Capsize of a Cutter. Twelve Men Drowned. Chicago Soul 16
Twelve men were drowned while training in a seamen's entter, which capsized in Lake Michigan. The chief gunner, who was in charge, and…
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Railway Accidents. Terrified Schoolboys. London. Tuesday night
The Irish express pulled up at Colwyn Bay with one carriage on fire. A party of terrified schoolboys returning to Stoneyhurst College were rescued. One…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Workshop Accident
Six persons have been terribly injured in a moulding shop in the Caledonian railway at St. Roliox, Four were injured by molten brass that exploded…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Shocking Fatality Boy Drowned in River, (By Telegraph.) Sydney
A shocking tragedy occurred at Wagga to-day. A boy named Jack Ryan, aged 11 years, residing with his parents in a teant…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Tram Conductor Injured
Mr. C. Pegenoski, a tram conductor, received a nasty squeeze this morning, and sustained injuries which necessitated his removal to the Maitland Hospital. He was in the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mining Fatality. Berlin, Sept. 17
Owing to a subsidence in the Augusta Victoria mine at Recklinghausen. Westphalia, 20 miners have been killed…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Late News by Cable. Naval Accident. One Man Killed, Several Injured. London, Sept. 18
News is just to hand that the breechblock of one of the 12-inch guns on the battleship King Edward VlI. was blown off during firing practice off Colonsay…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →General Cable News. London, Sept. 18. Terrible Accident
Six men were terribly injured in a moulding shop of the Caledonian Railway Company, at St. Rollox, owing to the explosion of 4cwt. of molten brass…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Colwyn Day Accident
The boys who caused the fire to the Dublin train at Colwyn Day applied a light to the disinfectant in the lavatory to see If it would burn, and the carriage was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Collision. Brussels
A goods train at Marbehan crashed into a passenger train, which was crowded with workmen and others going to market. Sixty persons were injured, including the driver and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Tragedy of Heroism. Drowned While Trying Rescue
A youth named Howard Smeal, aged seventeen, lost his life at Kilcreggan, Dumbartonshire, yesterday, in attempting to rescue a girl named Madge…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Tornado Wrecks Town. Fifty Lives 200 People Injured. Path of Destruction
Regina, the capital of Saskatchewan, was devastated on Sunday by a tornado. which tore through the heart of the town, causing a loss of at least 50…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Colliery Accident
Patrick Cunnigham, (29) a machineman, employed at Abermain colliery, was admitted to the Kurri Hospital on Tuesday evening suffering from a fracture…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway and Tramway Accidents
The Treasurer laid on the table of the Assembly yesterday a return of railway and tramway accidents for the year ended June 30. It showed that 113 passengers…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Aeronautics. Another Fatality. Chicago, Sept. 12
Paul Beck, a Washington airman, was killed while attempting a "spiral glad with a biplane. M. Fourny, flying a Farman military…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Smash Go People Injured (By cable.) London
A railway splash took place near Brussels. A goods train crashed into a passenger train crowded with passengers A number of the carriages were…
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Miss Ruby Brackenbury, daughter of Mrs. Brackenbury, while attempting to open the William Street railway gales on Monday evening to let a light…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →British Army Manoeuvres. Accident to the Gamma. London, Sept. 20
While the dirigible Gamma was returning from the manoenvres this morning her engines failed near Devises, in Wiltshire, and she fell to the earth…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Accidents. Terrified Schoolboys. London, Tuesday night
The Irish express pulled up at Colwyn Bay with one carriage on fire. A party of terrified schoolboys returning to Stoneyhurst College were rescued. One…
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