Vessel Capsizes. Drunken Mutineers Drowned
It is reported that 150 drunken Mexican mutineers were making their escape on a steamer at San Diego, when the craft turned turtle in a…
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Railway Fatality Ticket Collector Cut Down. Sydney
John Gleeson, a middle-aged railway ticket colector, residing at Tempe, was cut to pieces by a train near Sydenham this morning. Gleeson was overtaken…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Violent Gale. Vessels Severely Damaged. Three Soldiers Drowned. London
Tremendous damage occurred in Greece during a violent gale. Five steamers were driven together in the port of Piratus. All were severely…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Gun Accident. Woman Shot by a Boy. Sydney
A shocking accident occurred at Craigie, near Bombala. The wife of Bertram Elton was talking to a boy, aged 12, named Clarke, who had a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Items of News. Accident Near Ladysmith
A man named John fisher was brought to Wagga on Saturday night, having been thrown out of his sulky in the vicinity of Ladysmith through…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Shocking Accident. Man Injured by Traction Engine. Launceston
At Wynyard, Tasmania, on Saturday, Robert Hill, 21, assistant on a traction engine, had se[?] himself in front of the engine, and commenced reading a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Racehorse Injured Colt Run Down by Motor. Accident in South Australia Adelaide
Myrica, a most promising two-year-old colt, while on the way to the South Australian Jockey Club's races this morning was run into by a motor car,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Military Camp Episode. Injured Man's Request. Remand Granted. Sydney
At the North Sydney police court to-day, Alfred Milton Eicher was charged with inflicting grievous bodily harm upon Robert M'Intosh in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Foresaw His Death. American Army Lieutenant Killed in Aeroplane Accident. Dashes Into a Tree. Los Angeles
Lieutenant Parks, acting as an aerial scout, was making an air recon[?]oissance when he was forced to alight on a hill enveloped in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Accident Near Bomen
A lad named John Ross, son of a ganger working on the line at Bomen, was thrown from his horse while riding home on Saturday. He was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Smash. Brisbane Express Dashes Into Sleeper. Serious Accident at Tenterfield Sydney
At Tenterfield last night a sleeping car was lying on the rails ready to be attached to the Brisbane express, when the express dashed into it, dislodging it…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →"Only an Accident." a Mock Court Martial Stabbing. Complainant Wants to Stay Proceedings. Sydney
At North Sydney, Constable Alfred Eichler was brought up for the fourth time in connection with the stabbing of Robert M'Intosh during a mock court…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Fatality. Young Woman Run Over. Sydney
Grace Edwards, 25, who was run over and seriously injured by some trucks at Clyde yesterday, died this morning…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Such a Frightful Accident
It was the time of the great blizzard of 1891. Just below Camborne, on the G.W.R., is a lofty viaduct, at that time a wooden structure, but lately rabbit of alone…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Drowning Case. Serious Allegations. Sydney
Serious allegations were made by a seaman named Robert Patterson at the inquiry into the death of William Malcolm, second officer of the steamer…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Exhibition Disaster. Scenic Railway Fatality. Brussels
A sensational accident occurred today at the Ghent Exhibition. Two carriages on the scenic railway left the lines and fell one hundred feet…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cavill in America. Narrow Escape From Drowning Seriously Injured at Carnival. Washington (U.s.a.)
Arthur Cavill, the Australian swimming instructor, dived into a tank at Newbridge, on the Lewis river, at the opening ceremony. He struck a buoy…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Balloon Fatality. Woman Falls 600 Feet. Berlin
As a balloon was approaching, the earth the balloonist fel[?]lout and the balloon rapidly re-ascended. A woman passenger, who was hanging half-way…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →British Naval Disaster. Seven Men Drowned. Edinburgh
During the manoeuvres of a torpedo flotilla, off the Firth of Forth, a boat, manned by 20 bluejackets, capsized, and seven men were drowned,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Crushed Between Engines Fatality at the Glebe. Sydney
Charles Evans, 37, employed at the International Harvester Company's works at the Glebe, was crushed between two traction engines in motion…
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