Racing Motor Wrecked. Accident at 110 Miles an Hour. Mechanician Killed
A serious accident , occurred at Brooklands yesterday, August 3, a Mercedes car, travelling at a speed of 110 or 115 miles an hour…
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The Injured Jockey
The unfortunate jockey W. Leech, who has been lying at the wagga Hospital since the recent meeting of the Licensed Victuallers' Racing Club, as…
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Bert Swalwell, six years of age, a son of Mr. C. H. Swalwell, saddler, was playing with some other boys on the bank of the Murrumbidgee River…
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Mr. Andrew Paton, of Mundario, a well-known resident of these parts, died in Gundagai hospital on Sunday morning from the effects of injuries received by a fall…
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At the inquest on the body of Bridget Meaney, found floating in the Surf at Bondi, evidence was given that deceased, who had been very…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Accident to Melbourne Express. Engine Enveloped in Steam. Driver Falls From Train
An accident which caused some alarm amongst the passengers occurred on Monday morning to the Sydney express near the Heads Crossing, about…
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An alarming accident, which fortunately had no serious consequences, occurred on Monday morning to the Sydney express near Winton, Vic. The…
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At the Circuit Court at Tamworth, N.S.W., last week, Henry Brown, who at one time followed the occupation of farmer, was arraigned on a charge of murdering…
Continued on Trove, page 31 →Motor Launch Fatality. BRISBANE
A motor launch, containing six persons, including ladles, while proceeding down the river last night struck some obstruction and capsized…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Coastal Wreck. Steamer Strikes Breakwater. Captain and Seaman Drowned. Sydney
The latest concerning the wreck of the steamer Kincumber, which struck the breakwater wall whilst entering the Manning Heads last night, states that a…
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A railway collision has occurred at Crystal Brook between a mixed goods train and several stationary trucks, in which two trucks of the train were…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Terrible Bush Accident Ex-under Secretary for Lands Disappears. in a Seriously Injured Condition
Mr Edward MacFarlane, late Under Secretary for Lands, who is one of the valuers for the Peel River Co., in connection with the Government…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sensational Experience. Horse Startled by Iguana. Men Thrown From Buggy. Injured Man Crawls Eight Miles. Sydney
A sensational occurrence happened at Reedy Creek, on the Peel River estate, yesterday. Edward Macfarlane, late…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Six Persons Drowned. Heartrending Scenes at Calais
Six persons were drowned on, Saturday, August 15 on Calais Sands, near the Casino, in view of thousands of excursionists who had come there in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railway Disaster Swiss Tourist Trains. Four Killed; 89 Injured
The correspondent of the London "Daily Telegraph" writes from Paris on the 7th September:—Four persons have been killed and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Despondent Farmer. Found Drowned. Sydney
The body of a man found floating in Lane Cove River and clad only in a suit of pyjamas has been identified as that of Thomas Rhodes, aged 56, who…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Scaffold Collapses. Four Men Injured
Through the collapse of some scaffolding at Goulston Brothers' premises in George-street on Thursday four men were injured…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →POLICE & Cattledrivers Resort to Firearms. One Killed and Several Injured. London
A serious affray has taken place between cattledrivers and police at Rivers town, Ireland. When the police attempted to interfere…
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A painful accident occurred to a young man named G. Gilltrap, employed on Dunu's traction engine. He got one of his fingers caught in the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Woman Kills Husband. "A Dreadful Accident." Verdict of Justifiable Homicide. Adelaide
At Mount Gambier to-day, Mrs. Annie Mahoney was tried on a charge of having murdered her husband at Millicent on October 5. The…
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