Caught Between Cogwheels. Shocking Machinery Accident
A young man named Percy Darrah, 21 years of age, lost his left arm in a frightful manner at the Clyde Works, Geelong, on Tuesday morning. Whilst standing with his…
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Accident
An accident, which might easily have had serious, if not fatal consequences, is reported from Mount Kosciueko. There is at present a large snowdrift on the…
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A MAN named Emanuel Austin, about 40 years of age, who has been employed at Eldridge's saw mills for the past five or six years, met his death by drowning in…
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THE body of the man Emanuel Austin, who was drowned in the Murray in the vicinity of Eldridgo's saw mills on Saturday last, was observed floating by some…
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A shocking accident happened on Monday afternoon to Mr. William Zwar, of the wellknown firm of Zwar Bros., of the Beechworth Tannery, at Newtown. Mr. Zwar…
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A shooting accident occurred at Carlyle, Wuhgunyah, on Friday afternoon last, by which a woman named Alice Yuol was accidentally shot through the hand and arm by…
Continued on Trove, page 29 →Shocking Railway Accident. Boy Killed at Cheltenham
A horrible accident happened on the Cheltenham railway station on Wednesday afternoon, when a nine-year-old boy named Harry Mewett was run over and killed. The body…
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A shocking accident has occurred at Liverpool, whereby two children named Jeffreys, aged 2 and 4 respectively, were terribly Injured. The youngest is dead,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Latest by Telegraph Collision in North Sea. Twenty Lives Lost. London
A collision has taken place in the North Sea between the steamers Illos and Parrament, by which 20 lives were lost…
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A fatal shooting accident took place here yesterday, when a boy named Edward Topp, aged 10 years, accidentally shot dead a younger brother aged…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Collision at Sea. a Steamer Sunk. London, December 18
A disastrous collision, which resulted in the sinking of a steamer, and probably in serious loss of life, has occurred off the mouth of the Tyne…
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A domestic servant named Minnie Lowtey, residing at Darlinghurst, fell from a top-story window to the ground, a distance of 60 feet, and was killed…
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A remarkable accident, occurred last week to a young woman in Warrnambool. She was returning homo at 10 o'clock at night, when she heard a dog bark in the…
Continued on Trove, page 29 →Fatal Shooting Accident. a Bank Manager Killed
Mr. Robert Irving, manager of the National Bank, Boort, was killed on Wednesday afternoon, whilst out on a duck-shooting expedition. The party, consisting of eight…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →Extraordinary Accident. Narrow Escape of a Chemist
Mr. F. H. Lindon, salt manufacturer, at Wickliffe-road, Ararat, and an experimental chemist, met with a singular accident on Saturday. He was returning from Ballarat…
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An accident attended with fatal consequences, occurred on Tuesday afternoon at the railway carriage cleaning shop, at Eveleigh, the victim being a young man named…
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Only a drowned man—a human wreck Cast shorewards by the sea-that gives us pause. To broach once more the commonplace of…
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A boy, aged 6, named Arthur George Eapher, who resided with his parents in Petersham, was drowned on Friday in an underground tank on Searle's Estate…
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A fireman named Joseph Judd, employed on the steam crane at the Government quarry, Glebe Island, met with a shocking death on Friday while…
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During the holidays a young man named Alfred Hug met with a most painful accident at Bruthen. He was out shooting, and was accompanied by his dog. Climbing over a…
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