Fatal Cab Accident
A cabman named Patrick Coomber was on Thursday week driving George-st, when his vehicle along came into collison with the kerbing…
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Accidents, 1899
73 stories in Snowy Mountains & Monaro's papers · page 1 of 4
Tramway Accident
A fish hawker, named William Onghley, 28 years of age, was getting out of the wrong side of a tramcar in Elizabeth Street on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Possibilities of Accident. a Practical Illustration
On Monday evening last an [?]crident of a peculier and painful character occurred at O'Neill's Hotel, Catheart, to a young men…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Victorian Cycling Carnival. Numerous Accidents. Melbourne
The annual race meeting of the League of Victorian Wheelmen opened on Saturday on the Melbourne Cricket Ground with perfect weather, in the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Intercolonial News. SYDNEY, Saturday. Rifle Fatality
Mr. Joseph Smith, proprietor of the Club House Hotel, Nymagee, died from the effects of a rifle shot. A customer placed a rifle against…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Drowning at Como
Henry Livers of Arn[?]iffe was drowned at Como yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sad Bathing Fatality. Girl Devoured by Sharks
A sad bathing fatality occurred near Newcastle beach, on Saturday. Two girls named Jane Spencer Burraston, 14, and Rose Sateliffe,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Accidents at Randwick. Two Horses Killed. a Jockey Seriously Injured
There were more accidents at Randwick Raceco[?]rse on Saturday, the concluding day of the Anniversary meeting of the Sydney Turf Club, than has been the case…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fatal Coach Accident. Driver Killed by a Falling Tree. a Sydney Traveller Seriously Injured
About 3 o'clock this morning, as the mail coach from Taree was about five miles from Kew proceeding to Port Macquarie, a tree slow across it, killing the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Intercolonial News. SYDNEY, Friday. Drowned in a Waterhole
Frederick Brush, aged twenty one, has been drowned in a waterhole at Kogarab. He was riding a horse to have a drink when the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Tramway Fatality in Sydney
A man, apparently about 5O years of age, was knocked down by a trancar at the corner of Elizabeth and Rathures Streets on Friday night. He died on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Perils of the Sea. Collision with an Iceberg
The ship Torrens has arrived at Adelaide badly damaged, the re-sult of a collision with an iceberg off Croset Island on 2nd January…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Intercolonial News. SYDNEY, Monday. STEEPLECHASE & Hurdle Accidents
Kronberg fell in the hurdle race at the Adelaide Race Club's, meeting on Saturday, and was killed. Diantbus and Carolus met with…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →News From Mount K0[?] Accident to Mr. Golddy
Mr. B. Do Burgh Nowth, Chief Observer, Mt Koselueko, writ's to the "Mercury" giving the following account of the accident to Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Boating Fatality in South Australia
A boating fatality is reported from Brighton, Adelaide. A boat leaked and was low in the water when a wave swamped the craft,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Terrible Machine Accident
George Sedgwick was caught in a planing machine. at Portland, Victoria. His skull and both legs and iett arm were fractured, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fatal Lift Accident
Mr. Goo. Whittingha[?] a member of the well-known sporting family was killed by falling down a lift shaft at the Bo[?]an Club,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Racecourse Accidents
At the Elwick racecourse, Tasmania, at the first hurdle, Wolfgang blundered and fell, throwing his rider, Fitzgerald, heavily…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Shocking Accident at Bombala
A shocking accident has occurred to a young man named James Leckie, 20 years of age, the son of a Sydney contractor. Leckie was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Collision in New Zealand. Five Persons Killed
An excursion train ran into the rear of another excursion at Rarai[?] near Christchurch, New Zetland, on Saturday. They were both…
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