Terrible Boating Accident. Five Men Drowned
St. Kilda was the scene of a terrible fatality on Friday morning, when five men were drowned through a boat capsizing in a squall. All efforts at rescue were…
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Warehouse Fire. Fireman Drowned. London, Wednesday evening
A fire occurred in a warehouse in Liverpool, and a thousand bales of cotton were ruined. A fireman was missing, and upon a search…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Aerial Flight. Three People Injured at the White City
An accident occurred at the While City, Sydney on Wednesday, 8th inst., resulting in three women being injured. It seems that a boat on the elevated…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Trains in Collision. Driver and Fireman Killed. Appalling Disaster Averted. London
The Aberdeen express, while going dowhill at the rate of a mile a minute, owing to a corner, did not see a good train until it was impossible to apply the brakes. The train…
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Mr. Brooker Sen., of Rochel met with a serious accident on Tuesday. He was tthrowu out of a buggy, and sustained two broken ribs and a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Accident to Mr. T. Ellerton
Mr. T. Ellerton, J. P. of Muscle Creek met with a serious accident last Saturday afternoon when in the midst of haymaking. He was…
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A couple of accidents occurred in town during the holidays. A little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ryan, of York-street, fractured her arm rather badly at the elbow…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Another Railway Collision
While an engine and two American cars were being shunted at the Central Station this morning they collided with some empty cars, and buffers of one car were telescoped…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Motor Car Somersaults. Three Men Injured
A sensational motor car accident occurred at Broadmarsh, Tasmania, on Saturday night, and as a result John Quamby, miner (19), and G. W. Newbury (27) were…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Collision in Mid Air. a French Tragedy. Paris, April 20
Two monoplanes at the Duc Aerodrome, piloted respectively by M. Deroye (M. Bleriot's chief pilot), and M. Bidot, collided and crashed to the ground…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Aeroplane Collision. People Burned to Death. (By Cable.) London
French airmen named De Roy and Bidot were, racing near Paris when they collided. The aeroplanes crashed to the earth…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Peculiar Accident
A boy named Clifford Simpson was riding a horse at Wollongong at a cantor, when it collided with a motor-car driven by Mrs. Bowie of Sutherland. The boy was thrown…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Moonan Flat. Accident to Mr. Jim Williams
An accident of a serious nature befel Mr. James Williams, of Melvern, on Tuesday last, in consequence of which he has been lying in an unconscious state…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Accidents. Cooma Mail Derailed
An alarming accident occurred at Joppa Junction, four miles from Goulburn, on Sunday morning. Fortunately no one was injured…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Stanford-merthyr Fatality. Adjourned Inquest
The adjourned inquest concerning the death of John Byrne, who died in Kurri Hospital as a result of injuries received in Stanford-Merthyr colliery on April 7…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Shots at Annandale. Husband and Wife Injured
Alfred Thomas Luby and his wife Deborah, of Annandale-street, Annandale, were admitted to the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital last night, the former with three bullet…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Pea-rifle Accident
Whilst a youth named Bond was cleaning a pea-rifle in a hut a Mackellar Bros.' Kurrumbede property, near Gunnedah, it exploded, and the bullet pierced the stomach of Arthur…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Chapter of Accidents
Richard Hargraves and his sister, of Adelong, while driving to the Batlow Show, met a motor car in a narrow road. THe horses and the buggy capsized over the embankment, seriously…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Pea-rifle Fatality. Wife's Sad Death
Arthur O'Connor, who was accidentally shot with a pea-rifle at Kurrumbede, near Gunnedah, a couple of days ago, died in the hospital. At Paradise Gully, in the Bunbury (W.A.) district, a selector named Paddolini was engaged in clearing work, He fired a big tree, and his wife saw it about to fall…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Steamer Sinks. Three People Drowned
The steamer Huon, 730 tons, laden with fruit from Channel ports, for Hobart, foundered in d'Entrecateaux Channel, near Hobart, on Thursday afternoon…
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