Fatality in the Cricket Field. a Player Killed by a Ball
A member of the Bullarat Cricket Club, Mr. Charles Fraser, clork at Messrs. Culbert and Wynne's, solicitors, sustained fatal injuries while practising at the…
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Fatal Bathing Accident
A bathing accident, which nearly ended fatally, occurred last week at Hay. Two boys were bathing from the steps of the rowing club's boatshed, when young…
Continued on Trove, page 29 →A Painful Accident Near Mossgiel. a Teamster Badly Injured. MOSSGIEL
A Conoble teamster, named John Tomlins, about sixty years of age, was brought into the hospital from Ivanhoe last night, with a broken leg. Tomlin's leg is completely…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Horrible Burning Fatality
A horrible burning fatality occurred half a mile out of Charlton on Monday afternoon. Mr. James Kebiry, a farmer, of W[?]oroo-nooke, and his wife, were driving home, when…
Continued on Trove, page 29 →Fatal Accident
A shocking tram accident occurred in Mitchell-street, Bendigo, on Saturday rooming. Mr. A. B. Condliffe, a well-known resident of Epsom, was riding down…
Continued on Trove, page 29 →Terrible Railway Accident. 21 Persons Killed, 100 Injured. London
The express train from Mons to Brussels, during a fog, telescoped a train at Forest station, near Brussels. Twenty one persons were killed outright, and a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Death by Drowning
Judging by his remarks at an Ambulance Society meeting (says the Telegraph) Mr. Neild, M.P., scouts the idea that when a man is being asphyxiated by…
Continued on Trove, page 28 →A B O Y H E R O. He has Saved Nine Persons from Drowning
Once more has Walter Myatt, aged 13, and the holder of two Royal Humane Society certificates, distinguished himself by saving his ninth life from the Surrey Canal at…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Appalling Railway Disaster. Collision in a Fog. Twenty-one Persons Killed. London, February 19
A terrible railway disaster has occurred in Belgium. During a dense fog the express from Mons dashed into and telescoped a train at Forest…
Continued on Trove, page 26 →General Cable News. Appalling Railway Disaster. Twenty Persons Killed. a Hundred Injured
There were 800 passengers on the Mona Express. The gaud applied the Westinghouse brake with such force that the engine couplings parted,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Strange Accident
One evening recently, a Norwegian named Charles Hansen, in the employ of Mr. New of Keysborough, came into Dandenong for provisions, and after indulging…
Continued on Trove, page 29 →Shocking Machinery Accident
A shocking fatal accident occurred at Portland on Thursday morning, by which an old resident of the town, named George Sedgwick, lost his life. The deceased owned a…
Continued on Trove, page 29 →Fatal Accident
A fatal accident resulting in the loss of two lives occurred at Zeehan (Tasmania) shortly after midnight on Friday at the New Mount Zeehan mine. It appears that…
Continued on Trove, page 29 →A Horrible Accident. Fall Into Molten Slag
A shocking accident happened at the Port Pirie Smelting Works on Saturday morning. A man named T. H. Wood was pulling a slag pot, and walking backwards, when he…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Shocking Buggy Accident. a Man Dragged Along for Two Miles. Horrible Injuries Inflicted
A buggy accident occurred on Monday evening, resulting in the death of Mr. John M'Arthur, a dairyman residing at Glenormiston. He was returning from the Terang…
Continued on Trove, page 26 →A Blasting Accident. Six Men Killed. London, February 27
A fatal accident has occurred ia the Alps, resulting in the loss of six lives. Some men were engaged in blasting, in connection with the tunnel which is being…
Continued on Trove, page 26 →The Zeehan Boiler Fatality ' Remarkable Folly
The evidence at the inquest concerning the fatalities at the New Zeeban mina on Thursday night showed a went of due care among experienced men which led to the loss of two…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway Accident. Sydney
Eight tracks Attached to a goods train were derailed at Picton yesterday, the train travelling nineteen chains before being pulled up. The permanent way…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Toulon Explosion. Sixty-four Persons Killed. One Hundred and Thirty Injured. London, March 7
The work of searching for the victims of the terrible explosion at the naval magazine at La Gouban, near Toulon, in the south of France, early on Sunday morning, has now…
Continued on Trove, page 37 →Terrible Disaster at Toulon. Powder Magazine Blown Up. Forty Persons Killed. One Hundred and Ten Injured. London, March 6
A terrible disaster has occurred at Towlon, in the south of France. At 2 o'clock yesterday morning the naval magazine at Lau Gouban, near the city, was…
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