Orville Wright Injured. Hydroplane Mishap. New York
Mr Orville Wright, brother of Mr Wilbur Wright, who died a few months ago, has had a narrow escape from death. He was engaged in testing a hydroplane…
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Four Postmen Drowned. Boating Accident in France. Paris
A boating accident involving the loss of several lives, occurred yesterday at Onival in the Somme Department. " A pleasure boat in which were seven…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Millitary Aviator Drowned. Tripoli
Lieutenant Mangini, an Italian expert aviator, when reconnoitring with a monoplane fell into the sea and was drowned…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Train Over Embankment. Several People Injured. Brussels
A railway smash occurred in the depart-ment of Hainaut, Southern Belgium, on Saturday. Near Chateaulineau a train became…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Accidents at Show Ground
Quite a number of horse owners and spectators assembled at the Corowa Show Ground, on Sunday morning for the purpose of having a number of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Rainiest August on Record. Several Children Drowned. London
The present month is the rainiest August experienced in England in living memory. Severe floods are being experienced in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Frank Wootion Injured. Thrown From Motor Cycle. London
Frank Wootton, the Australian jo[?]key ws thrown from a motor cycle at Epsom Downs, slightly fracturing his collar bone…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Drowning Fatatlty at Hartwood
In our issue last week a short paragraph appeared in reference to a girl named Alice Richardson being drowned in a creek on Hartwood Station. It was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mishap on Battleship. Two Sailors Drowned. London August 24
While a boat wits being lowered from the battle-ship Superb, at Portland, the falls (or tackle by which tho boat is lowered) gave way, and precipitated a…
Continued on Trove, page 42 →Country Edition. The following appeared in our Country edition on Wednesday:— Windstorm at Grenfell. a Street Wrecked. Several Persons Injured. Great Destruction of Property. Sydney
A destructive cyclonic storm passed over Grenfell yesterday afternoon. The wind tore at a fearful pace up George-street, leaving destruction in its track…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Railway Smash in London One Killed, 30 Injured. London
A serious accident ocurred yesterday on the London and South Western Railway Company's line at Vauxhall station (London S.W.)…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Jockey Injured. Sydney
Albert Scowen, aged 23. a jockey residing at Duke street, Kensington, when, riding in the Hurdle Race at Moorefield, on Saturday, met with an accident. His horse…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Motor Car Falls Over Precipice. Lady and Girl Killed. Three Other Persons Injured. Vienna
A sensational motor car tragedy is just reported. Owing to the failure of the brake, a motor car in which there were five…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cablegrams. Dangers by Flood and Field. Grim Railway Disaster. Four Men Killed: Seven Injured. Pittsburg
A railway disaster involving the loss of several lives occurred yesterday near this city. Owing to a misunderstanding of orders a passenger train ran into a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Accident to a Picnic Party. Crashed Into by a Runaway Car. Berlin
An accident to an electric tram car, which occurred at Elberfeld yesterday, had serious results for a party of picnickers, who were merrymaking in the vicinity. The car was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Sensational Railway Accident. Engines in Collision at Junee
Two engines crashed into each other at the Junee railway yards at half-past 5 o'clock on Monday afternoon. A light engine, travelling tender first, struck one…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Ten Fishermen Drowned. Storms in Outer Hebrides. London
News has been received of the occurrence of severe storms in the Outer Hebrides (off the west coast of Scotland). Several fishing vessels foundered off the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →General Cable News. Trains in Collision. Rome
A serious railway acident occurred yesterday morning near Florence. Through the collision of an express with a Roods train, three persons were killed,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Smash. Collision in Melbourne. Show Special and Passenger Train. Geelong Resident Killed Hundred People Injured. Twenty Taken to the Hospital. Melbourne
The greatest excitement has been occasioned in Melbourne by a disastrous railway collision, which happened just after 5 o'clock this afternoon between Spencer…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Cablegrams. Disastrous Cloudbursts Forty People Drowned. 400 Miners Narrowly Escape. Every House Levelled in a Town. Pitiesburg
Disastrous cloudbursts have occurred throughout the State of Pennsylvania. The rivers in Pennsylvania and Ohio overflowed and the bodies of 40 persons…
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