Yachting Accident. Sydney
A yacht containing a party numbering 26 capsized in Middle Harbour yesterday. All the occupants were seen struggling in the water, but they were rescued by a…
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Drowning Fatality. Sharks in the River. Failure of the Maize Crop. Murwillumbah
To-day the nine-year-old son of Mr. Helmood, engineer of a Tweed River drogher, while attempting to catch a jelly fish over the stern of the boat, which was moving…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Frightful Mining Fatality
A shocking mining disaster occurred on Wednesday, in the Barrier mine, West Wyalong, resulting, in five miners being killed, their names being Frank…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Motor Car Fatality. Verdict of Manslaughter Returned. Sydney
At the inquest on the body of James Hitchcock, who was killed in a motor accident, the Coroner returned a verdict of manslaughter against the driver, named…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Scalding Accident
Miss Theresa Klein, daughter of Mr. A. Klein, met with a painful scalding accident yesterday afternoon. She was engaged getting hot water for cleaning the dishes…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Tweed Drowning Fatality Body Not Recovered. Murwillumbah
Dragging operations have been continued steadily, but so far no traces have been, recovered of the nine-year-old son of Mr. Helmood, engineer of a river drogher,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Collision. All the Passengers Injured. a Child's Brave Action. Louisville (Kentucky)
A dead-on collision occurred at Longrun, by which four train men were killed, and all the passengers slightly injured. The passenger train, which was derailed, came…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Found Drowned. School, Inspector's Suicide. Brisbane
The body of Mr. J. A. Canny, a wellknown school inspector of Queensland, has been found floating in the river at Brisbane. His coat was found on the shore,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sensational Accident. Train Dashes Into a Dray. Drivers' Miraculous Escape. Sydney
A horse attached to a tip dray became frightened at the approach of a goods train near Hornsby this morning, and backed the cart on to the rails. The…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Destructive Fire. Fireman Seriously Injured. New York
A fire swept a seven storey warehouse, and the terminal warehouse of a company near North River, the loss amounting to £250,000. Several firemen were seriously…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Engine Collision. No One Injured. Sydney
A collision occurred in the Eveleigh shunting yards, Redfern, this morning. Two engines meeting head on, one was thrown right off the line. Both were…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Shocking Accident
CONTACT WITH A CIRCULAR SAW. A shocking accident befel a young man yesterday named Sid. McLaren, employed as a machinist at Messrs. Brown and Jolly's,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Collision at Sea. London, Friday Evening
The Cunard liner Veria collided with land sank an unknown steamer with all hands near Swansea…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Accident on the River. Motor Boat Sunk
The approach by water to Boatharbour, one of the prettiest picnic spots around Lismore, is always somewhat dangerous, owing to the snags in the river, but at…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Aviation Accident. Paris
Lieutenant Boerner, aeroplaning at Senlis, had an accident with his machine, and fell a thousand feet, and was so badly injured that his condition is hopeless…
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Mrs. M'Donald, of Casino, had a narrow escape from a watery grave at Ballina during the holidays, and it appears that only prompt action…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Bull on the Line. Accident to Adelaide Train. Remarkable Escape of Passengers. Sydney
A passenger train to Adelaide ran into a stray bull at a level crossing when the locomotive was travelling at the rate of 35 miles an hour. The animal was hurled…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sensations. What Drowning Is Like
Instinctively I held my arms out for the dive, and while I was still falling I heard the cry ring out, "Man overboard!" Down, down I sank, for he fall was…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fatal Collision. Occasioned by Slight Delay. Railway Magnates Chiefly Suffer. Vancouver, Monday Afternoon
James Hanrahan, ex-president of the Illinois Central Railway, Frank Melchior, second vicc-president, Hock Island Railway, I. Pierce, general solicitor, Rock…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Aviator-sickness. Scientific View Shows That It May Be the Cause of Accidents
Among those who go down to the sea in ships there will be few who at some time or other have not experienced the horrors of sea-sickness. The hardiest mountaineer…
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