Boating Fatality. Drowned in Botany Heads. Sydney
William Gibb, so years of age, master tailor, was drowned through the capsizing of a boat between Botany Heads, this afternoon. Only meagre…
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Railway Smash. Express in Collision. Paris
Through the frost interfering with the signals, the Paris to London express, crowded with English passengers, collided with a goods train at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Serious Artillery Accident
A serious accident occurred yesterday whilst the members of the Australian Field Artillery were taking part in the proceedings of a two days'…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Boating Fatality. Three Persons Drowned. Sydney
While two men, named William Gibb and Alexander Soutar and a boy named Freeman, were rowing across Botany Bay in a choppy sea…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Engine Blows Up Accident Near Stockinbingal. Forbes Extension Closed Down
The following fuller particulars concerning the railway accident near Stockinbingal have come to hands—The boiler of a railway engine bursts…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Serious Accident
On Saturday whilst the local Field Artillery were engaged in field work[?] at Gumly Common the horses attached to a gun carriage bolted. The gun…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wet Weather in Melbourne a Tram Accident. Melbourne
The Foundation Day holiday was spoiled by wet weather to-day. Some excitement was caused in Glenferris Road to-day when an electric tram left…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Accidents at Cowra and Bowral. Sydney
Fred. Toole, a railway fireman, whilst attempting to slop a water tank attached to some trucks at Cowra yards early this morning, was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Shocking Burning Fatality. Nine Persons on Fire. Quebec
The clothes of Wilfrid Robin, 13 years, caught fire during an explosion of coal oil white he was trying to light a stove. He rushed amongst his…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Urangellie. a Painful Accident
An accident which might have proved fatal appeared [?] on 22nd [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motor Car Accident
A serious motor car accident happened on Monday afternoon to a party of tourists, who had been sojourning at the Yarrangobilly Caves…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Shooting Accident. Boy's Remarkable Vitality. Terrible Injuries. West Maitland
Arthur Pellow (13) met with a serious shooting accident at Rothbury, his head being terribly injured. He was lying in bed, when his…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Launch Fatality
A launch containing ten persons was returning 10 Auckland when a big wave broke over the craft, carrying Myrtle Rowan and Ray Bevans into…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fatality at Circular Quay Sydney
Edwin Geach (74), residing at Cremorne, and father of the well-known theatrical manager, was knocked down by a tram at Circular Quay to-day,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Casualties. Fatal Tram Accident. Sydney
Mr. Edwin Geach, father of the principal partner in West's Pictures, was knocked down and killed by a tram in George-street to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Shocking Accident at Redfern Kiled by a Train. Sydney
A shocking railway accident occurred at Redfern railway station this morning. George Ford (35), a railway laborer, was working on the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Submarine Accidents Revering to Steam Power Paris
Owing to the frequently of submarine accidents the French Government haas decided to substitute steam power for oil…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Collision in Sydney Harbour. Me-mel Sinks in Eight Minutes. Passengers Safely Landed. Bravery of the Captain. Sydney
The ferry steamer Me-Mel collided with the coastal trader Mokan in Darling Harbor this morning, and within eight minutes sank at the foot…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Collision in Fog. Steamer Sinks in the Atlantic. Terrible Scenes. Heavy Loss of Life. Heroic Attempts at Rescue Noble Self-sacrifice. New York
The steamers Nantucket and Monroe collided off the Winter Quarter lightship in the Atlantic. The Monroe sank immediately and 25 of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Loss of German Ship. Nineteen Persons Drowned. London
The German ship Hera, bound for Falmouth, sank off Narepoint, and nineteen persons were drowned…
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