Fatal Tram Accident. Sydney
Between eight and nine o'clock to-night a woman named Elizabeth Myers was knocked down by a tram in George-street. She was at once conveyed to the Sydney…
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Accidents, 1904
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Accident to the Aramac. Bribane
The steamer Aramac, which had just undergone extensive repairs after the recent stranding on Breaksea Spit, went to Moreton Bay to-day to adjust her…
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At about 9.23 on Wednesday evening, the Brisbane mail train, after passing Farley Station, collided with a bullock, which had escaped from Farley cattle yards. The animal…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Peculiar Accident. Balloon Explosion in Paris
LONDON, Friday.—A remarkable accident has occurred in the Place de la Bastille, in Paris. A balloon descended in the square,…
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The Wallsend Committee of the Accident Relief Fund met at Hetherington's Hotel on Friday evening. A statement submitted showed that the income for the last…
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A little girl named Clara Denison, aged 12 years, was found drowned in a quarry water hole at One Mile Gully, near East Maitland, on Sunday morning. It appears…
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A meeting of the committee of Brown's Nos. 2 and 4 collieries was held in the ambulance shed on Friday evening. Mr. T. Wells presiding. The income was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Chingtu Collision. Marine Court Decision. Sydney
A Marine Court inquiry was held to-day regarding the circumstances attending the collision which occurred in Newcastle harbour on 5th February between…
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How much does human progress owe to the happy accident? The sum total cannot easily be determined, but the extent to which scientific research has been…
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A deputation, comprising Messrs. Estell, Edden, Charlton, Burgess, Dacey, Hollis, Nicholson, J. Storey, Scobie, Sullivan, and D. R. Hall, M.s'P., waited upon Mr. Kidd,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Coolgardie Fatality. Inquest Adjourned. Sydney
An inquest was hold this afternoon on the body of Thomas Charlton, who was killed on board the s.s. Coolgardle, about 15 miles off the Heads last night…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fatality at the Boulder. Five Men Killed. Kalgoorlie
A terrible catastrophe occurred at the Great Boulder mine this morning, five men losing their lives. The men, whoso names were Samuel…
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LONDON, Thursday.—An explosion has taken place in a mine at William-town, in Pennsylvania, by which 50 men were entombed. Seven bodies…
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Mr. Henry Lauer, of Metcalfe-street, Wallsend, while in Newcastle on business on Wednesday, met with an accident. While he was driving from the city,…
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Between 11 and 12 o'clock yesterday Mr. Charles Gibbs of Stockton, whilst proceeding along the Stockton beach, between four and five miles out, discovered the dead…
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Mr. C. Hibble, District Coroner, yesterday afternoon, held a magisterial inquiry at the Clarendon Hotel, concerning the death of the seaman George Elkin, whose…
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A child named Vera Read, aged about four years, daughter of a Wallalong farmer, sustained dreadful injuries in an accident on her father's farm yesterday. The…
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A burning fatality occurred last night at the eastern portion of the town, by which a male infant, 1 year and 9 months old, named Stanbury, was roasted to death;…
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LONDON, Wednesday.—The German-Australian line steamer Varzin, Captain Schroder, from Hamburg for Sydney, collided with another steamer…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Coogee Collision. Vice-admiralty's Judgment. Melbourne
In the Vice-Admiralty Court to-day, Sir John Madden, the Chief Justice, delivered judgment in the action arising out of the collision between the steamer Coogee and…
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