Tram Accident
William MacPhelson, aged 54, was knocked down by a tram in Pitt-street to-day, and received terrible injuries. He attempted to board a…
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484 stories in Riverina's papers · page 12 of 25
"Serious Accident."
During the proceedings connected with the marriage of two members of the "Army" at the Salvation Army Barracks last night. Adj[?]tant M'Kay…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Bicycle Accident
During the proceedings at the Salvation Army last night Adjutant M'Kay announced that Mrs. M'Kay had, during the day, met with an accident. She…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fishing Boats Wrecked. Over Three Hundred People Drowned. London
Fifty fishing boats have been wrecked off Kagoshima, a large town of Japan, on a bay of the same name. It is reported 350 of the occupants…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Terrible Mine Explosion Two Men Seriously Hurt. Three Others Injured. Danger of Drawing Charges
A terrible accident occurred on Tuesday about 6.30 p.m. in the incline shaft of the Long Tunnel mine, Walhalla (Vic)…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Murrurundi Accident. Railway Officials Charged Committed for Trail
William Gibson and James Bede Dwyer were charged on remand, before Mr. C.H. Gale, P.M., at Murrurundi, with negligently omitting to see…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Murrurundi Accident. Officials Committed for Trial. Sydney
The hearing of the charge against William Gibson and James Bede Dwyer of negligently omitting to see that the "up" home signal was at danger on the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →[?]Ning Fatality
A m[?] named Isaac Parr was descend the Scottish mine at Gympie (Q) hen his leg, which protruded from theatre, struck a timber frame…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fisermen Drowned
Fifty fishing boats been wrecked off the coast of Japan; 350 fishermen were drowned…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Gladiator Collision
Sir John Barnes, Judge of the Admiralty Court, has delivered judgment in an action before the Court in which he declares the Gladiator was alone to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Fault of a Collision
The Admiralty Court has decided that the warship Gladiator was alone to blame for the collision with the American liner St. Paul…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bomb Outrage. Explosion on a Steamer. an Atrocious Crime. Eight Killed, Forty Injured. the Vessel Sinks. London
A bomb secreted in a bale of cork on the America-Hamburg liner Arcadia exploded whist the steamer lay in Delaware river at Philadelphia…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Accident at Book Book
An accident [?] Mr. C. E. Ingram. of Book Book Station, while driving home from wagga on Saturday night. The night being a very dark one. Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Pea Rifle Accident. Man Severely Wounded. Shot in Both Legs
A pea-rifle accident occurred on Sunday afternoon as a result of which a bootmaker named William Allsworth lies seriously wounded in the Wagga…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fatal Railway Accident
Thomas Hetherton, station master at Tamworth, was run over by a train and killed last night. His body was horribly mutilated, an arm and a leg…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Collision. Brisbane
A serious railway accident occurred at Croydon Junction this morning. A good train was being shunted in order to allow a special to pass. The…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sensational Railway Accident. Trains in Collision. Wirth's Circus Involved. Officials Suspended. Brisbane
A special train conveying wirth Bros. circus smashed into a goods train at Croydon Junction, two miles on the Brisbane side of Muryborough…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Shocking Railway Fatality. a Traveller's Mistake. Sydney
A shocking fatality occurred at lewisham railway station this morning. A young man A. F. Brewer. who was only recently married,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →General Telegrams. Accident at Barren Jack. Sydney
A man named Maccy, engaged on the works at Barren Jack. was shifting timber when a heavy plank fell on him. A special telegram was sent to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Terrible Drowning Fatality. Mother and Two Children Drowned. If There Had Been a Swimmer
A tragedy, peculiarly pitiful in all its aspects, and which involved the lives of a young mother and her two infant children, happened at Footscray…
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