Railway Fatality. Young Man Mutilated. Sydney
The body of a young, man named William Thorley was found on Saturday night on the railway line near Kurri Kurri with the head and legs…
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General Telegrams. SYDNEY, Wednesday. Lift Accident
Frank Lambert, 17, was jammed in a lift in Macquarie-place and badly injured about the head and face. He had a miraculous escape from death…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fatal Waggon Accident. the Driver Killed
The copper-mine cutting at Malhalla (Vic.) was the scene of another fatal accident on saturday afternoon. The occupants of the coach from Moe to…
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While firing in a stope in the Occidental mine at Cobar, three men were injured. W. Gudgeon, a married man, had his skull badly fractured and his hand…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →A Street Accident
Seldom a day passes without a street, accident of one kind or another. A fall from a tram, a kick form a horse, a tumble off a bicycle through a side-slip…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Harbor Fatality. a Man Drowned. Sydney
The name of the man supposed to have been drowned in connection with the capsize in the harbor yesterday, is Daniel Flaverty, a resident of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Singular Accident. Fill" Falls on Child's Head. Fatal Injury Inflicted
Our Juliet correspondent writes on September 21 :—The death occurred on Saturday last of the infant son of Mr. Lehmans, aged twelve months, of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bondi Tram Accident. Claim for Injuries. Verdict for Plaintiff. Sydney
The hearing was concluded this afternoon of an action in which Caroline McKeown sued the Chief Railway Commissioner to recover £1000…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Shocking Fatality
A shocking-fatality was brought to light at Bendigo, Vic., on Sunday morning. While a ganger was walking along the Echuca line he discovered the mutilated…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Fatality at a Mine. Two Men Killed. Fall 400 FEET
William Alexander Mason (the manager) and James A. Collins were killed at the Band and Loch mine Ballarat on Tuesday. The men men were…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coroner’s Courts. a Lost Tooth. Fatality of the Dentist’s Chair
A strange fatal accident after a dental operation was described at an inquest yesterday (July 21) at Lambeth on the body of Mrs Mary Sarah Daking,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Railway Collision Result of a Fog. Seven Persons Killed. London, Sept. 25
Two electric trains at Philadelphin collided during a fog. Seven persons were killed, and 72 maimed…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Severe Accident. Man Walks Over a Balcony
A man named Daniel Daley, who arrived here from Narandera by the mail train on Tuesday evening, and went to stay at Mrs. Falconer's…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Collision in Baylis-street
A serious driving accident occurred in Baylis-street sharply before 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon, when John Comyno, about 60, a bridge contractor, had his…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Church Wall Collapses. Bricklayer Injured. Sydney
A portion of the wall of the Congregational Church, Marrickville, fell this afternoon, partly burying a bricklayer named Herbert Lamerton, who…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Disasters. Thirty Persons Killed. Overhead Trains in Collision London, Sept. 27
A disaster, which resulted in serious loss of life, occurred yesterday on the elevated electric railway at Berlin. The driver of a train disregarded…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fall from a Scaffold. Structure Collapses. Workman Seriously Injured. Sydney
William Haughton, a laborer, was working on a scaffolding at Mark Foy's new building, when the structure collapsed…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Collision in America. Express and Goods Train. Nineteen Persons Killed. Cabs Catch Fire. London, Sept. 28
A correspondent at Helena, Montana (U.S.). states that during a dense snowstorm a passengers express train and a goods train on the…
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James Cadby, a labourer, slipped and fell while working on a chaff-cutter on a farm near St. Arnaud yesterday. A hay knife that he was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Collision in the Channel
A tourist steam yacht, the Argonaut, whilst proceeding to the Mediterranean, foundered after colliding with the collier Kingswell during a fog in the Channel…
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