Railway Fatality. WYALONG
The grazier, Donald Stewart, who was knocked down by a train last night, died to-day…
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Labor's Demands. State to Pay Accident Compensation. Government Contract Wages. London, Feb. 5
The Labor Conference at Leicester negatived a motion advocating proportional representation and resolved that the Board of Trade should allow…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Floods in Melbourne. Streets Submerged by Cloud-burst. Boy Drowned. Exciting Rescues. Tram Traffic Suspended. Melbourne
Further particulars are to hand of the results of the cloud-burst to which Melbourne was subjected on Sunday, when, in some parts of the town, the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Accident. Fireman Struck by Engine. His Back Broken. Junee
Mr. Thomas Mortimer, well-known in Junee, was fireman on a train standing at Harden platform. When on the side of his engine, the mail…
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I met the unfortunate Mrs. Ffolliot at a house in Hampstead. All the best people go to Hampstead nowadays. And I believe in going where you get the best…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →Boxing. Dave Smith's Hand Injured. Sydney
The light arranged between Dave Smith and Papke has been indefinitely postponed owing to the former having injured his hand…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Extraordinary Fatality. Cayenne for a Cold. a Woman Suffocated. Sydney
Mrs. Jennings, a resident of Coff's Harbor, met her death in an extraordinary manner yesterday. She was suffering from a severe cold and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Tragedy of the Sea. Wreck of Schooner. Captain and Mate Drowned Survivors on Island. Auckland
News has reached Auckland that the schooner Jessie Nicoll was totally wrecked at Macquarie Islands at Christmas-time. The captain, mate…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Struck by Lightning. One Killed, Four Injured. Melbourne
During a severe storm in Melbourne to-day five men working in the Exhibition Gardens, were struck by lightning. One man was killed and the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Steamer Founders. Forty-one Drowned. London, Feb. 12
The Russian steamer, Sturman, foundered off Sevastopol in a gale and 41 were drowned…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Terrible Collision Trains Take Fire. Eight Persons Killed. Paris, Feb. 15
The Paris to Brest express collided with two trains at a crossing at Courville. All the cars took fire and eight persons were killed, and many…
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Two workmen's trains collided at Bethune, France. Two persons were killed and 20 injured…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Storm in New York. Fatality and Many Injured London, Feb. 16
One woman was killed and 15 persons injured in New York during a terrific storm of sleet and snow…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Midnight Collision. Costs Nine Lives
Nine of the crew of the barquentine Gratitude, or Rochester, owned by the Whitstable Shipping Co., were drowned on Tuesday (says "Lloyd's Weekly…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Tragic Fire. Inmates Escape to Roof. a Dreadful Predicament. Children Roasted to Death. Several Persons Injured. Auckland
A calamitous fire occurred early this morning in a shop in Auckland, occupied by a family named Porteous. The inmates rushed from the…
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Further particulars of the railway disaster at Courville state that the Paris to Brest express ran into a goods train. Five trucks were…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway Accident. Wheat Trucks Off the Line at Bomen
The Melbourne express was held up, this morning, at Wagga, owing to an accident on tho railway line at Bomen. Two heavily-laden wheat trucks of a goods train…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Disasters. the Courville Smash. Five Cars Telescope. Many Persons Incinerated. Cause of Accident. Paris, Feb. 16
Later details of the terrible railway collision between three trains at Courville, state that five trucks telescoped and 20 persons were killed. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Richmond Collision. Total Cost, £130,000. Enginedriver Dismissed. Melbourne
The Railway Commissioners to-day considered the appal of John Melville, driver of the 8.37 Elsternwick train, concerned in the collision at…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Six Men Drowned. Attempt to Avoid Officers of the Law. Vancouver, Feb. 17
It is reported from San Francisco that, in an attempt to dodge the immigration cutter, in pursuit under the belief that efforts were being made…
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