The Floor Was "Outclassed." 20 Persons Injured
During a contest held at the Manchester, Boxing Club the floor suddenly collapsed, precipitating two hundred of the spectators into a warehouse below. No…
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A Coasting Steamer Sinks. Thirty Sailors Drowned
The small coasting steamer Guasco has sunk in a collision off the port of Paranagua, on the southern coast of Brazil. Thirty members of the crew were…
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Charles Bown, 18 years of age, residing at South Melbourne, was admitted to the Melbourne Hospital in an unconscious state, suffering from…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sensational Railway Collision. Goods Train and Special
A serious railway accident occurred on Sunday morning near Kilkiran Junction. A special train which was run from Brisbane to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Cablegrams. the Zulus. Arrest of Dinizulu. Threatened Collision Averted London
The arrest of the paramount chief, Dinizulu, was effected without trouble, the prisoner, with fifty followers, surrendering unconditionally and without compulsion…
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A sad fatality, attended by strange circumstances, occurred on the beach at Portland (Vic.), at about half-past 6 o'clock on Friday evening, when Misses Lily and…
Continued on Trove, page 33 →Two Shipwrecks. Drowning and Insanity. London
The steamer "Gatesgarth," trading between Liverpool and Penarth, has foundered with twenty hands, none of whom were saved…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Gras[?]hooper Accident
On Wednesday last as young Dan O'Leary employee of Messrs. Hill and Co., Corowa was driving the item's delivery cart across the bridge towards…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Millions Revealed by Accident
It is a remarkable fact that there is scarcely a goldfield in the world whose treasures were not first revealed by a seemingly trivial accident; and the same may almost be said…
Continued on Trove, page 41 →Sad Local Fatality. Young Man's Tragic End
A very sad event was brought to light this morning, when the body of a young man, Albert H. Keast. was discovered in the Murrumbidgee river, by Mr. Lewers,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cablegrams. (Per Reuter.) Heavy Gales and Floods Thirty Wrecks Reported. Twenty-four Persons Drowned. London
Heavy gales have been experienced in Great Britain and in the English Channel during the past few days, and 30 minor wrecks have already been reported at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fight in a Man-hole. Workman Overcome by Fumes, Graphics with His Rescuer. Both Men Nearly Drowned. Sydney
A sensational struggle occurred in a sewerage man-hole in George-street west this morning. Two employes of the Sewerage Board, Peter Leonard and John…
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An accident which might have been attended with serious consequences occurred at the Central railway station at S30 this morning. A business train from the…
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A man named Musgrove, in the employ of Mr Alfred Duryea, contractor at Yanga Station, was brought into Balranald on the 7th inst…
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A steam cutter belonging to the first class torpedo gunboat Speedwell was lying off the pier at Sheerness, on the south coast of England, having on board a…
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A sad fatality occurred at Euroa on Monday evening, when two little boys were drowned. The one was a son of Mr. P. W. Carr, stock and station agent, named Conrad,…
Continued on Trove, page 31 →Dreadful Accident at Albury Crushed Between Train and Platform. Midnight Saturday at Railway Station. Young Man Dies at Hospital
A dreadful accident occurred at the Albury Railway Station about half an hour after midnight of Saturday by which a married man named John…
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The circumstances touching the death of the young South Australian boilermaker, John Sincock, who died as a result of injuries received at the Albury railway…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Pathetic Bathing Tragedy. Drowned Under the Eyes of His Companions
A pathetic bathing tragedy is reported from Cronulla Beach, which is most popular amongst surf bathers, a young lad named Roy Swanton, aged…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Narrow Escape From Death at Albury Railway Station. Saturday Night's Fatality Almost Repeated
Warnings the most dreadul seem to have little effect on some people, who recklessly expose their lives in the most foolish manner…
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