Sad Drowning Fatality
Our Nambucca Heads correspondent writes as follows :--On Sunday afternoon last a very sad fatality occurred here, by which Bay, aged 7 years, the…
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Another Sensation at Forster. Four Men Nearly Drowned on the Bar
As stated in our Wednesday's issue, a party of men on Saturday last had a narrow escape from being drowned on the Forster bar. A correspondent refers to the occurrence in another column…
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The following story is told across the Atlantic about Dr. Talmage:—"It was years ago of course and occurred in New Jersoy Belleville Dr. Talmaage was preaching three and one week…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Collapse of a Bridge. a Terrible Fatality. London
DURING the launching of the battleship Albion, at Blackwall, an old wooden bridge, against which people were warned not to go on to, collapsed, and precipitated a largo crowd…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Serious Gun Accident
On Saturday afternoon, Mr. Fred Bridge, the well-known cricketer, met with a serious and painful accident while out shooting. In company with his brother, Mr. Arthur Bridge,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Albion Disaster, 36 People Drowned. London. June 23
36 persons—most of them women.—were drowned at the Thames catastrophe, during the launching of the battleship Albion. In spite of the police and a warning which…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Serious Cycling Accident
A serious cycling accident occurred at the Crystal Palace on Wednesday, which injured Platts-Betts. The breaking of a handle bar resulted in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Serious Casualties. the Coraki Crossing the Bar. Distressing Accident at Cattai Creek. Harrington
WHILE the steamer Coraki was crossing the bar yesterday, outward bound, a big sea broke on board, seriously injuring a seaman. The extent of his injuries are not known. It…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sad Fatality at Harrington. Death of Young Newton
AN inquest was held by the District Coroner (Mr. T. B. Boyce, J.P.), at the residence of Captain Kerkin, Harrington, on Wednesday evening last, upon the body of Glen Alick Newton, aged 12 yean, eldest…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Terrible Disaster. Collision at Sea. 500 Lives Lost. London
A terrible disaster has attended the French ocean liner La Bourgogne. While steaming 18 knots an hour, she collided with the ship Cromartyshire,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Appalling Collision at Sea. Terrible Scenes. Brutality of the Sailors. London
A TERRIBLE calamity has occurred in the Atlantic The French liner La Boulogne, bound from New York to Havre, with 730 souls on board, collided with the steamer Cromartyshire…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Cycling Accident. Platt-betts' Condition Serious. London, July 1
THE injuries received by Platt-Betts, the champion cyclist, in the accident on Wednesday, on the Crystal Palace track, through the overturning of a quintette pacing machine, are…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Terrible Tram Accident. a Man's Head Cut Off
A MOST shocking accident occurred on Saturday last, in connection with the tram to Leichbardt. While the tram was in motion near Johnston-street and Parramatta-road, a man named…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Serious Burning Accident. Another Kerosene Case. Coonamble
A SERIOUS burning accident befel Mrs. Newton, a wife of the local resident engineer, last night. The lady had washed her hair with a solution of kerosene, and while attending to the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fortunes by Accident
If there is anything that makes a poor, toiling man happy it is to read about flukes that have made fortunes. For instance, there was a captain of a vessel plying…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Sad Accident. London, July 15
A severe accident happened to Miss Donaldson, Madame Melba's guest, at Mailedin yesterday. While Miss Donaldson was out driving with the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →CABLEGRAMS. Accident to the Prince of Wales
The Prince of Wales met with an accident on Wednesday at Waddesdon Manor, Buckinghamshire, while he was on a visit there…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →News by Wire. Accident to the Prince of Wales. London
The Prince of Wales, who sustained a broken knee-cap on Monday while staying at a country house, is not progressing so favorably towards…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →A Terrible Accident. Man's Arm Crushed. Harrington
A TERRIBLE accident happened here yesterday to Mr. David Murdoch, while shunting three loaded trucks. In trying the sprag-wheel of the second waggon, he slipped, and fell under the last waggon—the wheels…
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