Gas Explosion at Tamworth. Several Persons Injured
A serious gas explosion occurred shortly after noon on Wednesday in a shop in Peel-street, Tamworth, recently opened by F. B. Myers, photographer…
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Shocking Accident. Scaffolding Collapses. Sydney
A shocking accident occurred at Balmain this morning, when a scaffolding collapsed at a new building in course of construction at the corner of Darling and Reuntree streets. Eight…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Tram Accident in High-street
An accident occurred in High-street last, evening, through a horse attached to a sulky becoming frightened at a tram. Mr Alex Dick, of Neath, had driven into town with…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Motor Smash. Accident to Family Party
On Sunday night, about dusk, Mr J. E. James, auctioneer, of Windsor, was motoring home from Sydney, accompanied by his wife sad daughter, and a…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Dreadful Lift Accident. Little Boy Mangled. Sydney
While being conveyed in a lift past the second floor of the Public Works Department buildings this morning, a boy of seven, named Victor George…
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A train dashed into a cart at South Ken[?] morning, both the car and the vehicle being badly damaged, whilist several couple had narrow escapes on the tram…
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THE battleship London came into collision with the steamer don Beneto in a fog at midnight off Hythe. The Don beneto was towed to Dever half full of water, but the battleship…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Shocking Fatality. Woman Burned to Death
Mr. Julia Elliot, aged 47 years, was the victim of a shooking fatal burning accident at benalla, Victoria, on Saturday night. Husband and wife were in separate sleeping apartments with a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Shocking Railway Fatality. Young Man Killed
From time to time narrow escapes have been recorded of persons crossing railway line at High-street Station, and it has long been regarded as a death-trap. that it is…
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A young man, named Horace Langford, aged 24 years, was run down and killed by the North-west mail train at High-street crossing, Maitland, on…
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The battleship London, 15,000 tons, came into collision with the steamer Don Benito, in a fog at midnight on, Saturday, off Hythe, on the Essex coast. The…
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A shocking accident occurred at Balmain Saturday morning when a timber seaffold coliapesd at a new building in course of erection at the corner of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Railway Fatality
The funeral of the late Mr. Horace, Langlord, the young man who was killed at High-street railway station, on Sunday evening took place yesterday. The procession…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Double Aviation Fatality. London, May 14
Mr. Fisher, an airman, with Mr. Mason, a passenger, while flying in a monoplane at Brooklands, fell from a height of 200ft., and they were both killed…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Shocking Railway Fatality. a Man Cut to Pieces at Grasstree
A shocking railway fatality occurred at Grasstree station yesterday morning. A stock train carrying sheep from Narrabri to Sydney was stationary near the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Shocking Accident. Scaffolding Collapses
A shocking accident occurred at Balmain on Saturday morning, when a scaffolding collapsed at a new building in course of construction at…
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An inquest on the body of the unfortunate man, John McGladly, who was killed and shockingly mutilated by a train on Tuesday morning, was opened by the district…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Aviation Fatality. Seagull Causes Death. Pasadena (Cal.), May 10
Investigation has shown that the accident which caused the death of Mr. Rodgers, the airman, was due to the body of a seagull catching in the control wire during the flight, and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Motor Smash at Quirindi. Several Persons Injured. Quirindi
A motor car smash occurred early this morning. Mr. W. Higgins, residing in Hawker-street, was driving his car to the 12.20 mail train, with several friends, to see Mr. Robert…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Shooting Accident. Boy's Terrible Ordeal
While out in the bush, about two miles front bis home at Ardglen, near Murrondi, a shocking shooting accident occurred to Cyril Harkin, 13 years,…
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