Drowned in the Surf
John Forrest, a young man, newly married, was drowned on Monday in the surf at Byron Bay through the capsizing of a boat. While unloading empty…
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Girl and Policeman Drowned (By Cable). London
A girl, who -was arrested in a Derbyshire town, for stealing, jumped into, a river. A, policeman went in after her ana tried" to rescue her, .but she refused…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Hawes Railway Accident. Official Report. London, Wednesday afternoon
The official report of the Hawes railway accident of last Christmas recommends the use of electricity instead of gas for lighting railway carriages, and discourages the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Another Boxing Fatality. Death of Bob. Bryant
Robert Whitelaw, of Newcastle, and Bob Bryant, of Sydney, met in a boxing contest at Summer Park, Newcastle, on Saturday evening, and this was followed by…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →German Naval Accident. Berlin
An explosion took place on the cruiser Yorck at Kiel, resulting in three persons being killed and four others injured…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →General Cables. Collision Near Gravesend
The steamers Malaga and Balder collided off Rosherville. The Madame sunk in a few minutes and her 30 passengers experienced dramatic escapes. The crew jumped…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Maitland Coalmines. Recovery From Accident
A youth named Norman Lonsdale of Kurri Kurri who received serious injury to one of his eyes recently, through Leng struck by a wire nail he was attempting in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →French Railway Accident. Parish
A train at the Gare-du-Nord station crashed into the buffers owing to the brakes failing. Two coaches were derailed and seventeen persons injured…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Fatal Boxing Contest. Accidental Death
When we went to press last evening several witnesses had given evidence at the inquiry as to the cause of the death of James Robert Boland (better known as Bob…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Firearm Accidents and How'to Avoid Them
"The list of firearm accidents is a very large one each year, whether fatal or morely damaging to certain parts of the body and curable, and it is noteworthy that…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Serious Cycling Accident
Bert Lamrock, a well-known eyelist, while riding a motor bike near Lockhart last night, collided with a car occupied by the representative of a wine trading, business. Lamrock…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Blasting Accident
A man named Edward Wolfgram was admitted to the Maitland Hospital our Tuesday night from Cessneck suffering from the effects of a gunpowder explosion. He was engaged in a Quarry when a quantity…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fatality, at Boorai
A sad accident curred at Booral on Tuesday last whereby John Chapman, aged 49, a well-known identity of the locality received injuries which…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Clergyman Drowned
The Rev. Thomas Warhain, ex-president of the Queensland Methodist Conference, was found drowned this morning in 3 feet of water at Sandgate, a suburb of Brisbane, dressed in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Cape Disaster. Heroism of Injured Doctor
The railway accident at Gaikas Loop, on the night of January 4 was the worst disaster that has taken place in South Africa since that of Glencoe in 1895…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Found Drowned
The body of John Lister, aged 27, was found in Botany Bay this morning. He was Inst seen alive late last night, He. expressed the intention of walking home, hut it is believed he…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Burning Fatality at Warkworth an Old Woman's End
Mrs Susannah Florence Tristram, 91 years of age, was burned to death at Warkworth on Saturday afternoon. Deceased lived alone, and it is surmised…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Accidents on the Park
On the park on Sunday afternoon [?] named Harry Murray. 15 years of age, residing with his parents in Devonshire-street. had his arm broken. With several children he…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway Accident
On Saturday night two carnages of a passenger tram went off the line near the local station, owing to the points not working properly. Very little damage was…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Picture Show Fascination. Man Attends After Serious Accident
Shortly before 8 p.m. on Saturday, George Gordon, farmer, of "Hillside," Trangie, accompanied by "his wife, was trying to board a tram in George-street…
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