Nearly Drowned. Sydney
Wallace Brownlow, the well-known vocalist, had a narrow escape from drowning at Cronulla Beach on Sunday while bathing in the surf…
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Accidents, 1903
180 stories in Dubbo & the Western Plains's papers · page 3 of 9
The Eurimbla-wakapitu Collision
The Marine Board have found that the Eurimbia-Whakapita collision was caused by the wrongful acts of Captain Middleton of the Eurimbula, and have called upon him to show…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Peculiar Accident at Warren. Explosion of Rum
A serious conflagration was narrowly averted at Warren on Wednesday at Campbell Bros. store when a cask containing some 30 gallons of rum suddenly exploded in the spirit room…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Tram Collision
A tram collision occurred in Sydney this morning. The driver of one tram and two passengers (a lady and gentleman) were slightly injured…
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Mrs. Huzley, the wife of a signalman at Islington Junction, died last night from injuries received through being crashed between a train and the railway…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Accident Off Coogee
A boat capsized off Coogee this morning and was seen floating out to sea with two men on the bottom. The pilot steamer has gone to the rescue…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Accident on the Railway
A railway employee named Richard Johns had his left leg cut off at Kiama this morning by the wheels of a truck…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Train Accident. Sydney
A stoker named Jno. Snowdon fell from a tram on Saturday night and was fatally injured…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Major Taylor's Accident. Seven out of Eight Riders Fall
A SENSATIONAL incident occurred at the Sydney Thousand Cycling Carnival on Wednesday night. After the great event of the evening (the Sydney Thousand) had been…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway Accident. London
A train was derailed at Guelph, in Canada, and fell into a creek. Six people were killed and 140 injured…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Burning Fatality. Sydney
A married woman named Amelia Apsted was burnt to death yesterday at her lodgings in Darlington. It is supposed that she had gone to sleep reading…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Drowned in a Wine Vat
A labourer was found on Sunday at H. Basedows wine celler, Tanunda, drowned. He was head downward in a tank containing 1,500 gallons of wine, accidentally falling into the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Narrow Escape from Drowning. at Dundullimal Crossing
ON Saturday evening a family named Astill had a very unpleasant experience The husband, who is in the employ of Mr, W. W. Baird, of Cootha, drove into Dubbo…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Accident at Baird's Crossing. A Family Capsized into the River
A SERIOUS accident, but one fortunately not attended with the results that at first threatened, occurred at the Dundullimal crossing on Saturday. A man named Astill, and his…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Accident in a Victorian Mine. Man Mangled by a Fall of Earth
A MINER named Charles Chappel was terribly injured while working in a mine at Granya (Vic.) on Friday. Deceased was engaged with two others, named Walter Webb and John…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fatal Train Accident. Sydney
James Edwards, the actor, whose skull was fractured through being struck by a tram, died last night…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Coach Accident
The mail coach between Forbes and Bore-nore was carried by the horses over an embankment. The passengers jumped out and escaped, but the driver was injured…
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ON Sunday Miss Stella Giugni, a daughter of our esteemed townsman Mr. C. Giugni, of the Club House Hotel, had the misfortune to meet with no accident, which…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Injured at Play. Sydney
While being tossed in a blanket at the Bathurst camp, a privale, named Staples, fell and sustained slight concussion of the brain and spine…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Accident at Bathurst Camp
Whilst being tossed in a blanket at [?] Camp yesterday, Private Staples fell and sustained concussion of the brain and spins…
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