Forty-two Drowned. All the Rest Saved. Lisbon
Of 142 passengers and 92 members of the crew of the wrecked steamer Veronese 191 were saved. Two of the crew and two of the purser's staff died from exposure on…
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A Collision. Two Shipwrecked Crews on One Boat. London
The British steamers Auchenarden and Labranea collided during a fog in the Mersey, and the Auchenarden sank. The crew was, however, picked up by the Labranea,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bled to Death. Peculiar Accident. Sydney
A barman named Patrick Little returned home last night and fell on a piece of broken china, which severed an important artery in his leg. He was unable to move…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Latest Telegrams. Cricketing Enthusiasts. Meet with an Accident. Grafton
Three old age pensioners were proceeding from Dalmorton to Newton Boyd yesterday to see a cricket match when the horse they were driving fell. All three were…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Two Men Injured. Sydney
Mr. James Colquhoun, a well known Riverina grain buyer, was returning home with his chauffeur, James Davey, in a motor car and was near Albury last night…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bathing Fatality. Two Brothers Lose Their Lives. Sydney
James, Alfred, and Charles Canningham, sons of a well known Albury farmer, wereswimming in a tank when James got into difficulties. Alfred went to his assistance,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Motor Accidents. Boy's Presence of Mind. Sydney
While Mr. Nall, manager of Hoodman's Motor Car Agency at Broken Hill, was in a shop after attending a picture show the engine of his motor car, containing his…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Car and Carriage. Collision Leads to Suicide. Berlin
A motor car containing four officers and travelling at high speed collided with a carriage at Leipsic. Three of the officers were killed and the fourth seriously…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Heavy Rains. Etheridge Railway Injured. Brisbane
The Commissioner of Railways has received a telegram from the engineer at Calms, stating that heavy rains had fallen in the Etheridge district, affecting the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Firemen Injured. Hastening to an Outburst. Sydney
While the North Sydney fire engine was rushing at full gallop to an outbreak of fire in a stationer's shop early this morning, the polo broke, and the engine…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Found Drowned. After Seventy Long Years. Sydney
The body of an old man about 70 years of age was found floating off the beach at Clontarf this morning. He apparently had been in the water two or three days…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Drop of 300 Feet. Accident to a Mining Cage. Perth
A cage containing ten miners dropped three hundred feet in the Golden Horseshoe Mine, Kalgoorlie. Several of the men were injured…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Runaway Engine. Serious Accident Narrowly Averted. Sydney, Thurday
An engine standing at Marangaroo station bolted. The engineer had been mistaken in his belief that the brakes were on. The engine ran some distance, and did…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Extraordinary Fatality
A fishing party, consisting of William McMillan, Harold Craig, Fred Mow, and W. Williams, left Killarney for Koorelah Creek, last…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Blasting Accident. One Killed, Nineteen Injured
A terrible blasting accident occurred at Queensport between 4 and 5 o'clock this afternoon at the premises of the Australian Meat Export Co. Blasting operations…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →German Fatality. Berlin
Lieutenant Schlezel has been killed and Lieutenant Von Scheele seriously injured while aeroplaining at Magdeburg…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Queensland News. Drowning Accident. Brisbane
Mr. William Sharpe, a married man, residing at Bulimba and employed in Dalgety's wool store, was sailing with several others oil Green Island on Saturday…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Motor Car Accident
On Saturday night a motor car accident occurred on the road from Tyagarah to Mullumbimby. A party fr[?] Lismore consisting of Mr. T. Ewing, Mr. Farquharson,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Blasting Accident. Brisbane
Several of the men injured in the blasting accident on Friday, and who are now in the hospital, are progressing satisfactorily…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Another Breakwater Accident
On, Friday last the St. George, from Brisbane (Capt. McLeod) struck, the north breakwater on Thursday at about the same place as the Canonbar, but without…
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