Steamer in Collision. London
The steamer Grindon Hall collided with wreckage in the Black Sea and foundered with 27 people…
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Young Max Found Drowned. Foul Play Suspected. Brisbane
A young man named Herbert Tamblyn employed at the "Townsville Star," was found, drowned in Townsville Harbour yesterday morning…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Workshop Accident
Whilst engaged at his trade in Messrs. Nesbitt and Fraser's furniture factory. Mr. Harold J. Halcrow had the misfortune to bring his rieht hand in contact with a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fatal Accident. Groom Dashed Against Tree. Sydney
A groom named Patrick O'Sullivan (45), employed by Mr. O'Callaghan, dairy expert to the Department of Agriculture, was exercising a spirited horse, belonging to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fatal Gun Accident. a Selector Accidentally Shot Dead. Grafton
Albert Rhodes, a selector at Buccarumbi, aged 28, was accidentally shot dead while duck-shooting at the Nymboida River on Saturday. The body was found an hour…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Shocking Accident. Train Runs Over a Vehicle. Father and Daughter Killed. Three Others Miraculously Escape Death. Melbourne
A shocking accident happened at a level crossing near Geelong, where the Port Fairy express train was proceeding at a rapid rate and ran down a pair of ponies and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Nurse Quayle's Drowning. THE [?] Unfeeling Conduct of Young Men
At Newcastle on Saturday, the district coroner, Mr. C. Hibble, held an inquest concerning the death of Nurse Agnes Elia. Quayle, who was drowned whilst…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Accidentally Killed. Sydney
A man named Thomas Larret was accidentally killed by his friend John Leahy last night in Liverpool-street. They were conversing together when Leahy…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fatal Motor Car Accident. Perth (W.a.)
A motor car containing four persons ran over a man on the bridge crossing the Swan River at Perth, killing him instantly…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fatal Gun Accident. Brisbane
The body of a man was found near Emerald on the Central Railway to-day with a gunshot wound in the breast. Apparently his gun exploded while the man was…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Two Girls Drowned while Yachting. MELBOURNE
Two girls (Gladys Raisbeck, 16, and Ivy Williams, 18), were drowned [?] Port Phillip owing to the capsize of a yacht, while Edward Slater, a young man who…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Vehicles in Collision. Sydney
The horse attached to a cart left standing in Park-street to-day, and the cart was brought into collision with a sulky containing a womar and five children. All the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Invalidity and Accident Pensions
THE Invalidity and Accident Pensions Act passed Act scission cornea into operation on a day to be proclaimed, which will probably be during the present month. It will be…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Invalidity and Accident Pensions
THE Invalidity and Accident Pensions Act passed last session comes into operation on a day to be proclaimed, which will probably be during the present…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Accident to a Mail Coach
MR. Adam Weatherstone, the driver of tho Nymboida-Grafton mail coach, met with an accident yesterday (says Thursday's Grafton Argus). When…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fatal Accident. Sydney
Mrs. Grace Clarke, aged 79. a resident of Buthurst, was killed at Orange through being, thrown from a sulky as the result Of which accident she sustained a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Shocking Tragedy. Stampede of Children. 16 KILLED, 40 Injured. London
In a stampede of children which occurred at a cinematograph matince in Harny Hall Barnsley, 16 were killed and 40 injured. Heartrending scenes were witnessed at the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Telegraphic News. Fatal Shooting Accident. Sydney
Raymond Clement, aged 9, was shot dead at Long Bay this morning while out shooting with two other lads. He is believed to have picked up a [?] rifle which one…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mail Coach Capsized. Two Horses Drowned. Brisbane
The Alpha-Tambo mail coach, driven by Wm. White, was recently capsized while attempting to cross Windeyer Creek then in flood. The two leaders in the horse team…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railway Collision. London
The Lancashire and Yorkshire express train collided with the North-Western train at Huddersfield Box, injuring nine seriously…
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