Sensational Accidents
Mr. P. Egan, of Wodonga, had a narrow escape from serious injury yesterday morning. Mr. Egan was riding a pony, which had been spelled for six months, and was some…
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Harbor Boating Fatality Medical Student Drowned. Sydney
A fatal sailing accident occurred on Saturday afternoon in the harbor, off Long Nose Point. A 22ft. sailing boat capsized in a sudden…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Dreadful Wabba Gap. Another Fatal Accident. Horse and Sulky Bolt to the Bottom. Prospector's Head Crushed In
While Mr. E. D. Barry, of Messrs. T. H. Mate and Co., Albury, and Mr. G. Royan, chauffeur, were motoring between Cudgewa and Wabba on Saturday, they made a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Boy Farmer's Fate. Drowned While Bathing. Melbourne
A bright, hard working lad, of exceptional ability, has been lost by the death of Manuel Frokjar, who was drowned while bathing near Picola on Friday…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Woman Wharf Laborer. Accident Results in Death. London
Margaret Neilsen, the wife of a German seaman, who was injured on Friday while working as a wharf laborer, has succumbed, to her injuries. After the accident the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Tragedy at a Funeral. Lightning Strikes Mourners. One Killed; 16 Injured. Johannesburg
A shocking accident occurred on Sunday afternoon at Germiston, a suburb of Johannesburg. A few days ago a man named McCann…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Train Smash. Five Killed; 20 Injured. Zanesville (Ohio)
A train of the Zanesville division of the Pennsylvania railroad collided with an Akron division train, and was wrecked, the cars being smashed to matchwood…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Strange Fatal Accident. Man Falls on Top of a Work Man. Ltthgow
A terrible accident happened at a blast furnace here this morning. A man named Cox was painting the stove, when he either lost his balance or the staging collapsed…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Rescue From Drowning
George Jenkins, 16 years of age, had a narrow escape from drowning near Rokewood, on Tuesday. Jenkins, who was unable to swim, with three other lads went into what…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Big Railway Smash. Fractured Couplings Cause Collision. Paris
A serious railway accident occurred in Paris yesterday, in a remarkable manner. Through the fracture of couplings seven carriages became separated from the rest…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Struck Dead by Lightning Woman Killed While Driving. Fatality Attributed to Hat Pins
Port Pirie (S.A.) was visited by a severe thunder and rain storm at 3.20 p.m. on Thursday. In eigfit minutes 45 points of rain fell, and before 5 p.m. an inch and 14 points bad…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Disaster in Channel. Super-dreadnought in Collision. Unknown Steadier Sunk. London
A disaster has occurred during the steam trials of the new British Super-Dreadnought Centurion, 23,500 tons. The battle ship collided with and sank an unknown…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Accident at Albury Railway Station. Concussion of the Brain
A serious accident befell a man named Charles Jacobs at the Albur Railway Station yesterday. He and three other men were eD gaged loading some oases of machinery with…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Serious Road Accident. Boy's Legs Fractured
Mrs. Palmer, wife of Constable Palmer, of Jinders, and her son, were the victims of a severe vehicular accident on Tuesday. They were returning from Walla, to which, place…
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Port Pirie, S.A., was visited by a severe thunder and rain storm on Thursday. A shocking fatality occurred during the storm at what is known as the Two Mile Crossing…
Continued on Trove, page 32 →Cycling Accident
.Mr. Jacob Dallincur, of Mungabareen;>. Al-bury, met with an accident while returning to his home on a bicycle on Wednesday even-in?. He was riding from tho direction of Mr McLellan's residence, and when a few yards from his own house the front wheel of the bicycle jolled into ;i hole on the side of the road. He was thrown heavily on his face,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motor Car Accident
What might have proved a fatal, mishap was fortunately averted on Wednesday evening last, though the principles of the occurrence are suffering…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Forty Lives Lost. the Centurion Collision. Italian Steamer Sank. London
The mystery surrounding the identity of the steamer run down and sunk through a collision with the new super-Dreadnought Centurion has been cleared up…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Factory in Flames. 150 Girls Imperilled. All Saved But Many Injured. Chicago
A sensational fire occurred in a factory in Chicago yesterday morning. The conflagration secured a good bold on the buildings in a remarkably short space…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Boxing Trainer Seriously Injured
A boxing trainer named Snowy Fulton received serious injuries on Saturday night as the result of a row in Market street. The main artery in his left arm was badly cut…
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