Horse Trainer Killed. Accident at Adelaide. Adelaide
While exercising a racehorse at Adelaide to-day, Lance Goyder, the Wellknown, trainer, was thrown. He died later from a fracture of…
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Cyclone at Cairns. Dwellings Demolished. Townspeople Injured
A telegram from Babinda states that a severe cyclone visited Cairns on Tuesday and a number of residents were injured, while many dwellings…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Accident to Sleepwalker. Sydney
Leo Willis, jockey, of Young, walked in his sleep through a window, and fell many feet into a lane below, A passerby saw him fall, and found him still…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Accident at Trucking Yards
Mr. R. P. Jones, of Tarcutta-st., met with a painful accident on Thursday at the Wagga trucking yards. He was crushed against a fence by a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Drowning Accident. Body Washed Ashore. Sydney
Portion of the body of the young woman named Windley, who was drowned while surfing near Nowra last week, was washed up on the rocks…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Punt Capsized. Man Drowned. Sydney
The tug Bondi[?]eft the harbor this morning towing two punts laden with ballast for the steamer Suevie. When she was about two and a half…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Collision. Motor and Two Bicycles. Melbourne
A serious collision between a motor, containing eight men, and two bicycles occurred at Essendon, Vic., at a late hour last night. Three men were…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Tram and Car Head on Collision. Sydney
A head on collision between a motor car and a tram occurred near the Abattoirs, Gl[?] Island, to-day, and three occupants of the car had a narrow…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cairns Cyclone. Town Severely Damaged. Sixty People Injured
Further details of the cyclone at Cairns show that the Esplanade which was exposed to the tidal cyclone waters, suffered more than any other section…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Aeroplane Accident. Mechanic Decapitated. En Route to Capetown. LONDON
Reuter's Rome correspondent states that a member of a crew of a British aeroplane, enroute to Capetown, met with a most unfortunate accident…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Car and Cycle Collide. Three Men Injured. Melbourne
A collision between a motor-car and two bicycles the car containing eight men, occurred at Essendon at a late hour last night…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fatality at Dural. Two Boys Drowned. Sydney
When John Wills (4), and his brother, Eric (2), were missed from their home at Dural a search was instituted with…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway Collision. 18 Persons Killed. London
The correspondent of "The Times" at Paris says that 18 persons were killed and 60 injured on February 5 in a collision, at Dijon between a goods…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →News in Brief. Accident
An accident of a very painful nature befel Alexander Watson, a boot-maker, on Friday last, in Lockhart. While engaged lopping limbs he fell…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Drowned in Treacle
Floods are frequently reported all over the country, and many extraordinary experiences have been related by persons seriously…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Items of News. Railway Fatality
Frederick Philips, 46 years of age, a resident of Stanmore, Sydney whilst on duty on the railway at Petersham, fixing a loose bolt on a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Strange Story Return of a Man Alleged to Be Drowned. Brothers Meet. SYDNEY
A remarkable story comes from Goulburn; where; after eighteen yars' absence; James Costello returned to learn that he was reported to have…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Brakes Fail to Act. City Tram Accident
A tram was proceeding down the incline from the railway station on Wednesday when the brakes failed to act and it crashed into a stationary tram…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Young Man Drowned. Accident in a Dam
A drowning accident occurred at Illabo yesterday afternoon. The victim was Charles Longmore, a single man of 20 years, of age, who was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Young Man Drowned at Illabo
A drowning accident occurred at Illabo on Friday afternoon. The victim was Charles Longmore, a single man of 20 years of age, who was…
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