General News. Narrow Escape From Drowning
A young lad, a friend of one of the crew of the Duroby, whilst on a trip from Sydney, had a narrow escape from drowning by falling out of a boat at Condong…
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Mining Accident. Successful Rescue Work. Vancouver
As the result of a cave in at a mine near Mullam, in Idaho, there were nine miners buried. Parties of rescuers worked for twenty…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Accident to Hon. T. Brassey. London
While the Hon. T. Brassey, eldest son of Lord Brassey, was huting in Sunssex yesterday, his horse tripped in a hole, and rolled on its rider, injuring his…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Accident at Sea. Steamer and Ketch Collide. Sydney
The ketch Rozelie, bound for the North Coast, and the steamer Romford, bound for Las Palmas, collided between Sydney Heads yesterday morning, owing to their…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Drowning Fatality. Accident on the Tweed. Murwillumbah
Last night Laurence Anderson, the boatswain of the steamer Duranbah was drowned at Chinderah. The ship was loading logs, and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bush Tramway Accident
An engine in front of which two men were riding on a bush tramline at Mongapehi, N.Z., collided with a truck, Peter Joyce was killed, Mid Fred. Morton had…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway Accident. Express Strikes Goods Train. a Narrow Escape. Sydney
The goods train from Junee was stationary at the Bethungra railway station when the Sydney express to Melbourne dashed past, striking the stationary…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bathing Accident at Tweed Heads
What almost proved an ugly accident occurred it Tweed Heads on Wednesday. Miss Evelyn Burton got into the channel, and was being…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Run Into by Train. Motor Car Accident. Auckland
A motor car driven by Doctor Fullerton was crashed into by a train at a level crossing at Wallace town, N.Z. The car was thrown by the engine into…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Barren Jack Accident. Sydney
A telegram has been received at Yass from Barren Jack which states that a terrible accident occurred there this morning…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Burning Accident
ON Tuesday night last, Mr. C. O'Malley, who is employed as groom at the Commonwealth Hotel, met with a rather severe burning accident. It appears he was at…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Barren Jack Accident. Ballast Truck Overturned. Sydney
The accident at Barren Jack is not as serious as it was at first thought. It appears that a train drawing a load of sand was running to the works, when…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Hawes Railway Fatality. London
At the inquest on the Hawes railway fatality victims a verdict of accidental death was returned, and the jury added that the rule had been violated requiring…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Burning Fatality. Three Persons Killed. Auckland
A shocking burning accident occured at Menzies' ferry, South Land, New Zealand, this morning. Edward Sainsbury and his wife were…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Accident
Mr. C. O'Malley, groom at the Commonwealth Hotel, received painful burns on the face and arms on Tuesday evening, through [?] gas becoming ignited, owing to contact…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Little Boy Drowned
Peter Jas. Morrison, a god 4 years, and his older brother, aged 7 years, were fishing for, crayfish in a waterhale 4ft. deep in, High-street, North Rockhampton,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Accident. Vancouver
There were six killed nnd eighteen injured in a collision on the New York Central Railroad…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mailman Drowned. Brisbane
Frederick Harvey, a mailman, was swept away and drowned while endeavouring to negotiate a flooded stream between Korralah and Crexworth, Queensland…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railway Collision. Paris
A passenger train collided with a ballast train at Vire, and the two drivers and a stoker were killed and several injured, two dangerously…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Drowning Fatalities
Two little maids named Doris Hocking and Lucy Warren were washed off the rocks at Boat Harbour, near St. Helen's (Tasmania), on Sunday by an…
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