, in consequence of two children, who had…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Electric Power Accident. a Horrible Spectacle
James White met with a fearful accident, at Perth (W.A.) on Tuesday,while engaged in painting the electric service poles in connection with the Fremantle tramways. He…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Muswellbrook Letter. a Bird-nesting Accident
Bird-nesting has always had a fascination for boyhood enterprise, and great risks are frequently run by youngsters in the endeavour to obtain what are considered valuable prizes in…
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A terrible smash occurred in England recently on the Liverpool and Southport Railway. The 6.30 express from Liverpool to Southport, commonly…
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James White met with a fearful accidental Perth (W.A.) on Tuesday, while engaged in painting the electric service polos in connection with the Fremantle tramways. He…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Peculiar Accident. Railway Boiler Partly Explodes. Newcastle
An accident happened to the mail train from Maitland to Sdyney when near Thornton, at about 6 a.m. to-day, owing to several rivets from portion of the engine near…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Collision. Several Persons Injured
An accident occurred on Friday evening at Jolimont railway yards, Melbourne, a goods train being run into by a passenger train, with the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Train Accident. Driver and Fireman Scalded. [By Telegraph.] Sydney
There was an accident this morning on the passenger train that left Maitland at 5.28. Upon reaching Thornton several rivets of the boiler plates…
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There will be sincere regret at the news that the engine driver who received such terrible injuries from the bursting of the boiler of the engine with the moving train near…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Serious Driving Accident. One Man Killed and Three Others Injured
Four men, Thomas Fitzgerald, Farqubar Ross, Peter Gill, and John Gill, were driving at Timor West (Vic.), when the horse shied at…
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A young man named Henry Connelley, employed as a wheeler at the East Greta Colliery, met with the terrible fatal accident in No. 1 tunnel this afternoon. He as wheeling…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →'Accident to a Dungog Resident
William Landers, a Dungog dairy farmer, who is on a visit to Sydney, and was staying at Casey's Hotel, Liverpool and George streets, fell out of a window, a distance of…
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While a miner named Dillworth and his mate were engaged in cutting down a tree at Great Southern (V.), Dillworth met with a serious…
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