Another Drowning Case
One sad accident in connection with the flood happened yesterday at Indooroopilly, when two children, Lancelot and Selby Robertson, aged 5 and 3 years respectively, sons of Mr. Will…
Continued on Trove, page 344 →Accidents, 1893
2,722 stories in Sydney's papers · page 21 of 137
Found Drowned
MOUNT M'DONALD, Friday.—It was reported to the police and coroner here to-day that the body of a man had been found floating in the Fish River about 15 miles from here. The…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Sad Drowning Accident. Three Ladies' Lives Lost
CARRATHOOL, Tuesday.—A lamentable accident by drowning occurred about 7 o'clock last night in the Murrumbidgee, at Groongal, about three miles from Carrathool, when three daughters of…
Continued on Trove, page 42 →Drowning at Moama. Moama
A sad case of drowning occurred yesterday. William Goldie, on old drover, was drowned in the Murray about 8 last night. While bathing with his children he took…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →A Moorefield Jockey Injured
A jockey named William Winfield, 28 years old, was admitted to the Prince Alfred Hospital yesterday afternoon in a very critical condition. It appears that Winfield, who…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Heavy Weather at Sea. a Seaman Drowned. Newcastle
The captain of the American four-masted schooner W. H. Talbot, from Carmen Island, California, reports having encountered terrific gales off the Australian coast, in which an ordinary seaman [?]ained…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Too Woomba Under Water. One Man Drowned. Country Inundated Between Jennings and Toowoomba. Stoppage of the Mail Train
TOOWOOMBA, Friday.—The highest flood known was experienced to-day. The water was 4ft deep in Russell-street and 3ft deep in Ruthven-steet. Several shops in Russell-street have…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Accident to the Ionic
LONDON, February 16.—Owing to the necessity of sending a shaft out from England to replace the broken one on the vessel, the Shaw, Savill, and Albion…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fatal Railway Accident
GOULBURN, Saturday.—An engine-driver named James M'Queen, a resident of Harden, met with injuries at the railway yards on Thursday night, which resulted in his death yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Accident at Brawhn
A correspondent writes:--A serious accident happened to James Hodgson, an employee of Messrs. Colemane and Sons, Limited, Cootamundra, on Wednesday last…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Accident to the Ionic. London, February 16
The Ionic s.s., 3070 tons, of Liverpool, which left London on January 22 for Wellington, has been towed into Capetown, having lost her propeller…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Accidental Death
A verdict of accidental death was returned at an inquest held at St. Vincent's Hospital yesterday on the body of Thomas Balfour, who died from an injury to the eye received…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →South Australian News. Shocking Accident. Soldiers for West Australia. Issue of Treasury Bills. Exploration of Central Australia. The Wheat Harvest. General News. ADELAIDE, February 14. a Shocking Accident
A fatal accident has happened to a young man named David Boulderstone at Port Pirie The deceased, who was a railway porter, was shunting, and running between the trucks he fell…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Drowning Accident. Louth
A report came to the police last night that a man named Thomas Leahy, well known about this district, was drowned at Toorale yesterday. Leahy, with two other men, went down to the river with…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Peculiar Fatality
The Deputy City Coroner, Mr. W. T. Pinhey, J.P., held an inquest in the St. Vincents Hospital, Darlinghurst, on Friday afternoon on the body of a blacksmith named Thomas Balf oar, who died…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A Train Derailed. Railway Accident at Como. Several Persons Injured
Early this morning an accident occurred on the I[?]lawarra railway line near Como. The engine of a goods train bound from Sydney to Wollongong stuck up on the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Accident at Como. a Goods Train Derailed. Three Persons Injured. Brake Tan Palls Into the River
At an early hour this morning a railway accident happened near the Como Railway Station, on the Illawarra line. It seems that a goods train left Sydney for Wollongong late last night, and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →At Tenterfield. All Mails and Traffic Blocked. a Man Drowned
TENTERFIELD, Saturday, 2.40 p.m.--Yesterday 3 12in. of rain fell here, 8 14in. at Drake, and at Tabulam from 8 12in to 9in. Last night the river was up at Tabulam to 49ft…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Another Terrible Flood in Brisbane. Thousands of Houses Under Water. Traffic Everywhere Suspended. the City and Suburbs in Almost Total Darkness. Roads and Railways Submerged. Several Cases of Drowning Reported. Brisbane
Brisbane has been visited with another serious flood, which up to this evening has almost reached the level of the big flood of 1890. Heavy rain, accompanied by a terrible easterly gale, continued…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Accident at a Jam Factory
A youth named John Hunter, 18, a resident of resident John's-lane, Alexandria, met with an accident of an extremely painful nature on Saturday. He was employed at Butcher's Jam Factory, and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →