Narrow Escape From Death. Railway Pokier Injured
A porter at Ryde railway station, named. Percy Woods had a very narrow escape from death. to-day. He attempted, to jump from a moving…
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Wreck and Loss of Life. Five Seamen Drowned. Hobart
The steamer Koonookarra, which returned to-night after a visit to Maatsuyker Island with stores for the lighthouse, brings news of the wreck of the barque…
Continued on Trove, page 41 →Shrewsbury Railway Accident Bad Record of Driver. London
An important fact was elicited yesterday at the inquiry which is being held into the railway disaster near Shrewsbury on the 15th inst., when an express was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Accidental Sensation
The steamer Dilkerra had a most remarkable escape from total destruction on her last trip from Port Kembla to Albany, when one of the trimmers drove his shovel…
Continued on Trove, page 33 →Railway Accident at Gawler Trains in Collision. Several Persons Injured. Adelaide
A sensational collision took place between two trains at the Gawler railway station this morning. A passenger train from Adelaide was turned on to the wrong line, when it…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sad Fatality at Gunbar. Young Woman’s Dress Catches Fire
Miss Rose Nixon, the eldest daughter of Mr. Samuel Nixon, of Gunbar Farm, Gunbar, and president of the Carrathool Shire Council, was the victim of a terrible…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Cablegrams. Terrible Earthquake in Italy Six Towns Partially Destroyed. 200 People Killed; 400 Injured. London
A terrible earthquake, accompanied by great loss of life and immense wreck to property, has occurred in South Italy, in the southern part of the territory, known as…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Earthquake in Italy 300 People Killed—100 Injured. London
Reuter's correspondent forwards an estimate of the casualties caused by the disastrous earthquakes at Ferruzzano, and other towns in Southern Italy. According to this…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Recent Street Accidents
Charles Hutchinson, 63, of North Melbourne, who was thrown from a butcher's cart on Saturday last, and sustained concussion of the brain and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Dreadful Accident to a Boy Playing with a Dynamite Cap. Wangaratta
A very severe accident betel a lad named William Hill, on Friday. The boy was with a younger brother when he picked up a small box containing…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sailing Boat Fatality. a Laborer Drowned
The Water police have to-day endeavored without success to recover the body of a laborer named James Smith, who was drowned on Sunday…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Electric Train Disaster Collision in a Dense Fog. Three People Killed—17 Injured London
A dense fog which prevailed in London on Saturday was responsible for a series disaster. An electric train from Baker-street crushed into another, which was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Lobby Driver Injured
A lorry driver named James Ash., residing in Derbyshire-road, Leichardt, was unloading his lorry, this morning when the horses suddenly bolted…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Motor-car Fatality
An inquest on the lad: Oscar Tucker, who tiled from injuries received in a collision with a motor-car at Fitzroy last Sunday, was opened at the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fatal Buggy Collision
To-day at the Morgue the District Coroner held an inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the death of Annie Patullo, Malvern which…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sad Fatality at Gunbar. Young Woman's Dress Catches Fire
Miss Rose Nixon, the eldest daughter of Mr Samuel Nixon, of Gunbar Farm, Gunbar, and president of the Carrathool Shire Council, was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Found Drowned
An inquest was held to-day concerning the death of a butcher named Wm. Normansell, aged 46, lately residing in Mitchell-street, Glebe, whose…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Ship's Cook Drowned
A cook named Archibald M'Gregor, aged 50 years, who had been employed on board the steamer Syrian, which is lying at Elliott Bros wharf…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Terrible Burning Fatality
A Molong telegram states that a terrible burning fatality occurred at Manildra, when the residence of Mr. Frank Goodman was completely burnt to the ground…
Continued on Trove, page 33 →An Alarming Collision. Accident at Flinders-st. Yards. Engine Collides with Train. Four Passengers Hurt
A collision, which caused considerable consternation, occurred at the Flinders-street yards, Melb., on Wednesday, as the St. Kilda 2.53 p.m. up train was running…
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