Heavy Fog in Amsterdam. Twenty Persons Drowned
AMSTERDAM, Saturday.—A tremendously heavy fog settled over the city yesterday, completely stopping all business and causing great…
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Accidents, 1894
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Fire on the Waikato. Accident to the Propeller
MESSRS. STOKES and Co., the local agents for the New Zealand Shipping Co., Ltd., have received a communication from Brisbane reporting that the s.s. Waikato took fire in her…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fatality in the Lake District. Professor Marshall Killed
LONDON, Monday.—A terrible fatality is reported from the Lake District. Professor Marshall, of Owen's College, Manchester, who was on a visit…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Telegrams. New South Wales. Sydney, Wednesday. Shocking Railway Fatality
A MAN named Benjamin Wooden, aged 75, was run over by the mail train from Sydney this morning at the level crossing at Junee, death being instantaneous. The head and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →District News. West Maitland. Serious Accident
A very serious accident occurred at Bolwarra yesterday, by which a farmer named Robert Vickery fractured one off his legs. It appears Mr. Vickery was working Under the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Sunk by Collision
Some of the crew of the West Harticpool screw steamer Billow, which was sunk through collision while leaving Hilbao harbour, are laden, have arrived at Shieds. They state that their vessel collided with…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Accident at Broken Hill. a Body Recovered. Broken Hill
THE body of Alfred Jones, one of the two victims of the accident at the Proprietary yesterday, was discovered by a rescue party at about 11 this morning, but could not be…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Accident at Broken Hill. Second Body Not Yet Recovered. Another Fall of Rock Expected. Broken Hill
THE search for the body of Robert Richardson killed at Block 11 Proprietary Mine on Tuesday has been continued without intermission, but up to the present without…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Serious Accident at West Wallsend
ON Wednesday a little girl named Atkinson, about 6 years of age, from West Wallsend, was admitted to the Wallsend hospital suffering from a fractured…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Chapter of Accidents at Lambton
YESTERDAY three accidents occurred at Lambton, but, fortunately, none of them were of a serious character. In the morning, while a carter named John Nolan was driving along…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Escapes From Drowning
THE narrow escapes from drowning which are almost every day reported from the Newcastle beach ought undoubtedly to act as warnings to those who are of an unduly…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Rescued From Drowning. The Dangers of the Beach
SHORTLY after half-past 7 o'clock yesterday morning a sensation was caused among the many people who bathe on the beach behind the hospital by a narrow escape from…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Outrage on the Ship King Arthur. Death of the Injured Man
EARLY yesterday morning Frank Prosuskia, the sailor who was so dreadfully injured on board the ship King Arthur, on December 27th, died in the hospital. The coroner will…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Buggy Accident
YESTERDAY morning a buggy containing Messrs. Albert and Frank Ireland collided with an ice cart near the corner of Hunter and Darby streets. Both the occupants of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Fatal Accident at Broken Hill. Broken Hill
THE party engaged in searching for the body of Robert Richardson at the Proprietary Mine resumed work at 6 o'clock this morning, having been knocked off the previous…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →News From Broken Hill. Broken Hill, Sunday. the Fatal Accident
THE operations in connection with the recovery of the body of Robert Richardson, the second victim of the Proprietary mine accident, has been suspended since Friday…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Beacon, Rock in Collision
The ship Beacon Rock, Captain Kain, San Francisco for Hartlepool, laden with wheat and barley, anchored in the Downs on December 8, with several plates broken and others dented on the port bow above the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sad Case of Drowning at Aberdeen
A VERY sad accident happened here on Saturday last, whereby Mr. Harrowell, bootmaker, late of Newcastle, lost his son, Richard Milton Harrowell, by drowning. It seems…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Crummock Water in Collision
A wire to hand dated Buenos Ayres, November 4, says:—The barque Crummock Water dragged her anchors in the roads during a gale on October 31, and collided with the steam hopper No. 7. The barque…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →South Australia. Adelaide, Wednesday. Railway Fatality
A youth named James Hayes was killed by a train it the Goodwood crossing to- day. A cart he was driving was smashed to atoms, and the horse killed…
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