Railway Collision
Two suburban passenger trains collided near Melbourne last night. The permanent way was damaged and traffic blocked. Fortunately the passengers escaped serious injuries, though…
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Accidents, 1902
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Peculiar Accident. A Gasometer Explodes in a Chemist's Shop
AT Coonamble on Saturday a man named Harrison was charging a small gasometer from an ammonia tube for a cool drinking fountain in Crook's chemists (shop when the gasometer…
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At the Adelaide races on Saturday, Conference and Buccleugh fell in the Hurdle Race, and both were killed. Lightfoot fell in the Steeplechase and was killed…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fatal Accident to a Dubbo Lad. Killed at Cricket
A LAD named Charles Mudge, aged 17, and a member of a well-known Dubbo family, while playing cricket at Tarana on Thursday last was struck in the chest by the ball. He complained…
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A fireman named Wesketh was crushed to death on the tram line at Bondi this morning…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Tram Accident. Sydney
James Hesketh, a tramway fireman, got off the motor to see to the points at Bondi this morning, when a tram conveying ballasting came upon him; one…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sad Drowning Fatality. Macquarie River claims a Victim
The regretable news was made known yesterday afternoon that a lad named James Michael McCormick, aged 14, had met his death by drowning in the waters of the…
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Three lads, named Charles and Frederick Edwards and Frederick Miller, were drowned whilst bathing in a dam at Gulgong…
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A carrier named Holt met with a dreadful accident at Grafton. A halter attached to a young home got tangled round his arm, and the horse bolted, drugging Holt over a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Drowning Fatality at Wellington
ON Sunday last James McCormick and two other lads were bathing together in the river and whilst attempting to swim across and and back again McCormick was seen by his…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Three Boys Drowned. Sydney
Three boys, Fred Miller and two brothers named Edwards, were accidentally drowned in a dam at Gulgong on Saturday…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Accident to Henry Lawson. He is Placed Under Control
EARLY on Saturday morning a Manly resident named Sly was walking round the beach on the ocean side when he suddenly came across Mr. Henry Lawson, the well known poet, who was…
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The Halifax to Montreal Express was derailed on Sunday. The casualties included seven killed and 12 injured…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Accident to the Up Mail
ON Friday evening, as the up mail was in the vicinity of Minor[?], one of the springs of the locomotive broke. The train managed to "crawl" to Dubbo, where a now engine was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Gulgong Drowning Case
As reported briefly in our telegraphic news last issue, a very sad fatality occurred at Gulgong last Saturday, three lads, named respectively Fredrick James Edwards (11),…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mishap to Mr. N. Hives. Accidentally Poisoned, but Recovers
OUR popular athlete and cricketer, Neil Hives, was the victim of a most unpleasant (and dangerous) episode on Wednesday evening. He has been suffering for some time from a sprain to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Science. the Accident of Choking
[?]ONTINUING our [?]sional papers on ambulanoe, or first-aid treatment of accidents, we may to-day consider the question of choking…
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A passenger train collided with a freight train at Maturara, New Zealand. The driver was injured, and rolling stock considerably damaged…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fatality at Hill End
A lad named Harold Ackerman, aged 11 years, son of Mr. J. Ackerman, of Hill End, was accidentally shot by his elder brother Walter with a pea rifle on Friday last. The…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fatality at Trangie
Mr. Arthur Ryrie, of Weemabah, was shot dead on Monday night; whether accidently or otherwise is so far not known. The local police have gone out to investigate…
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