Drowning Fatality. Ten Young Lives Sacrificed. Melbourne
Two brothers, John and Andrew Donovan, aged 10 and 12 respectively, were drowned in a waterhole near Ballarat. The police were informed that two boys were…
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Mining Fatality. St. Petersburg
A cage fell down the shaft in a mine at Ekaterinoslav, and seven men were killed and five injured…
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Yesterday the adjourned inquiry into the cause of the death of Ellen Mary, Ann Evans, who died on December 28, as the result of injuries received on December 24…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Injured Diver. Sydney
Len McCarthy, the crack diver, who was injured at a display on Saturday, left the hospital to-day, but he will be out of action for some time…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Latest Telegrams. Baby Drowned. Grafton
The baby drowned in a well near Ulmarra yesterday was a son of Mr. James Ingledow, of Swan Creek…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bathers Drowned. in Warrego River. Brisbane
The Commissioner of Police to-day received a telegram from Charleville stating that two sons of Sergt. Connolly, aged 12 and 14 years respectively, were drowned on…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →In Chase. a Shocking Accident. Sydney
A dairyman named John Field, of Muswellbrook, was disturbed early last night by a supposed burglar. Field and his sons loaded their firearms and went in search…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fell Over Cliffs. Accident to Coal Lumper. Sydney
A coal lumper named Joseph Coghlan, while walking along Bronte Cliffs last night, fell on to the rocks forty feet below. He was lying face downwards, and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fatal Accident. Train and Motor Car Collide. Adelaide
A train and motor car collided at Millswood crossing, South Australia, on Saturday night. The car was carried along twenty yards to the station…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Breach Block Explosion. Verdict of Accidental Death. London
At the inquest on Gunner Pierson, who was killed through the explosion of a breach block, the evidence showed that owing to a clerical error the gun at…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Maritime Accidents. Danish Steamer Wrecked. London
The Danish steamer Gkoch has been wrecked off Girdleness. Seven were drowned and twelve rescued…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Two Men Drowned. London
The aviators MacDonald and Ingles were testing a new biplane at Greenwich, when the engine exploited and the machine fell into the Thames and both men were…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sad Drowning Case. the Fatal Wash Out. Charleville
Eustace (aged 13) and Adrian (11) Connolly, sons of Sergeant M. Connolly here, were accidentally drowned on Suturday in the Warrego River, at the rear of, the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Effects of the Weather. Express Train Collision. Narrow Escape From Electrocution. London
The Leicester express, which travels at a minimum speed of fifty miles an hour, crashed into a Walsall train at Bromford Lane station, and both were wrecked. A…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Collision. Auckland
A motor car containing a party of tourists collided with a train in the North of; Auckland. Mrs Frank Gordon was killed. Two men were…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mine Fatality. Labourer's Terrible Death. Sydney
Another mining fatality has occurred at Proken Hill, where Robert Karies, a labourer in the Junction North Mine, has been suffocated by a quantity of slime in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fatal Accident. Buggy Goes Over a Bank. Sydney
A sulky with three men toppled over the bank on the roadside at Helensburgh. One of the occupants, Walter Spearin, 20, was killed, but the others escaped without…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Drowning Fatality. Rescue by a Young Lad. Sydney
Four lads, only one of whom could swin, were bathing, at St. Kilda, when two, named clive Stevens and Ewart Parker, get out of their depth and were…
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Mr, Inspector Kennedy, of the Tick Department, met with a very painful accident on Tuesday last, the result of which might have been much more serious. He…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Tram Accident. Sir Normand Maclaurin Injured. Sydney
Sir H. N. MacLaurin was knocked down by a Pitt-street tram this morning and thrown right in front of a motor car and it looked as if he would be killed or…
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