Mr. Hughes Injured. Fail From a Horse No Serious Damage. Sydney
The Prime Minister was thrown from a horse during a gallop in Cen[?]nnial Park to-day, but although he was rendered unconsious for three…
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Two Railway Men Killed. An Extraordinary Accident
An extraordinary accident, by which two men met their death, occurred on the railway line a few miles out of Binalong on Friday night. The men,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Serious Sulky Accident
On Saturday midday Mr. A.Beaupeurt, of Leeton, was driving a sulky near the cattle yards, having as a companion Mr Beck, a visitor from…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Tragic Train Accident. Engine Parts From Tender Driver and Fireman Run Over Sydney
By a railway accident at Binalong on Saturday night, Lancelot Jacob Herrman, engine-driver, of ,Mundy Street. Goreburn , and Albert Edward…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →At Bondi Beach. Woman Found Drowned. Sydney
Some clothing was found on the rocks at Bondi yesterday, and shortly afterwards the body of Margaret Lewis, aged 47, of Surry Hills, was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Items of News. Sawmill Accident
Walter Quirk, a young man employed as assistant yardman at Messrs. Hardy and Co's. works, sustained painful injuries to his hand…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Strange Railway Accident. Engine and Tender Part. Driver and Fireman Killed. Fireman S Body Mangled, Runaway Engine Pulled Up at Galong
Driver Louis Herman and Fireman A. Taylor, both of Goulburn locomotive depot, were killed between Binalong and Galong at about 8 o'clock…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Drowning Fatality. Newcastle
James Stewart, aged 17, was swimming in the dam at Wallsend to-day, when he got into difficulties. Owen Abel heard his appeal for help and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Suicide Point. Serious Picnic Accident. Motor Lorry Over Cliff. Sydney
A motor lorry, containing a picnic party of 21 persons, was travelling from Arncliffe to Woronora River, and everything went till the driver…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Horse and Car Collide. Rider Seriously Injured. Sydney
A collision occurred at Liverpool last night between a motor car and a horse, being ridden by Oscar Alcock. The latter was seriously injured and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Brussels Fatality. Wives of English Delegates. Run Down by Motor Hog. London
Reuter's Brussels correspondent reports a shocking street accident in which two English women, the wives of delegates attending the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Tram Smash. Accident at Newcastle. Twelve Persons Injured. Newcastle
A tram from Wallsend failed to climb a slight incline at Broadmeadows, and slipping back down hill, dashed into a tram following. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Lagoon of Venice Twenty Killed in Collision
Rome advices state twenty people were killed in a raid and collision in the causeway of the Lagoon of Venice…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Collision. Twenty-three People Killed. London
Reuter's Venice correspondent states that a serious railway accident, involving the death of at least 23 passengers, and a number severely injured,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Drowned in Yarra Excitement in Melbourne. Melbourne
Crowds walking along the beaks of the Yarra were surprised to see a man [?] from P[?]tence’s bridge into the river. The men commenced to…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Tram Smash at Newcastle Twelve Injured. Newcastle
A train from Wallsend failed to climb a slight, incline at Broadmesdows last night, and slipping back downhill telescoped a tram from…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →French Train Smash Thirty Killed; Hundred Injured. Paris, Oct 9
The express from Paris to Nantes co[?]ded with a goods train at Hom[?], and [?]ight coaches were telescoped, thirty being killed and one…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Accident at Sydney Central Sydney
Myrtle Haye[?] 16 fell from a moving trata at the central Railway Station to a [?] and sustained a fractured small. She [?] taken to a hospital…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Motor Driver Drowned
A motor car containing the driver, William Strickland, and six passengers ran off the end of the punt at Sackville and plunged…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Telegraphic News. Sydney. Monday. Driving Fatality
One child was killed and five adults injured through a horse attached to a waggonette colliding with a tree at Ivanhoe,…
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