Constable Injured. a Surry Hills Street Row. Sydney
During a street disturbance at Surry Hills last night Constable McKeachnie was struck in the face with a brick, inflicting a nasty, wound, which necessitated a…
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Dreadful Fatality at Cement Works
A shocking accident, resulting in the death of Henry Davis, aged 21, occurred at Messrs. Mitchell and Company's Cement Works, Richmond…
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Leslie Lintott, aged 22, son of a farmer at Maitland, was drowned in a flooded swamp. It is surmised that his horse tripped and threw Lintott, who was…
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Charles Blackall, a railway guard, was washed off the rocks near Kiama and drowned. Two men named Richard Taape and…
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ON Monday morning the eldest child of the late Mr E. Small, who a fortnight age succumbed while undergoing an operation in Sydney, was drowned in a lagoon at Deep…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fatal Accident. Cyclist's Horrible Death. Melbourne
A shocking accident, resulting in the death of Wm. Rowe, aged 18, occurred at Punt-road. Wm. McClaren was driving a jinker and…
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WHILST standing near a bullock waggon, when about to leave the British Australian Timber Company's mill at North Lismore on Friday afternoon, a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Vessels in Collision. Seaman Drowned. Auckland ([?].Z.), Wed
The steamer Wairuna collided with the scow Moonah at Auckland, and the latter, which was laden with coal sank almost immediately…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mail Train Accident. Two Cars Overturned. Fall Down an Embankment. Eleven Persons Injured. Sydney
A sensational accident happened to the North-western mail train at midnight. The train, which had been despatched from Imverell, had reached a spot some five miles…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Latest Cablegrams. Colliery Accident. London
A falling cage in a colliery at Charlerot killed ten pensons…
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Motor races were being held at Cairo in hotfour of the visit of the Duke and Duchess of Connaught, but were brought to n, abrupt close in consequence of one…
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In endeavouring to rescue a companion, Henry C. Bolam, aged 10 years, was drowned in a dam at Talbot, Victoria. At the inquest to-day a lad named Whittaker…
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Thomas Wilson, employed at the Broken Hill South mine, was killed by a fall of earth. The body was fearfully crushed and absolutely unrecognisable…
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Two men driving to Lismore from Bangalow Show last evening met with an accident a few miles out from Bangalow through the horse shying and bolting. One…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Floods in Queensland. Heavy Floods on Darling Downs. Condamine River in High Flood. Young Man Drowned at Tambourine. Brisbane Wharves Covered. Brisbane
A little rain fell in town to-day but it is raining steadily to-night. The river is much the same lovel as last night…
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"YES," said another passenger. " I was in the second class car that was overturned. It was the worst experience I ever had, and I don't want another like it. I don't know…
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In endeavoring to rescue a companion, Henry C. Bolam, aged 10 years, was drowned in a dam at Talbot, Victoria. At the inquest a lad…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Shocking Accident. Man's Arm Severed. Grafton
While Mr. McLeod, the first mate of the brigantine Pelotas, was engaged in assisting to losd piles to-day his left arm below the elbow was completely severed by…
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What was very nearly a drowning fatality occurred on the beach last Sunday, A number of youths were surfbathing, and, it appears, that Eric…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Scrub Falling Accident. Murwillumbah
[?] a young man named John Walters was seriously injured about the chest while scrub falling at Burringbar. He was unconscious for some time, and…
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