Drowned in the Breakers
Early on Sunday morning a party to the number of 13, consisting of farmers at Eagleby (Q.), and workmen at Eagleby mill, left in a motor-boat for a run into…
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Railway Accident. Accident on Bridge. 15 Passengers Injured
A sensational accident occurred about half-past 10 o'clock on Wednesday morning at the bridge over M'Kinnon's Creek, at Bochara, on the Coleraine line, about…
Continued on Trove, page 28 →Boxing Ring Fatality. Man Killed by a Fall
A boxing contest, arranged between two well known competitors, Henry Rogers, and Alf. Copperthwaite, had a tragic termination on Saturday night at Her…
Continued on Trove, page 35 →Shocking Blasting Accident
As the result of a mistaken signal a shocking blasting accident occurred at the quarry of the Footscray Quarrying Company, a man, Charles Ernest Nicholls,…
Continued on Trove, page 32 →New South Wales. Sydney, Thursday. Tow Railway Accidents
A man, whose name has not yet been discovered, was run over and killed by a train at Avondale this morning. A railway fitter named Davey was injured…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Horrible Blasting Accident Death of a Hero. Melbourne
Tragic and heroic circumstances surround the death of a laborer named Charles James Nelson, which occurred at Peel-st., Windsor, last night. Nelson was employed on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Collision in the Air a Royal Aeronaut Injured. London
Although collisions between flying machines have been narrowly averted more than once in the past, the first actual collision between aeroplanes took place at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Ferry Steamer Founders Through Freight Train Casting Loose. Thirty Passengers Drowned. London
A shocking disaster occurred on Friday on Lake Michigan, in the United States. The ferry boat, Pere Marquette, carrying a railway train with 63 passengers,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Ironworkers' Accident
At the Newport Workshops last night, Alfred Hobbs, aged 39 years, an iron-worker, and a resident of Williamstown, met with a painful accident. A sharp piece…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway Accident in France
A serious railway accident occurred yesterday in France When the Cherbourg train left the rails while travelling through Vernay at high speed. The driver stoker, and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Dreadful Railway Fatality
A shocking tragedy, involving the death of resident of Williamstown, occurred between Spotswood and Newport as the last trains to and form Williamstown…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Accident
Another mishap occurred at the Ballarat railway station on Saturday evening. The Stawell train, carrying 12 passengers, was backing down to pick up a car, but a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Johnson-jeffries Fight Views of "The Times." Not As Demoralising As a Cab Accident. London
The cinematograph films of the Johnson Jeffries fight in America on July 4 were shown for the first time in England at the National Sporting Club last night…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Children's Cart Fatality Danger of the Box on Wheels. Boy of Six Killed by a Tram. Sydney
Three little boys, named respectively Albert, Morrison and Diamond, each of whom were about six years of age, were coasting down Albion-street, Surry Hills, in a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Richmond Collision
When the Richmond accident occurred the accident fund available to meet compensation claims was stated by the Railway way Department to be only £4400. In…
Continued on Trove, page 33 →Tram Alighting Fatality. Brisbane
A secondhand shopkeeper named Patrick Maedonnell, 31 years of age, was killed in Queen-street, Brisbane, to-day. He was alighting from a tram and getting off on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Smugglers Drowned. Black Sea Disaster. London, September 12
A crew of smugglers on board a felucca, in the Black Sea, had a misadventure yesterday. The vessel capsized off Batoum, and 23 out of 41 on board were drowned…
Continued on Trove, page 43 →Sensational Fire. Girls Jump for Life. One Killed, Three Injured. London, September 11
A fire in the large drapery premises of Mr. Wallace Hughes at 464, 466, and 470 Brixton-road, was attended by sensational incidents…
Continued on Trove, page 43 →Train Accident. London, September 11
A railway disaster occurred yesterday in France. The Cherbourg train was derailed at Bernay, in the Department of Eure. The driver and fireman and three…
Continued on Trove, page 43 →Accident
Master Edward Whitty, aged 16 years, was admitted to the hospital on Wednesday afternoon last, he having received serious injuries to his stomach through…
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