Fatality to Mr. Leeds
MR. Joseph Leeds, the well-known stock and station agent, met his death on Wednesday night by falling down the lift well at his office in Camden-buildings, George-street,…
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A Railway Collision. a Sensational Affair at Redfern. Narrow Escapes. Sydney
THERE was a serious collision at the Redfern station this morning. The engine of an outgoing suburban train ran into the incoming train from Hurstville. The engine struck one of the cars in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Intercolonial. [By Telegraph,] (From Our Correspondent.) Sydney. Wednesday. a Lift Fatality
A fatal accident occurred at Freeman's Flour Mills, Pyrmont, this morning. A storeman named Alf. Cook, aged 69, entered the lift with a view to ascending to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sad Fatal Accident
ON Thursday morning about 4 o'clock a fearful accident occurred at the local railway station, by which Mr. James Howlett, night officer in charge of the station, lost his life…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Melbourne. Wednesday. the Injured Governor. Lord Brasaey continues to improve. Alleged Murder
Charles Hall, a well-known Bendigo footballer, was arrested to day on a chargo, of murdering his wife, who was supposed to have committed suicide on the 15th inst. by…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Railway Fatality
EARLY yesterday morning a shocking accident occurred at Junce Junction, by which a well known railway employee lost his life. It appeared that James Taylor, a tapper, was…
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Early on Wednesday morning a shocking accident occurred at Junee Junction, by which a well known railway employee lost his life. It appeared that James Taylor, a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Sensational Accident in Gundagai. a Woman on Fire
MISS BESSIE BROOKKS, costumier, of Wilhelm-street, Gundagai, had a narrow escape from being burnt to death on Tuesday. Mr. Page, the dentist, whose rooms adjoin those of Miss Brookes, heard as…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Our Telegrams. Sydney. Tuesday. Fatal Accident
At the Auburn meat works yesterday a lad named George Winch fell into a vat of boiling water and received injuries that resulted in his death…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fatality at Bathurst. Struck Dead by Lightning. Bathurst
A fatality occurred to-day. Two young men named Edward Dennelly and George Marks were walking along Bentinck-street West, and were approaching Rocket-street…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Serious Riding Accident. a Lad Dashed Against a Tree
John O'Mara, about 17 years of age, whose parents reside in Tarcutta-street, met with an accident at about 2 o'clock on Tuesday afternoon whilst riding through a paddock of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The New Zealand Floods. Further Loss of Life. 50,000 Sheep Drowned. Wellington
From Clive and surrounding districts news comes of [?]lation and flood. Nearly all the residents here suffered loss, and food supplies also ran out, thus causing further…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Adelong Day by Pay. ACCIDENT
Burleigh Sharp, eldest son of Mr. Henry Sharp, J.P., Greenhills, met with a severe accident through a pony he was rhling bolting and throwing him, breaking one of his arms. He was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fatal Accident. SELF-SACRIFICE
ON Monday afternoon the towns people were shocked at hearing that a little girl, named Alice Moore, a fettler's daughter, had been killed by the goods train, while the young…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fatal Accident Killed While Attempting a Rescue
A dreadful fatal accident happened on the railway on Monday afternoon, when the newspaper train, due here about 4 o'clock, ran over and instantly killed a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Narandera. Wednesday. a Burning Accident
Mrs. Flynn, residing at Ganmain, was admitted to the hospital last night, suffering from burns about the legs and body. She was in a paddock where some men were…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fearful Railway Accident. a Girl Killed
The goods train which left Harden at 12.25 p.m. on Monday ran over and killed a girl at the Jindalee dotting, about a mile and a half from Cootamundra, on its way to Junee…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Accidents In Gundagai. Extraordinary Cases. a Fatal Fall
WILLIAM PARSER, a young man, met with a carious aochl[?] at the Emu mi[?]es las week. It appears that he was down the shaft, between 30 and 40 feet from the bottom, when a place of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fired at a Charity Bazaar Two Hundred Persons Killed. One Hundred Injured, London, May 4
A fire broke out at a charity Bazaar which was being held in Paris and caused a dreadful panic. About 1800 representatives of the fashinable world were present on the…
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ON Saturday Miss Cooper, daughter of Mr. John Cooper, public school teacher, Jindalee, met with an accident from which she sustained a slight concussion of the brain…
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