Motor Launch Capsizes. Two Men Drowned
Information received from Nambour (Q) on Monday morning states that a motor launch, containing nine persons, capsized at Marooch Heads on Sunday. Seven…
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12,000 Sheep Drowned Owing to Unsuitable Trucks
During the course of the meeting of the Albury Pastures Protection Board yesterday several members complained of shortage of sheep trucks for the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cablegrams. General Cable News London, Thursday. Railway Calamity in Italy. Five Killed; Eighty Injured
Another serious railway disaster in reported, the scene of the latest accident being Rocca Pietta, in Italy. A train crowded with pilgriam came…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →War-ship Nearly Sunk Accident on the Irresistible
An extraordinary accident, which nearly resulted in the sinking of the first-class battle-ship Irresistible, occurred on 9th inst., while the vessel was lying off…
Continued on Trove, page 45 →Boiler Tube Bursts. Accident on Cruiser Tennessee. Four Men Killed. London, June 6
A fatal accident has occurred on the United States armoured cruiser Tennessee. While cruising off San Pedro, on the coast of California, a boiler tube burst. Four…
Continued on Trove, page 42 →Accident to a Carrier
While engaged shifting furniture from Cr.A. Nathan'n old promises in deantreat, Albury, yesterday afternoon an elderly carrier named Albert Alderson…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Injured Carrier
Mr. Albert Aldersch, who sustained a sprained wrist through being run over by his lorry on Thursday last, was able to leave the Albury Hospital yesterday as his…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →New South Wales. Sydney, Friday. a Fall in Scrap Iron. Two Men Injured
At the railway workshops at Eveleigh this afternoon, while two men named Henry Vaughan and Edward Brooks were being hoisted up in a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Bicycle Accident
A lad named George Ferguson, 10 years of age, who resides at Hambledon-street, Albert Park, met with an accident to-day as he was riding a bicycle across the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Victoria. Melbourne, Tuesday. a Miner Injured
At an early hour this morning George Broom, 33, a miner, was severely injured a fall of earth in the New Normanby mine, Ballarat. He was working in the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Cablegrams. Storm Near Japan. Fifty Fishing Boats Wrecked. 350 Sailor Drowned. London
A terrible storm has occurred of the coast in Japan. The seas [?] to a great height, wrecking 50 fishing boats off Kogashima…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Explosion in a Shaft Five Miners Injured
A shocking accident happened in the bottom of the Long Tunnel incline shaft, walhalla, on Tuesday evening, about half-past 6 o'clock, resulting in grievous injuries to…
Continued on Trove, page 23 →Explosion at Newcastle Two Men Killed. Two Terribly Injured
A large quantify of condemned powder was being destroyed at Cabbage Tree Bay, Newcastle, on Monday afternoon, when it exploded, killing two men outright, and…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Gladiator Collision. Court-martial's Decision. Captain Dismissed His Ship. London, June 13
A naval court-martial has been held concerning the collision between H.M.S. Gladiator and the American liner Saint Paul, which occurred off the Isle of Wight at the…
Continued on Trove, page 42 →Shooting Gallery Accident
A serious shooting accident occurred at Shepparton on Saturday night. A shooting gallery is run in Wyndham-street on a vacant block next the court house and post office…
Continued on Trove, page 31 →A Sensational Accident. Buggy Horses Bolt Down Hill. Two Ladies Rendered Unconscious
While coming down the Strathbogie Hill (Vic.) on Saturday morning Cr. Armstrong, driving a pair of horses in a buggy, overtook a laden timber waggon at the top of a steep…
Continued on Trove, page 29 →The Eisternwick Tragedy. Verdict of Accidental Death
The inquiry into the cause of the death of Hugh Kyle Dunn, the victim of the shooting tragedy at Elsternwick, Melbourne, on the night of June o, was…
Continued on Trove, page 25 →An Arm Cut Off. by a Chaffcutter. Accident at Ringwood Station
Mr. Alexander Davis, 31 years of age, son of Mr. Davis, of Ringwood Station, met with a shocking accident on Wednesday while attending a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Accident
White cycling to Fairfield last Sunday, Master Charles Morris, son of Mr. C. H. Morris, collided with his companion and received a nasty fall,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Painful Accident
On Wednesday last Mr. Alec Davis, of Ringwood Station, met with a painful accident. He was engaged in feeding a chaff-cutting machine when…
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