A Serious Accident. Sydney
Last night a serious accident occurred to a young man named Frederick Turner, at the Elsie Dredge, Tent Hill. Enmaville. Turner was completely…
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Collision Off Brazil
According to Rio de Janeiro newspapers the British steamer Spartan Prince, 3192 tons, from New York, collided with the steamer B[?]ara, 3324 tons, and sunk her. Fourteen men…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Blasting Accident at Cobar. Three Miners Seriously Injured
A blasting accident occurred at the Occidental mine, Cobar, on Saturday afternoon, by which three men were injured, two very seriously…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Injured by a Plough
While assisting in ploughing operations on the North Coast Railway works this morning at the rear of the Campbell's Hill cemetery a man named Edward Hannam, a resident of Arncliffe, had the…
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Lord Curzon while driving a motor car collided with another car near Sunningdale. Lord Curzon was thrown out and badly shaken, but he is progressing…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Tramway Accident. Boy Recovers £1200
In the Supreme Court, Hobart, on Saturday the hearing of the claim of John Lowric, 15 years (through his father), to recover £2000 damages from…
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The fourteen men missing form the steamer Spartan Prince, which was sunk in collision with the steamer Ceara off Brazil, were rescued…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Lift Accident
Frank Lambert, 17, was jammed in a lift at Macquarie Place this morning, and badly injured about the head and face. His escape from death was miraculous…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sad Drowning Accident. Boggabilla
George Peake, 19, was drowned at Boonal Station, near Boggabilla. He had crossed a branch of the MacIntyre to warn a lad that the river was rising fast, and was returning when he was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Injured by a Plough
Upon inquiry being made at the hospital this afternoon, it was ascertained that Edward Hannam, who was injured while assisting in ploughing operations on the North, Coast Railway works,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Shocking Fatality at Hobart. Two Men Fall Down a Shaft. Hobart
A shocking accident occurred last night at the Corporation Reservoir. Two men named Bain and [?]sley, who had been working on the night [?]ft, were being drawn to the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Serious Lift Accident
Henry Terks, 16, was coming down in a lift at a Clarence-street establishment, when he let go the driving wire, and the lift get beyond his control, and struck heavily on the basement,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Serious Accident Averted. Governor-general's Predicament
Most of those who had been in the Senate Chamber, Melbourne on Wednesday, to watch the opening ceremony assembled in the vestibule and on the outside terrace to watch…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fatal Mining Accident. Broken Hill
Michael Heffernan, 38, married, was killed in the Junction North mine this morning through a fall of earth. A number of his companions had a narrow escape…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Accident at the Aberdare Colliery
A man named George Smith met with a painful accident at the Aberdare colliery yesterday afternoon. He was engaged in oiling a pump at the pit, when his left arm was caught between…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Rival "Sports." Carious Shooting Accident
A young man named Herbert Thornton has been treated at the Cooma Hospital for a bullet wound, the result of a pea-rifle accident, and has been…
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On Tuesday last. F.A. Faulkner, a, reident of Singleton, was engaged in fixing telephone wires to posts, and was holding a portion of a wire while another man…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Street Accident Man's Stubborn Wound of 15 Years' Standing Yields only to Zam- Buk Balm
Seldom a day passes without a street accident of one kind or another. A fall from a tram, a kick from a horse, a tumble off a bicycle through a side-slip…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Recent Collision
The Marine Court has called upon the captain of the steamer Hero and the second mate of the steamer Suva to show cause why their certificates should not be cancelled…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Accident to Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton
Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton, Governor of South Australia, was thrown from his horse at Etham Abbey, and was much shaken. It is feared that he is injured internally…
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