Vessels Wrecked in Gale. Eleven Men Drowned. All Night in Rigging. Perth (W.a.)
A message from Whim Creek states that during the heavy storm on Thursday last the captains of the lighters hung on a long as possible, but…
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Vessels Wrecked in Gale. Eleven Men Drowned Perth (W. A.)
A message from Whim Creek states that during the heavy storm on Thursday last the captains of the lighters hung on as long as possible, but finding it was impossible for…
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At the Police Court on Thursday, in a case in which a resident pleaded guilty to an information charging him with allowing stock to stray, he stated…
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An immigrant, Alfred Pixley, who came to Victoria by the Maunganui, was drowned in the Yarra at Melbourne on Sunday afternoon. He and three…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Steamship Collision. Malta
The P. and O. steamer Syria bound for Japan came into collision during a fog with the French steamer Circe near Algiers, Ninety-four passengers rushed on deck, but…
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While at work at Swan Reach, near Hinton, yesterday, a man named James Cromarty, met with a painful accident, by having his hand badly ripped with a hay…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Collision at Sea. English and French Vessels. (By Cable.) London
During a dense fog ,the Peninsular and Oriental co.'s steamer bound from London to Japan, came into collision with the French steamer Circe…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Serious Tram Accident. (By Telegraph.) Sydney
R. M.Smith, a resident of W[?] was swept off the footboard of a [?] in Elizabeth-street to-day, and the wheels passed over his left leg, and the…
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A little boy, 4½ years of age, son of Mr. B. Edwards, of Morpeth, was accidentally drowned in a quarry hole on Thursday morning. The body was recovered about an hour after the sad…
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This morning, Mr. Peak, dairyman, was driving his milk cart into town, and when causing the tram line at the foot of Campbell's Hill met with a rather peculiar accident, which threatened at one…
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A party of strikers were searching for coal in a disused mine at, Nanpmoel, when a huge fall took place and two persons were killed. Elsewhere, a boy was killed…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Skating Accident
A local railway employee named McCArthy while skating at the Muswellbrook rink yesterday fell and broke or his rms…
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As Mr. Richard McTaggart and family, of Muswellbrook, were driving home fromj Wybong yesterday, the sulky they were in was yesterday, the sulky they were in was overturned owing to the horse suddenly…
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A serious accident occurred at Randwick yesterday during the face for the First Nursery Handicap. Mayrah, a filly from W. Kelson's stable, and piloted by C. Bolton fell…
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A serious motor accidents occurred on the road between Moama and Mathoura, when a car, owned and driven by Mr. W. J. Nicholas was overturned…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Colliery Accidents
Many accidents due to the neglected condition of the collieries are reported, and three persons were killed and three others injured through the fail of roof at…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Our Muswellbrook Letter. Peculiar Motor Accident
On Friday evening last a party of Scene residents, numbering four— two ladies and two gentlemen— were being driven to Muswellbrook in a motor car. They had passed…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Biplane Accident
A gale wrecked Mr. Graham While's biplane while he was making a low flight at Hendon. Mr. White and his two passengers escaped without injury…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Motor Omnibuses' Collision. Lisbon
Two motor omnibuses came into collision on a hill at Oporto, and one was hurled over a precipice. Nine persons were killed, and seven of the injured are in a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Serious Collision. Sacramento, April 10
While racing to reach a siding before the arrival of another train a freight train collided with a motor train, and as a result thirteen passengers and two trainmen were…
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