District News. Minmi. Buggy Accident
A SERIOUS runaway accident happened about half a mile from hero on Saturday morning to a party consisting of Mr. James Hird and his two…
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Accidents, 1895
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What Does Drowning Feel Like?
WHAT does drowning feel like? Dr. Cullen, of St. Boswell's, has obtained from a lady who had a very narrow escape from drowning an account of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Awhina-princess Collision. The Inquest. Sydney
THE adjourned inquest on the bodies of Elizabeth Egan and Leila-Ward, two of the victims of the Princess-Awhina harbour collision, was resumed this morning…
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AT an early hour this morning the ketch Emma Matilda was wrecked on the rocks off North Head. The vessel, which was loaded with maize and sundries, was in charge of…
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WORD was brought to Waratah last evening of the death by drowning of Mr. George Cane, an old and highly respected resident of the town, at Rix's Creek, near Belford…
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THE inquest into the fatal harbour collision between the steamers Princess and Ahwine was continued this afternoon. This morning the coroner and jury proceeded…
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AN inquest was held at Belford yesterday by Mr. H. Pinchiz, the Singleton coroner, concerning the death of a man named George Gane, who was drowned in a creek in that…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Accident to Mr. Gladstone
LONDON, Thursday.—Mr. Gladstone has met with an accident of a rather serious nature at his residence at Hawarden. It seems that the right…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Miners' Risks. Accident at Bullock Island
A MAN named David Brown, aged about 42[?] and unmarried, met with an accident at the Wickham and Bullock Island Colliery yesterday by a fall of [?]. The injured man was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Hewison Accident Fund. Two Hundred Pounds Collected
A MEETING of the general committee of the Howison Accident Fund took place at the council chambers last evening. There were present:—Alderman Asher (the Mayor of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Shooting Accident. a Little Boy Dangerously Injured
ABOUT 11 o'clock on Sunday forenoon a most painful accident occurred at the residence of Mrs. Hansen, Bolton-street. Her two little sons went to an upstairs room, occupied by…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Dynamite Explosion at Fremantle. Two Men Injured. Perth
A TERRIBLE dynamite explosion occurred at Fremantle on Saturday. At the powder stores connected with the harbour works 100 six-pound charges exploded, causing a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →[From Metropolitan Papers.] Accident to a Channel Steamer
LONDON, Saturday. — A channel steamer, heavily laden with passengers, ran into Calais pier. The steamer was quickly beached, and no…
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On Saturday whilst Laidley Fletcher, son of the late Mr. James Fletcher, was playing cricket, he sustained a fracture of the arm below the elbow…
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THE R.M.S. Mariposa, with English and American mails, from San Francisco to date December 13, arrived this morning. The voyage was both swift and pleasant, and was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Fatal Buggy Accident at Minmi. Inquest and Verdict
AN inquest was held before Mr. G. C. Martin, the district coroner, at the Albion Hotel, Wallsend, yesterday touching the death of the young man Cecil Hibberd, who…
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A PAINFUL accident occurred to a youth named William Hardman, aged about 15, at the Back Creek Colliery screens yesterday morning. He, with some half-dozen other…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Barrabool-vailele Collision. Marine Board Inquiry. Sydney
THE Marine Board to-day held an inquiry into the circumstances connected with the collision which took place between the steamer Barrabool and the brigantine Vailele off Miller's…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Awhina-Princess Collision. Conclusion of the Inquest. Verdict of Manslaughter Against Petersen. Sydney
THE adjourned inquest on the bodies of Elizabeth Egan and Leila Ward, two of the rictims of the Princess-Awhina harbour collision, was resumed this morning…
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AGNES MURRAY, 19, and Jeannie Brown, 20, soprano singers in a Mary-hill Musical Society, were drowned in the Forth and Clyde Canal, near…
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