Disastrous Railway Collision. Paris
The Brest express collided with two trains at the crossing at Courville. All the trains caught fire, and eight persons were killed and many injured…
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The Myocum Accident
The District Coroner, Mr C. F. Butler, Monday afternoon held an inquiry at the Lismore Court House into the circumstances attending the death of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway Accidents. Many Killed and Injured. Paris
An express travelling at the rate of 53 miles an hour dashed into a goods traio, five trucks being telescoped. The express train from Nogent to Paris ran into the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Steamer Sinks. Thirteen Men Drowned. London
The steamer Mount Park sank off Kentish Nock after being in collision with the steamer Tremont in a fog. Thirteen of the crew, were drowned. Four survivors…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Workmen Injured. Sydney
A building which was being pulled down at Redfern in connection with the widening of what is known on the railway as the "Bottle Neck" collapsed this afternoon,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Accidents to Public Service Workmen
Among the provisions of the Workmen's Compensation Act, to which the Labour party took strong objection during the passage of the measure, was the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Accident to an Aviator. London
M. Morek, an aviator, while making a flight on an aeroplane, fell into the Hudson River near New York, through the motor stopping in mid-air. The…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Drowning Fatality. Sydney
News has been received that while the R.M.S. Orontes was leaving Hobart on Saturday she ran down a boat in tow of a yacht belonging to Mr. W. B. Townley…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railway Accident. Stone Crashes Against Express Auckland
While an express train was travelling, from Wellington to Napier, in New Zealand, a large stone became dislodged from a hill beside the line and rolled down and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Accident at Dry Dock. Antwerp
The construction works at the Antwerp dry deck caved in yesterday, and 2000 workmen employed there had a narrow escape from being thrown into the water…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →In Flood Waters. Narrow Escapes From Drowning. Onde Man Missing. Murwillumbah
Three, corporation laborers named John Carroll, the foreman, Thomas Woodridge, and Arthur Boscow had a narrow escupe from drowning to-day. They were engaged…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Dreadful Accident. Workman Fearfully Mangled. Sydney
Joseph Slattery, a casual labourer in the employ of the Hallway Department, met with a dreadful accident to-day. He was working at the wheat sheds at…
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Yesterday morning an accident occurred on Fawcett Bridge. J. Cook was driving across in a sulky, leading behind the vehicle Eillott Bros.' well-known horse…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Dirt in the Wound Caused Inflammation. Blood-poison Averted and an Injured Hand Healed by Zam-buk
The tiniest cut or scratch, if neglected, may develop into a bad festering sore or blood-poisoning. The timely use of Zam-Buk in such cases will avert serious…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Dirt in Wound Caused Inflammation. Blood-poison Averted and Injured Hand Healed by Zambuk
The tiniest cut or scratch, if neglected, may develop into a bad festering sore or blood-poisoning. The timely use of Zam-Buk in such cases will avert serious…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fatal Accident. Cart Collides with Tram. Sydney
James Buckley and M. Heney, driving on a milk cart at St. Peters, collided with a tram. The cart was upset and the two thrown out. Buckley was killed and Heney…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Railway Fatality. Two Men Killed. Brisbane
A terrible accident occurred at Blackbutt railway extension, Queensland. A ballast train struck a staging on which several men were working, and two…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Plucky Escapee. Rescues Pursuing Constable. Narrow Escape From Drowning. Sydney
A prisoner named Charles Pilley, sentenced at Tamworth yesterday on a charge of obscenity, escaped from the lockup this morning…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Accident to a Constable. Sydney
Mounted-constable Russell was shifting a load of rubbish from the police barracks at Armidale to-day, when the cart capsized in a gully. The constable's revolver…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Panama Canal Accident. Panama
Half a million yards of loose earth slipped in the Culebra cut, on the canal works…
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