Fatal Accidents. Two Men Killed. Melbourne
William M'Carthy, 41, was found lying on the railway line at Richmond with his skull fractured. He is not expected to live…
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Burning Accident. Woman Terribly Injrued. Brisbane
Lena Ballantine, 27, a single woman, was horribly burned through her clothing catching fire while washing clothes at Brisbane, Her life is…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Peculiar Double Accident. Miraculous Escapes
ONE of the most peculiar accidents we have heard of happened on the Jackalas road, South Gundagai, on Wednesday morning. Mr. J. Mulvaney, who…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Dastardly Act. Removal of Wheel Caps. Several People Injured. Gunning
Some persons perpetrated a dastardly act last meat at Dalton. The caps were removed from the wheels of vehicles belonging to to people…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fierce Riots in Ireland. Shops Wrecked and Police Men Injured London, August 17
A fierce party riot, lasting four hors took place late on Monday night at Lurgan, a manufacturing town six miles Portadown, where…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Motor Causes Accident. Mourner's Leg Dislocated
One of the chief mourners who should Lave been at the funeral of the late Mrs. M'Farland yesterday was prevented from attending on account…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Drowned in Niagara. YOUTH's Heroic Attempt to Swim the Rapids
A fatal Attempt to swim the Niagara Rapids was witnessed by hundreds of horrified spectators, when as eighteen year old boy named August Sparer was…
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On Friday list Albert Rutherford aged 19 years, son of Mr. Geo. Rutherford, was attempting to stop a pair of runaway horses attached to a van…
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Mr. Pedroni, aged 72 years, a resident of Sandy Gully, was knocked down by a horse ridden by Mr. A. V. Bellamy, near the Sandy Gully…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Late News From All Parts Sydney, Thursday. Coach Accident
The mail and passenger coach capsized between Quambone and Coonamble on Wednesday. The driver was considerably injured, but the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fatal Shooting Accident
A fatal shooting accident occurred at Priory tan[?] was between Cobar and Nymager, the caretaker, Mr. Jacobs, was out pigeon-shooting, and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Another Fatality. Hairwash Ignites. Two Women Killed. London, Oct. 13
A lady was burned to death owing to the hair wash igniting in a Piccadilly Circus Hair-dressing Saloon. Two other women were terribly burned in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fatal Blast. One Man Killed. Three Others Injured. Wellington (N.z.)
Advice has been received at Christchurch of a terrible accident in the O[?]ira tunnel, on the Midland Railway, South Island, Dick, a shift boss, being…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Shocking Fatality. Boy Shot by His Brother. Sydney
A shocking affair occurred at Artarmon, on the North Shore line. Hector Edwards, aged 8, obtained a pea-rifle and pointed it at his brother Gordon…
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A man named Charles Warrington at Lockhart railway station on Monday was unloading sleepers in the yard, and went towards a moving truck…
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Justice Gordon to-day dismissed the counter claims respecting the collission between the steamers Narrung and Yarra…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Accident to Picnic Party. Thrown Out of a Sulky
As accident befel the wife and daughter of Constable Bell, gaoler at the Wagga lockup, on Sunday afternoon, which, fortunately, was not…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Gas Explosion on Board Cruiser. Eight Men Injured. London, Oct. 27
While the cruiser Hogue was refitting at Devonport an explosion of coal gas in the stokehold badly hurst eight of the stokers. A sudden sheet…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Warwick Farm Races. Some Moderate Racing.—The Reckoning Scores.—A Jockey Injured
Saturday's meeting at Warwick Farm was well patronised considering the number of sportsmen, who are away attending the Victorian Spring Meeting…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Shipping Disasters a Dance Collision Roumanian Steamer Sunk. the Hestia Wreck. London, Oct. 29
The Russian mail steamer Rousso collided with a Roumanian vessel in the Denube, near Galata The latter was sunk, and the crew, numbering 21…
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