Fatality on Railway
Through falling under a train at Mor-dala railway station on saturday night, Job Alexander Forbes, 60, or Unwins Bridge road, Undercliffe, was killed. He atten…
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News by Wire. Trams in Collision. Sydney
A rear collision between trams at Perouse late on Saturday evening [?] in six passengers receiving injuries. though the impact was not particularly…
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A tram collision resulting in half-a-dozen passengers being injured occurred on the Long Bay line, near Botany-street at about half-past 4 o'clock on Saturday afternoon…
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A double drowning accident occurred in the Manning River yesterday. Thomas Connelly, his wife, four sons and two daughters started on a boating trip to the upper…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Floods N Queensland. Disaster at Clermont. Fifty People Drowned. Houses Washed Away
The cyclonic weather which has been raging in Northern and Central Queensland for some time past has been responsible for a dreadful disaster…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Smocking Railway Fatality
An old man, whose name has not been ascertained, was killed by a train near Doonside railway station this morning. His face was smashed almost beyond recognition, and…
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The outer harbor at Adelaide was the scene of a sensational boating fatality oh Monday, when, through the overturning of a yacht, four young men…
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The children of the Bishop Murray Memorial Orphanage, Campbell's Hill, were taken for a picnic to Spier' Point yesterday, in charge of three priests and a number of ladies but…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Tragedy of the Surf. Six Persons Drowned
At Scarborough Beach, near Perth, in Saturday, a girl named Kathleen forman, while bathing, got into difculties in the water, which was over…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Scottish Railway Accident. London
A crowed excursion train crashed into a light engine near Ratha station, between Edinburgh and Glasgow, and twelve fatalities have been reported. The father,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Serious Tram Collision. Six Persons Injured
A tram collision resulting in half-a-dozen passengers being injured, occurred on the Long Bay line near Botany-Street at about balf-past 4 o'clock on saturday afternoon…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Two Girls Drowned. Sad Fatality. Sydney
A double accident occurred in the Manning River yesterday. Thomas Connelly, his wife, four sons and two daughters started on a boating trip to the upper…
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At Scarborough Beach, near Perth, a girl named Kathleen Gorman, whilst bathing got into difficulties in the water, which was over her depth. Others in the water went…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →News by Wire. Motor Car Fatality. Sydney
As the result of a motor car accident at Newtown this morning, a nine-year-old boy was killed and another lad taken to hospital in a critical condition…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Dashed Against a Tree. Railway Workers Serious Injured
David Fleming, 37, a railway worker, who lives with his wife and two young children at the Tumbarumba Railway Construction Camp, near Wagga, left the camp to catch…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Floods in Queensland. Disaster at Clermont. Fifty People Drowned. Houses Washed Away
The cyclonic weather which has been raging in Northern and Central Queensland or some time past has been responsible for dreadful disaster…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Irish Sea Disaster. 90 Lives Lost by Collision in Fierce Storm. Sole Survivor's Story
During the height of the gale in the Irish Sea on Friday night, November 3, the London and North-western Railway Company's steamer Connemara collided…
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The [?] of Police has received a telegram from [?] reporting the drowning of five members of the Jenkinson family at Torna Valley, the…
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Through a fall of coal at the South [?] Colliery about 9.3O this morning, John Wil-liam, an elderly man, was killed, and his son, Samuel Williams, 33, received serious…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Melbourne Tram Accident. Many People Injured
Owing to the failure of the brakes, an electric [?] which was travelling down hill from Burwood to Melbourne, became [?]…
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