Railway Accident. Ten Persons Killed. Vancouver, August 5
A Buffalo train demolished a picnic cha[?]ane at a level crossing. Ten people were killed…
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Insurance Frauds Claims for Faked Accidents
At the Taree Quarter Sessions some impudent insurance frauds were revealed during the trial of Henry Chapman and George Stephen Ray, who pleaded…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire at Kitchener. Owner Accidently Learns of the Fire
To pay a visit to a neighboring town and to find on arrival there that a house owned by him had been destroyed by fire a few days previously…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Miners' Accident Fund. Increased Allowances Desired
In the Legislative Assembly Mr. W. O'Hearn M.L.A., asked the Minister for Mines, if, in view of the small allowance paid to beneficaries…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Shooting Accident Youth Loses Left Eye
A message from Broken Hill states that Horace Lehmann, aged 17, Knelt down to drink at a spring, resting his gun on a slightly elevated position…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Bolting Engine. Collision with Another Locomotive
Suddenly and without warning, in the middle of the night, an idle and unattended engine which had been left standing in a spare siding of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Over a Cliff. Hoy Pat Ally Injured. Sydney
John James Molloy, 15 who lived with his parents at Balmain, was found dead at the foot, of a cliff on Ballast Point late last night…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Accident to Builder
Whilst engaged building a shod, this afternoon for Mr. Fennell, of Ducken-field, Mr. R. Carroll received a nasty gash with an axe on the right eye. The…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sulky Collision. Man Seriously Injured
While driving From, Hexham to their home at Mayfield, shorlty, after ten o'clock on Saturday night, John Honlon, 37, a driver, and his brother…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Car and Tram. Head on Collision. Three Men Injured
Injuries were suffered by three occupants of a car which collided head on with a tram outside the Stadium, Rushcutter Bay, on Saturday night…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Swept Overboard. Man Drowned at Newcastle
As a result of a towline attached from the tug Eden to a garbage punt suddenly snapping, Henry Macauley, a marine engineer, was knocked…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fall From Balcony. Two Persons Injured
The spot in Surry Hills, known as "Frog Hollow," was the scene of a dual accident on Saturday night. Cecil Shields, aged 18, overbalanced…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Harbour Incident. Steamers in Collision. Slight Damage. Sydney
A collision occurred in the harbour late last night, between the A.U.S.N. Co's steamer Makarra, and the Huddart Parker, Ltd's steamer…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fell Twenty Feet. Injured at Steel Works
Allen jeffking aged 12 years a blast furnacemen at the Steel Works at Port Waratah, living at Hamilton, was cleaning a gas washer at…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Motor Fatality. State Hotels. Charge of Manslaughter. West Australian Profit
In the early hours of Friday morning, Samuel Cann, aged 60 years, a member of the tramway night repair gang, was knocked Tho accounts of the State Hotels for 1022 were laid on the table of the West Australian Assembly. These showed total receipts £60,537,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Caught in Belting. Man Shockingly Injured. Sydney
William Clarke, 50, a machine miller, was naught by a revolving belt in Fowler's pottery works, at Marrickvilel, on Monday…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Killed by Tree. Accident Near Raymond Terrace. Raymond Terrace
A man named John Oakley, whilst engaged felling trees in Mr. A. Blanch's paddock, at Mt. Hall, about 2½ miles from Raymond Terrace, met…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Alpine Accident. Marvellous Escape
The "Times" Geneva correspondent reports the remarkable escape from death of a woman climber, Mrs. Conix and her guide Bischot. They…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Prince Henry. Riding Accident. London, August 3
Prince Henry, who is a Lieutenant of Hussars, while at Aldershot, seeing a recruit unable to manage his horse mounted the animal, who reared and…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Motor Accident. Car Hurled Into Water-course. Muswellbrook
A motor car from Rennie's garago at Muswellbrook having broken down on the Great Northern Road near. Aberdeen, another car with two…
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