Collision in the Thames. London
The Sitar of Scotland, bound for Hawkes Bay, collided with the tup Cropper in the Thames, and had to be docked at Tilbury for repairs…
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Submarine Stranded. Officer and Crew Drowned. London
A vessel for laying submarine mines, which had just been built in England for the Russian Government, was being sailed to the Baltic by an English…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Tram Accident. Two Men Killed. Sydney
A train ran over an unknown man who was asleep on the line at Enfield last night. He was cut to pieces and death was instantaneous…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Aviaton. Accident to Jones. Falls 60Ft. at Adelaide. Adelaide
An a[?]lation sensation occurred on the Cheltenham racecourse, when A. W. Jones, the Queensland airman, who for several weeks has been making successful flights,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Drowning Accident. Fell in While Fishing. Sydney
While fishing in a waterhole in a brickyard at St. Peters, Frederick Hardy, living at Erskineville, fell in and was drowned…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railway Collision. Berlin
A military train near Metz collided with the buffers, and the top coach was telesconed and seven soldiers were killed and twelve seriously injured…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Drowned. Clergyman's Sad Fate. Sensation at Deniliquin. Sydney
A drowning fatality has been reported from Deniliquin. It appears that the Rev. F. A. Wenburn, of St. Paul's Church, had been an inmate of the hospital for a few…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Spring Fatalities. Young Woman and Man Drowned. Pathetic Incidents. Melbourne
A tragic drowning accident occurred on the Back Beach, at Point Lonsdale, yesterday afternoon. In the heavy surf driven upon the beach by a southerly…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Lost in the Surf. Newly Engaged Girl. Her Fi[?] Narrow Escape. One Rescuer Drowned and Other Nearly. Melbourne
While a number of persons were bathing on the back beach at Point Lansdale, Victoria, Muriel May Hunter, aged 23, and Rupert Anderson, who had only become…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Dynamite Accidents a Dangerous Practice. Melbourne
Two strange dynamite explosions occurred yesterday. Finding a packet of caps, Alvis Pannigals a young sailor at Geelong,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Keerrong Man Injured
While loading timber from a van at the railway station on Monday a man named Miller, of Keerrong, had his hand caught in a cog wheel. He was taken to the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Seaman Drowned. Garden Island Baths. Sydney
Cecil Newton, a seaman on the warship Penguin, was drowned in the baths at Garden Island naval depot this morning…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bush Fires at Albury. Were They Accidental? Sydney
Two very serious bush fires have occurred in the Albury district during the last few days. Farmers have suffered severely, miles of fencing,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Remarkable Accident
WHILE a plumber named Hitchen and his son William were erecting a windmill over a well, three miles from Gilgandra, the staging on…
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Mrs. Sura Ann Webh, wife of Mr. Ily. Geo. Webb, farmer, of Boatharbor, net with a nasty accident opposite James' shoeing forge, in Woodlark-street,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Craft Wrecked Seventy-five Drowned
One thousand laborers, employed on the Grand Trunk Pacific railway, were being transported across Fish River, west of Fort George, in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Coach Overturned. Driver Injured. Sydney
The horses attached to a mail coach being driven between Bathurst and Sunny Corner bolted while descending a hill…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →75 Men Drowned. Flat Bottomed Boat Capsizes. London
100 labourers, employed on the Grand Trunk Pacific railway, were being transported across the Fraser river, west of Fort George, in British Columbia in a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mail Coach Overturned. Driver Severely Injured. Sydney
The horses at attached to the Bathurst to Sunny Corner mail coach [?] down a hill [?] Green Swamp yesterday. When near the bottom the vehicle [?]ded with…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Driver Injured. Into Two Feet of Water. Adelaide
Kenneth Smith, aged 19, dived from a considerable height into two feet of water at the Semaphored baths, and struck the sand with considerable force,…
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