Drowned in a Tank. a Groom’s Death
Early on Monday morning the body of a man was found floating in a tank at Southdown, about a quarter of a mile from the homestead. The police…
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Three Boys Drowned. Father's Shocking Discovery. Bodies Found in Creek. Melbourne
A drowning fatality of a particularly and description occured last night near Glenlris, three children being drowned in [?] Creck. The names of the victims are:—…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Stepped Into Space. Two Men Injured. Melbourne
When returning to his home shortly before one o'clock this morning Mr. Percy Groundr, a resident of Moonee Ponds, discovered two men lying in the subway leading from the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Big Gun Accident a Second Death. London
A second death has occurred as a result of the big gun accident on Thursday at Shocburyness. Gunner Plerson has succumbed to his…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Sad Fatality
The flames shot upwards, as they always do; the smoke curled in cruel clouds around the doomed building; and the brave firemen fought…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Collision at River Mouth Six Lives Lost. Copenhagen, Monday
A shipping disaster, in which six men lost their lives, occured on Saturday off Cuxhaven, at the month of the Elbe. The Danish steamer Axel collided with…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →To-day's Cables. Snow Causes a Railway Collision London
Fierce snowstorms and blizzards continue to ravage Great Britain. During the storm the Leicester express, travelling at 50 miles per hour, collided…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Accident at Wodonga. Buried to the Neck in Gravel
Mr. Alf. Wilson, a resident of Wodonga, had a narrow escape from serious injury, if not death, whilst engaged loading gravel into a dray at the gravel reserve on the Chiltern…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Accident in an Engineroom. Fatal Consequences. London
A serious accident occurred on Saturday in the engine room of the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company's liner Araquaya, 10,837 tons, while the vessel was lying at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Deaths in Railway Collision. London, Tuesday Afternoon
As was feared when the first news of the brain collison at Bromfield Lane was received, the disaster has been accompanied by loss of life…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Two Airman Drowned. Hurled Into the Thames. London
A double aviation fatally took place yesterday, near London. Two airmen, named respectively Macdonald and Ingles, when testing a new [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Drowned in Surf. in View of His Mother. Fremantle
A sad tragedy occurred here yesterday. A boy of 10 years named W. Pope was bathing in the surf when he was carried out to sea by the backwash, in the full…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Entire Crew Drowned
Another serious shipping catastrophe has occured on the English coast. The steamer Hawkwood was wrecked on Flamborough Head, Yorkshire, and her…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Barque Dashed on Hours. 10 Persons Drowned. London
Another shipping disaster has to be added to the list of these which have taken place on the English coast during this week…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bank Manager Shot. Verdict of Accidental Death
A sensation was caused at Cohuna on Tuesday night when it became known that Mr. Norman Mcleod, manager of the Union Bank, had been found dead in the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Forty-three Drowned. Lisbon, Sunday Night
Of 142 passengers and 92 crow of the wrecked steamer Veronesse 191 were saved. Two of the crew and two of the passengers died from exposure on board…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Workman Fataly Injured Melbourne
Hay Chilla, employed as a sawyer by the Australian Jam Company, South Yarra, met with a fatal accident shortly after 8.30 this morning. Chilla was operating a circular saw,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Motor Accident at Jindera Gap. Messrs Colounboun and Davey Injured. Broken Nose and Heads Casied
Messrs. Jas, Colquhoun, of the firm of Messrs. Jas. Colounhoun and Sons, Albury, and Mr. J. A. Davey, traveller for the firm, were concerned in a sensational…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →British Liner Wrecked. 16 DROWNED; 84 Rescued. Lisbon
The British steamer Veronesse, 7003 tons, which was wrecked on Thursday off Lexioes, near Oporto, is a total loss. The Veronesse which was bound for Brazil, had…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Double Drowning Fatality. Two Brocklesby Young Men. Drowned in a Dam
A shocking drowning fatality occurred at Brocklesby, along the Corowa railway line, on Sunday afternoon, by which two brothers, named James and…
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