Man and Boy Drowned. Fishing Tragedy. Auckland
A message from Gisborne reports a sad fishing accident which resulted in the loss of two lives. A white man, whose name is unknown…
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Midnight Disaster. 200 Drowned in Nile. London, April 9
Reuter's correspondent at Cairo states that while a crowded ferry steamer was making a journey down the Nile at midnight on Monday, it sank…
Continued on Trove, page 45 →Twenty People Drowned. Refugees in Tree Tops. St. Louis, April 6
According to the latest advices the effects of the Mississippi floods are becoming more alarming than ever. The territory under water is increasing, and…
Continued on Trove, page 42 →Dreadful Accident at Henty. Chiltern Man's Foot Severed. Run Over by Waggon
A dreadful accident, making the second of a similar nature which has occurred at Henty during the past; fortnight, happened at about 2.30 o'clock yesterday afternoon…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sad Accident at Bury
Another sad fatality has occurred through poor sufferers by the strike seeking to obtain a little coal from disused collieries. At Bury, in Lancashire,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fatal Accident. Motor Car Overturned. One Man Killed
A serious motor accident occurred on the road between Echuca and Mathoura on Monday afternoon, when a car owned and driven by Mr W. J. Nicholas, of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Oceana-pisagua Collision
The Hamburg Court of Maritime Inquiry has brought in its decision regarding the collision between the German barque Pisagua and the P. and O. liner Oceana, which…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Henty Accident. Death of the Victim
Mr. John Kelly who on Thursday, at Henty, had his leg crushed to a pulp when driving a team or waggon (details of which were published in the "Border…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Dreadful Fatality. Mother and Three Children Drowned. Brisbane
Mrs. Maunder and her three children were drowned in the Brisbane River at Indooroopilly this morning. It was reported that she went fishing…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Henty Waggon Fatality. Inquest on John Kelly
Mr. P. Mann, Deputy Coroner, held an inquiry at the Wagga Court House on Saturday afternoon into the circumstances attending the death of John Kelly, who died…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Boating Tragedy. Three Brothers Drowned. Herne
A shocking boating fatality occurred on Lake Constable yesterday. A Swiss family, consisting of a father, one daughter, and three young boys, were out in a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Shocking Accident at Henty. Man's Foot Taken Off
Mr. John Kelly, or well-known resident of Chiltern, and formerly a coach ''driver for Messrs Crawford and Co., had his right leg frightfully crushed…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →1500 Passengers Drowned. London. Tuesday Night
The White star line officials believe that 1500 passengers have been drowned The details to hand are meagre and contradictory. It is believed that all the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sensational Driving Accident
A sensational accident occurred to Mr. N. P. Newnan, barrister, of Melbourne, whilst driving to the Albury races yesterday. Mr. Newnan had with him his sister…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Injured by Telegraph Pole
John Kidd, a middle aged man, employed in the local telegraph repairing gang, met with a severe accident on Wednesday. With five or six…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Collision on Sunday. London, April 15
The Titanic struck an iceberg off Gape Race on Sunday evening. The weather was calm, and orders were at once given to lower the lifeboats. These conveyed the…
Continued on Trove, page 46 →Steaming After Collision. Montreal, April 16
The "Star" publishes a statement that the Titanic remained afloat for several hours after the collision, and steabmed slowly towards Halifax (Nova Scotia),…
Continued on Trove, page 46 →The Collision. Details by Wtreless. New York
The New York "Herald" and other papers publish a wireless message from Saint John's, purporting to have been picked up from various steamers, by the…
Continued on Trove, page 46 →By Electric Telegraph. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Melbourne. Thursday, 7.25 p.m. Shocking Accident
A shocking railway accident occurred on the Melbourne to Lilydale tine, 82 miles from Melbourne, early this morning. A gang of 16 men was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Shocking Accident at Clear Hills
Our correspondent writes as follows:—A shocking accident occurred on the farm of Mr. George Kilpatrick, a well-known farmer in the district…
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