Items of News. Narrow Escape From Drowning
A narrow escape from drowning was experienced by on infant three years of age, named Albert Strusz, son of Mr. E. Strusz, laborer, Traill-street…
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Church Roof Collapses. Remarkable Fatality. London
The roof of an old church collapsed at Max, Switzerland, during service. Forty worshippers were killed and 60 injured. Some attribute the accident to the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sensational Collision. Sulky and Tramcar. Sydney
A sensational collision occurred near the Central Railway Station between a sulky and a tramcar. The driver of the vehicle and his three-year-old…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Collision in George-st. Sulky and Tram Car. Miraculous Escapes. Horse's Mad Career. Sydney
A tramcar and sulky collided this morning in George-street. The occupants of the sulky, a man named All- worth and his little daughter, although…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Riot at Broken Hill. Constables Injured with Stones. Police Use Their Batons. Broken Hill
When the fresh pickets were marohed down Sulphide-street, behind the Town Hand, with Tom Mann at the head, the police told them to turn…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →[?] d Results of Tram Accident. The Case of Mrs. Mackie
Nothing but good can result in giving to the public' some hint as to the [?] incidents in which Mrs. Kate [?] of No. 2 Stanley-street,…
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On Sunday morning early a man passing a house in Brighton, Vic., heard groans coming from the garden at the back of the house. He went on to the lawn, and…
Continued on Trove, page 29 →Shocking Fatality. MELBOURNE
Thomas Daykin, a prominent Victorian footballer, was killed at Carlisle mine, Bendigo, to-day. A hundred weight of stone fell on his shoulder…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sad Fatality. Young Girl Killed. Sydney
While a young man named M'Hugh, who boarded with a family named Higgins at Murrurundi, was unloading a repeating pea-rifle this morning one of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fatal Lift Accident. Delivery Clerk's Shocking Death. Caught by the Feet. Sydney
A. C. Lucock, a delivery clerk, aged 30, employed at Campbell's furniture warehouse, Clarence-street, met his death in a shocking manner this…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fatality at Mt Hope. Dead Body Discovered. Mount Hope
On Saturday, the 2nd inst., Mr. John Robertson Wilson, mine-owner, was missed from both breakfast and dinner, at Clark's Royal Hotel. At…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fatal Machinery Accident
James C. Robertson, whilst at work at an emery wheel at the Clyde Engineering Works yesterday, received a blow on the head from a piece of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sad Accident at Wyalong. WYALONG
A drowning fatality occurred this morning. Two sisters, Winnie and Ethel, 15 and 12 years respectively, daughters of Mr. Thomas Griffiths, a…
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A serious and most painful accident occurred at Messrs. Dunn and Stewart’s saw mill plant on Tuesday morning last. The…
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Two girls, one 13, and the other 15 years old, daughters of Mr. T. Griffiths, the Warden's bailiff, at Wyalong, accidentally drowned whilst…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Commercial Traveller's Death. Drowned in Coogee Bay. Sydney
The body of a man was discovered floating in Little Cooges Bay to-day dressed only in trousers and shirt. the reminder of the clothing was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Trains in Collision. Sixty Passengers Killed. Child's Remarkable Escape. London
A goods train collided with a passenger train near Denver, the capital of Colorado, U.S.A. The goods train telescoped the drawing-room car of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Disaster. Trains in Collision. 68 Persons Killed. Only One Survivor. London, Jan. 18
A goods train collided with a passenger train near Dener, Colorado (U.S.A.). A drawing room car was telescoped and 68 out of 69 persons…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →[?]Ar Driving Accident
A peculiar accident occurred on Thursday on the Culcairn road, about a mile from Germanton. Willie Chuck, of the local gardens, was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Racing Accident Four Horses Fall. Three Jockeys Injured. Melbourne
During the running of the Trial Stakes at Epsom to-day four horses fell. Three jockeys named Mahony, M'Donald, and Moulden were injured…
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