Disastrous Shipping Collision
A sensation was caused, last Saturday, when it was learnt that a steam tug, the Advance, had foundered with all hands off the port of Newcastle, N.S.W. The…
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Sinking of a Tugboat. the Advance Founders in a Collision. Captain and Seven Men Drowned. Only One Survivor. Newcastle
A fearful disaster occurred shortly after six o'clock last evening, 17 miles south by west of Nobbys. Messrs. J. and R. Fenwick's tugboat Advance…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Appalling Scenes Injured, Mad, and Naked People. Indescribable Horrors
Refugees give appalling accounts of the catastrophe. They say Dante's "Inferno" gives a very pale idea of the scenes in Messina in the early morning,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Awful Mortality. OVER 100,000 Killed. Many Thousands Injured. Terrible Tidal Wave. London, Dec. 30
The earthquake altered the aspect of the Straits of Manilla and changed the coast line. King Emanuel has given £8000 to the sufferers, also a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Lift Accident
In a lift accident which occurred In Messrs. Marcus Clarke's big merchandise emporium in Sydney last week, one of the principals, Mr. T. A. Clark, was killed…
Continued on Trove, page 30 →Accident Insurance. Workers' Co-operative Proposal
A proposal to have a trade union accident insurance fund established was brought before the Trades Hall Council at its last meeting by Mr. W. Campbell, of…
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