Singular Electrical Accident
An extraordinary occurrence took place on Saturday afternoon, 10th November, opposite Canon-street station, London. A man named George Clark was driving a…
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Drowned in the Yarra. a Strange Case
EARLY on Wednesday morning a printer named John Reardon, whilst walking along the banks of the Yarra, in the vicinity of Brander's Ferry, observed the body of a man…
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ON Sunday morning two young men, named J. M. Folkard and H. G. Thorn, the latter a grandson of Sir Henry Parkes, were drown[?] d at Na[?]nbeen. The deceased, who were…
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A BRUTHEN (Vie.) telegram of Wednesday, says:—The Omeo-road waa the scene of a fatal accident this morning. While Cobb's coach was on the journey to Omeo, at the…
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A DENILIQUIN telegram of Friday says:—A profound sensation was created in Deniliquin this morning by the rumour that Mrs. Jefferson, wife of Mr. A. B. Jefferson,…
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ON Friday night at Nubba, while a team of twelve draught horses, the property of Messrs. Cowden and Fallon, Murramburrah, were standing in the railway yard, a sharp…
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Later information concer[?] catastrophe in the North Sea [?]captain of the vessel and h[?] are amongst those who perish[?]…
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A VERY painful accident, with fatal consequences, happened at Lalla Roohk yesterday, the victim being Ethel May Lloyd, four and a half years of age, a daughter…
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IN our last issue we published a brief message to the effect that a terrible shipping disaster had occurred in the North Sea. On Saturday we received the following cablegrum:—…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Latest Telegrams. Collision in North Sea. Loss of 380 Lives. LONDON, Feb. 4
News of an appaling marine disaster has been received. The German liner Elbe was run into in the North Sea by the Aberdeen steamer Craigie and sunk in a few minutes…
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ON Sunday evening a groom named Henry Stanley, 48 years of age, fell from a loft at the rear of the Criterion Hotel, FitzmauriceStreet, receiving such severe injuries that he…
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A man named Harry Stanley, believed to be 48 years of age, was killed on Sunday night by falling from the loft door over the stables at the Criterion Hotel into the yard…
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A SUNBURY telegram of Monday says:—A shocking fatal bathing accident occurred at Bulla to-day at about 3 o'clock.;Mrs. Thomas Hillery, of Bulla, with two…
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A RATHER serious buggy accident happened at Guy's Hill, near Borambola, yesterday morning. Mr. G. P. Irvine, manager of Oberne Station, was returning from town,…
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A PERTH telegram of Thursday says:—A shocking accident occurred this afternoon in connection with the use of a new explosive substance called type, invented by a man…
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A very painful accident befel Mr. William Hewitt, farmer, of Pine Grove, Mimosa West, on Monday morning last, resulting in the fracture of both legs. It appears that he…
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The City Coroner, Mr. J. C. Woore, held a magisterial enquiry at the South Sydney Morgue on Thursday on the body of the youth John Lawson, who was drowned by…
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A LAUNCESTON (Tas.) telegram of Friday says:—A fatal accident occurred in the first basin of Cataract Gorge to-day, the 5-yearold son of Mr. Dodgshun, a warehouseman…
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ON Friday night yet another shock was given this community, which has been suffering from a run of calamities for two months. It was found that an old man…
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