Fatal Accident on the s.s. Macleay
EARLY on Monday evening an accident which terminated fatally befel a seaman named William Lauge employed on the steamer Macleay. The particulars concerning the sad…
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A Singular Accident. Through a Wooded Le[?] on Fire
MR. JOHN SANDERSON, of Coonoeer, was the victim of an extraordinary accident while returning home from Charlton. He left town about one o'clock with a buggy and…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Narrow Escape from Foundering. Accident to the N.C.S.N. Co's Steamer Australian
AT 3.30 p m on Saturday, the 21st ultimo, the steamer Australian crossed out of the Clarence River on her way to Sydney, with a full cargo of sawn timber and railway sleepers. The wind…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Browning Fatality
A SAD drowning accident happened here yesterday evening, by which a little lad, Nial Sullivan, 11 years and 6 months of age, second son of Mr. A. M. Sullivan, solicitor, accidentally lost his…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Drowning Fatality
The District Coroner (Mr. F. G. Adrian, P.M.) held an inquiry at the Court-house, Lismore, at 9 o'clock on Monday morning touching the death of a little lad named Nial Sullivan, 11…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Bathing Fatality at Manly, Two Lives Lost. Gallant Attempt at Rescue
IT is the custom for people staying at Manly to bathe on the ocean beach every morning, and two lives were lost on Friday from this cause. The locality of the double fatality…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Railway Collision in Illinois. Eight Persons Killed
A TELEGRAM from Rockford (Ill.) published in the San Francisco 'Chronicle' on December 16, states that failure on the part of a conductor to obey orders is…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Struck by Lightning. a Boy Killed and Several Persons Injured
AT Muswellbrook on Saturday, after the extreme heat, a thunderstorm ocourred about 3 o'clock. During the time it was raging there was considerable lightning of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Sensation of Drowning
JOHN SCHAEFFER, a youth of 17, who hits had a remarkable escape from death by drowning, describes his sensations in a very graphic way. This is his story:—I…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sad Accident to a Soldier
A CORRESPONDENT in the Soudan writes from Kenur Camp the following details of the sad accident to a soldier of the Warwickshire regiment, who lost both…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Injured by a Squeeze
A REMARKABLE case, showing how strenuous is courtship in Wisconsin, was recorded on November 28th:—"Miss Carrie Hugin was so tightly hugged by…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wreck of the Prosperity on the Queensland Coast. Two Men Drowned
THE brigantine Prosperity, bound from the Richmond River to Brisbane, with a cargo of machinery, was wrecked at Point Lookout at 1 o'clock on Friday morning. It…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Terrible Burning Fatality. Explosion of a Spirit Lamp
ON Wednesday afternoon two schoolgirls, Frances Bonney and Edith Cundith, each aged 10 years, were heating water on a spirit lamp at Toorbul school, Moreton…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Accident to Saunders
Saunders, the Victorian cricketer, and one of the team chosen to visit England, while attempting a catch, fell and fractured his right shoulder. Half-Holiday and Newtown meet on the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fatal Coach Accident. a Girl Killed
INFORMATION was received in Murwillumbah on Wednesday morning that the Murwillumbah-Neraug mail coach had been upset and its occupants injured. On…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Sensational Carriage Accident. the Premier's Daughter Injured
A sensational carriage accident, in which there were several miraculous escapes, happened about 6.30 on Wednesday evening, at the corner of Park and Elizabeth…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The South Lismore Fatality. Coroner's Inquiry
As inquiry was held at the Court-house on Monday morning last by the District Coroner (Mr. F G Adrian. P.M.) touching the death of John Burlington King, who died from injuries…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Bicycle and Sulky in Collision. a Cyclist Injured
A MOST unfortunate accident took place at North Lismore between 7 and 7.30 o'clock last evening, as a result of which a lad named Alfred Diaz (better known as Alfred Deer), 16…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Newcastle Shipping Collision
THE body of James Hobbs, this missing seaman of this ship Ditton, which was in collision with the ship Port Crawford, was discovered bent round the Ditton's bowsprit, secured by…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fatality at Bundaberg. a Boiler Explosion
A SHOCKING fatality occurred at Jonathan Linsdell and Sons' steam riding gallery at Bundaberg last Saturday night. The proprietors are local residents, who purchased…
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