Strange Accident
A strange accident happened at Fenton and Company's foundry, Kilkenny, on Tuesday morning. The ironwork for the lighthouse at Point Charles, Northern Territory,…
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A Chapter of Accidents
ON Saturday night Mr. Carey, dairyman, was proceeding along the Winds or Road about 12 miles out, towards his home near the Windsor Topolbar, when the wheels of…
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A boy named John Kernaghan (aged 13), residing with his parents in Whistler-street, Manly, was drowned at the bathing corner on the ocean beach yesterday morning. The…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Shocking Drowning Accident in Victoria. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Melbourne
Several boys were bathing in the Hopkins River at Warrnambool yesterday afternoon. A lad named Augustus Hayes was carried into a strong current, and was not aware of the danger…
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An accident of a very serious nature happened this morning on the Agricultural Ground, Moore Park, resulting in the instantaneous death of two racehorses, Miss Servy and Fleetwind, and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Double Drowning. Mother and Child Swept Away. ARMIDALE
On Saturday last a fatal accident occurred at Baker's Creek. A man named Pasteur, a small storekeeper at Hillgrove, had been into Armidale in a trap with his wife and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Shocking Accident at Bak[?]'s Creek. Two Persons Drowned. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Hillgrove
A shocking drowning fatality occurred in Baker's Creek this morning. William Oakes was driving a buggy and pair, having with him Mrs. Passtoors and a girl 7 years old. He got into…
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James Allison, second mate of the s.s. Electra, was drowned on Saturday night in the Manning River. At the time of the accident Allison was on the drogher Manning, which was lying alongside the…
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MELBOURNE, Monday.-While bathing at Warrnambool on Saturday afternoon a boy, named Augustus Hayes, was swept away by a strong tide, and it was apparent to those present…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sad Railway Accident. an Unfastened Carriage Door Causes a Child's Death
An accident of an unusual character occurred on the overland express which left Melbourne on Friday. When about eight miles from Benalla a little boy aged 5 years, son of Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sab Accident on the Overland Express. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Melbourne
A sad accident occurred on the Sydney express which left Melbourne on Friday afternoon. A little boy named Kégg, aged, 5, son of Mr. Kegg, superintendent purser of the Orient Company,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fatalities and Accidents. a Peculiar Suicide
A man named Henry Bowrey, 61 years of age, committed suicide under rather peculiar circumstances early yesterday morning at his late residence, 294 Pitt-street. The deceased…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Drowning Fatality in Baker's Creek. [By Telegraph.] (Froh Our Correspondent.) Hillgrove
The body of Mrs. Pastoors, who was accidentally drowned by the upsetting of a buggy in Baker's Crook, was found at 7 o'clock this morning. An inquest on the body, and also on the body of a girl,…
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ARMIDALE, Monday.--The body of Mrs. Passtoors, drowned yesterday in Baker's Creek, was found to-day close to the scene of the accident. A large sum of money was found…
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LONDON April 4.-A Russian steamer is reported to have been lost in the Caspian Sea, 200 of those on board being drowned…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Flood at Lismore. a Man Drowned. Lismore
The heavy rain at the latter end of last week culminated in one of the highest floods ever experienced here. From Friday till Saturday morning 6in. 80 pointsfell, of which 4½in. were recorded during Friday…
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MELBOURNE, Tuesday.-A disastrous explosion occurred yesterday at the works of the Australia: Explosives Chemical Company, Limited, at Deen Park, whereby two men met with an…
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MELBOURNE, Monday.--A terrible explosion occurred this afternoon at the Australian Explosives chemical factory, near Braybrook. In connection with…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Disaster at Sea. 200 Persons Drowned. An Overloaded Vessel Sinks. LONDON, April 4
News has been received of a dreadful disaster at sea resulting in great loss of life. It is reported that a steamer proceeding along the Persian…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Drowning of the Second Officer of the Electra. the Body Not Yet Recovered. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Taree
Further particulars to hand in regard to the drowning of James Allison, second officer of the steamer Electra, ou Saturday evening, state that the drogher Manning was lying alongside the Electra…
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