Schoolboy Drowned
John McGuire, of Cleveland-street, Redfern, a schoolboy of 12, attending St. Peter's, Surry Hills, was drowned in the Domain baths yesterday afternoon. From 3…
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Drowning Accident. Returning from a Cruise. (By Cable.) Auckland
A motor launch party was returning from a cruise to-day, when a big wave struck, the boat, and Myrtle Rowan, aged 18, and Ray Bevins, were washed…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Shocking Fatality. Man Killed by Engine. Sydney
A shockine railway accident occurred at Redfern station this morning. A man named George Ford, aged 35, a railway laborer, was working on the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Two Man Drowned. Boat Upset Off a Perouse
Alexander Souter and William Gibb were drowned off La Perouse. in the sight of hundreds of spectators, on Sunday afternoon. The boat with the two passengers, was…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Steamer Collision. Heavy Loss of Life. New York
Forty-nine lives have been lost in a collision between the steamers Monroe and Nantucket. According to wireless despatches, the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fatal Fire in Brisbane Four Women Victims. Others Injured
A fire broke out at the Salvation Army Home at Taringa. near Brisbane, at three on Tuesday morning. The flames spread with alarming rapidity and practically the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Train Wrecked. Passengers Killed and Injured. Jackson (Michigan). Jan. 26
Five people were killed and a score injured through a Michigan passenger train colliding head on with a freight train three miles from the city…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Tram Accident
William Robertson (22), a wholesale stationer, residing at 12 Napoleon-street, North Sydney, was run over by a tram in George-street West about 10.20 last night…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Terrible Motor Accident
Three lives have been lost in a motor accident which occurred last night near Soissons. A miller of Soissons, named M. van Doreen, was returning with his family from Compeigne…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Great Disaster at Sea. Many Lives Lost. Collision in a Fog. Norfolk (Virginia), Jan. 31
Great loss of life has attended the collision between the steamer Monroe (4701 tons), of the Old Dominion Steamship Company, and the steamer Nautucket (2599 tons), of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Collision at Sea. Many Persons Drowned
New York, Saturday.—Two passenger steamers, the Monroe and the Nantucket, came into collision off the Winter Quarter Lightship. The Monroe was struck…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Hockey Injured
Frank Fleming, aged 17, a jockey, residing Alexandra, while exercising a horse at Randwick was thrown and dragged for about 200 yards. He was taken to St…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fatal Accident
One of the saddest accidents it has been our duty to record happened on Sunday morning last, when Stuart, eldest son of Mr. and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Little Girl Injured
A little girl named [?] Carrdtners, 5 years of age, met with a nesty fall at the Carrington Hotel early this afternoon. Painters were at work at the hotel, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Aeroplane Fatality Paris, Feb. 3
Licutenant Deivort and Captain [?] fell white aeroplaning at. Bourges yesterday, and were both killed…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Result of Sulky Accident
A man, named Harry Field, while driving with his wife in a sulky at Tambar Springs, collided with a tree. 'Both were thrown out. Field was injured internally, and his…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Rothbury Shooting Accident
Upon inquiry at the hospital this afternoon respecting the condition of the youth Arthur Pollow, who had his head badly injured in a shooting accident at Rothbury, it was learned…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Latest News by Wire. Serious Collision. Sydney, Thursday afternoon
As the result of a collision between a motor car and a sulky in Oxford-street a woman named Spaull was thrown out of the motor, and considerably knocked about, while the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Serious Railway Collision Breakdown in a Tunnel. Great Damager to Rolling Stock. Newcastle Thursday afternoon
A serious collision occurred this morning between Adamstown Station and Cardiff Tunnel between goods trains. Extensive damage was done to rolling stock, but…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Accident to Miss Kellerman. Risky Performance. Hamilton (Bermuda), Feb. 4
While giving a performance at the Bermuda Aquarium, Miss Annette Kellerman, the well-known Australian swimmer, and Mr. Robert Brennan were severely injured through…
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