An Extraordinary Fatality
A minor named John M'Guire has been found dead in a mine near Bathurst in peculiar circumstances. He had been missing since the 27th ult., and a search party was…
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Drowning Accident at Wilcannia
A drowning fatality occurred at Wilcannia on Thursday evening. John Thomas, cook of the steamer Lancashire Lass, was carrying a bucket of water…
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During a southrely-burster at Kiama on Saturday afternoon a fishing-boat, containing five men, when off Blow Hole Point, capsized and sank immediately…
Continued on Trove, page 29 →Machinery Accident
A man named Homy Scott became entangled in the belting at the railway workshops to-day, and his arm was torn off above the elbow…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Accidental Poisoning
A sad fatality, resulting from carelessness in the matter of putting away dangerous poison, occurred at Malvern on Thursday. Recently, Mr. Robert Fulton,…
Continued on Trove, page 28 →Sketcher. Sensations of a Drowning Man
‘Drowning is a pleasant death’ is the remark constantly made by those who never gulped down salt water into the delicate tissues of their lungs. As a lad I was…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Naval Accidents. H.M.S.S. Thrasher and Lynx. London, October 15
A court-martial has held an inquiry into the accident to the torpedo-boat destroyer Thrasher, which went ashore last month during a fog on Dodmon's Point, Cornwall…
Continued on Trove, page 26 →Serious Accident
Messrs. Stillwell and Binning, road superintendents of Bathurst and Dubbo districts respectively, met with a serious accident a few days since at Wellington…
Continued on Trove, page 28 →Sketcher. Sensations of a Drowning Man
'Drowning is a pleasant death' is the remark constantly made by those who never gulped down salt water into the delicate tissue of their lungs. As a lad I was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fearful Railway Accident
An express train whilst travelling from Buffalo to New York, crashed through a bridge crossing the Hudson River and fell into the stream. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sketcher . Sensations of a Drowning Man
Drowning is a [?] death is the mark constantly made by those who never gulped down salt water into the dellcate tissues of their longs As a lad I was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Accident in America. Twenty-eight Drowned, London, October 25
An extraordinary railway accident has occurred in the United States. The express train from Buffalo to New York ran off the rails, and was precipitated into the…
Continued on Trove, page 26 →The Recent Fatal Accident
The severe remarks which fell from the Police Magistrate after holding an inquiry into the cause of the death of the boy H. J. Matthews last week, together with the rider attached to the verdict, were…
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Miss Kite, daughter of a sale[?] near Temors, was killed on Sunday by a heavy gale of wind…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fatal Cycling Accident
A lady cyclist, Miss Ada May Stacey, aged 27, met her death in a shocking manner at Randwick on Saturday evening. She was attempting to pass au omnibus…
Continued on Trove, page 29 →Modern Melodrama. Miss Maud Williamson Nearly Drowned
Several unrehearsed and highly exciting incidents occurred at the initial production of "The Prairie King" at the Lyceum Theatre, Sydney, last Saturday night. The…
Continued on Trove, page 27 →Killed by a Stray Bullet. Strange Fatality in Sydney
A little girl named Rosie Moran, who was shot on Tuesday evening at Redfern by a chance shot, died in the Prince Alfred Hospital on Wednesday morning. At the…
Continued on Trove, page 37 →Fatal Accident
A sh[?]king fatal accident occurred at Portland on Sunday afternoon, on the arrival of s s. Derwent. The steamer had just reached the pier, and the derrick with…
Continued on Trove, page 28 →Sad Fatality at Borambola. Drowned in the River
A sad death by drowning is reported from Borambola, the victim being Richard F. D. Bannatyne, son of Mr. Alexander Bannatyne, licensee of the Belmore Hotel,…
Continued on Trove, page 36 →Fatal Bicycle Accident. a Terrible Fall
A fatal bicycle occurred at Walhalla last Sunday. A young man named Alf Besanko, whose parents reside ab Newmarket, went for a ride on his bicycle on the Moondarra…
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