Accident to the Mayor. Pushed From a Tram. a Narrow Escape
On Saturday night, in Sydney, the Mayor (Mr. Fred Pinkstone) met with a very sudden surprise. He was returning from the illuminations on the…
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Very Latest. Shocking Accident. SYDNEY
Alfred Aley, an engineer at Koertz and Co., wool pressing works, Pyrmont, got caught in a belt of the machinery. He was carried to the…
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The voyage of the American Fleet has been singularly free from mishap from a naval point of view, but a rather curious accident occurred in course of the target…
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"Instead of resolutely setting to work to cure a growing evil fraught with peril to the country, the British Admiralty have (according to "Public Opinion")…
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A serious collision during the night off Broken Bay, Fiji, between the steamer Suva, going to Newcastle for coal, and the tug Hero, coming from…
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Two little boys named Bennetts, son of a farmer at Knowsley, near Bendigo, were yesterday found drowned in a creek. It is believed…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Jockey Injured. Thrown From a Pony. Sydney
Hugh Withers, a jockey, aged 19, was thrown from a bolting pony at Victoria Park Racecourse while exercising the animal, and sustained…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Collision at Sea. Steamer Suva Damaged. Put Back to Port. Sydney
A collision occurred at sea early this morning, half way between Sydney aud Newcastle, between the Fiji steamer Suva and the tug Hero. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Collision at Sea. Steamer and Tugboat. Hole Knocked in the Suva. Sydney
The steamer, Suva, which left Sydney at midnight bound for Newcastle, returned to port this morning with a hole in her port side, nearly…
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Frank M'Hale aged 20, a laborer, employed at Edwards, Dunlop and Co.'s paper mills. Kent-street, attempted to board a moving lift in the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Terrible Lift Accident. Young Man Fatally Crushed Sydney
Frank McHale, a labourer, employed in a warehouse in Kent-street, this afternoon attempted to board a goods lift on the basement going to the floor above,…
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A serious collision occurred, between the Adelaide Company's steamer Colac and the collier Pareora outside the South Head of Sydney Harbor a little after…
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The sailing ship Amazon, laden with coal, has been wrecked in Swansea Bay, Wales. Twenty out of the crew of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motoring Accident. German Crown Prince Upset. London
A motoring accident, similar to that which befell Queen Wilhelmina of Holland last year, happened on a country road near Metz yesterday…
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An old man was walking along Regent street. He is dressed shabbily, and he is tired. He is nearly eighty, and he stoops as he shuffles through the…
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Miss Allison, an elderly woman residing at Darlinghurst, was killed last night through being knocked down by a tram while crossing…
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Charles Ballman, 39, member of the crew of the U.S.S. Minnesota, was knocked down by a tram in the city, and had one of his legs fractured…
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A marine on the Vermont, named Banks, fractured his skull through falling from a train while returning from the review…
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Owing to his baloon taking fire, an aeronaut at Waterville, Maine, fell 500 feet, and was killed…
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Mr. George Turner, son of Sir Geo. Turner, died at Melbourne yesterday from the effects of injuries sustained through being run over by a train…
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