Accident on Board Ship
A sailor named Amulest met with a painful accident on board the German ship Senator Peterson, lying at M'llwraith's Wharf, to-day. He was aloft sending down the fore-royal yard, and…
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Accident at Manly
A little boy named Richard Watkins, residing at 30 Caroline-street, Eveleigh, while swinging on tho aerial swing at Manly yesterday released his hold and fell…
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A man named Crawshaw, employed on the sewerage works at North Sydney, was struck on the foot by a ladder which was accidentally knocked down the shaft in…
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Mr. John Reeve, father of Mr. George Reeve, a well-known Sydney journalist, was killed on the railway line at Rookwood just before midnight. Mr…
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In connection with the drowning of the two boys named Ridge in a waterhole at Leichhardt, on Saturday a public meeting, called by the Mayor, in response to a requisition from…
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The list of the missing is increasing hourly, butsome persons at first reported lost have turned up, having been elsewhere. On the other hand some cases of drowning are…
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Frank Etienne de Vere, a child aged 1 year and 7 months, whose brother is employed at Vipond's boatshed in Rushcutters Bay, was accidentally drowned yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Terrible Ferry Accident. the Pearl Sunk in Brisbane River. Over 40 People Drowned. Overwhelmed in the Flooded Stream. Accounts by Survivors
BRISBANE, Thursday.--A terrible accident, causing the loss of some 40 lives, occurred in the Brisbane River this afternoon. The ferry steamer Pearl capsized…
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BRISBANE, Friday.—A fearful disaster happened in the Brisbane River yesterday afternoon, when the ferry steamer Pearl collided with theanchor chains of the Government steamer…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Shocking Railway Accident. a Rookwood Resident Killed
Mr. John Reeve, photographer, and an old resident of Rookwood, was run over and killed there by a train last night. Deceased, it appears, was walking across the line at…
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Mrs. Benson, a resident of Parramatta, was thrown out of a buggy yesterday and severely injured. When picked up she was found to be in a semi-conscious condition…
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NEWCASTLE, Thursday.--Richard Keene, a miner, was seriously injured at the Back Creek colliery, Miami, yesterday, by the premature explosion of a charge of powder…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Shooting Accident at Sackville Reach
WINDSOR, Thursday.--A young fellow named Leet was accidentally shot in the leg by a companion while wallaby shooting near Sackville Reach on Tuesday…
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Last evening Mr. George Reeve, sen., a resident of Rookwood, was run over and instantly killed while crossing the railway line at the Rookwood station. Mr. Reeve had…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Sad Fatality at Granville. Two Sisters Drowned
Two girls named Olive Vera, aged 11, and Lyla Clarence, aged 8, daughters of Mr. Dwyer, at presont at Coolgardie, were drewned in a creek neir Bergan's mills, Granville, yesterday. The…
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Two Bisters named Olive Vera Dwyer, 11, and Lyla Dwyer, 8, were drowned in Duck Creek, Granville, yesterday, not far from Bergan's Mills. After school they went to the banks of the creek…
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The City Coroner yesterday held an Inquest on the body of the child F. E. De Vere, who was drowned at Rushcutter Bay on the previous evening. The child was playing about…
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On Thursday a strange fatality was reported to the Parramatta Coroner, from Ryde. The little daughter of the Rev. J. Chaffers Welsh died suddenly from the effects of shock, in…
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A magisterial inquiry was held at the N.G. Hospital on Tuesday last before the Coroner, Mr. J. K. Lethbridge, on the body of Robert Tennent, who was found drowned…
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It isn't always safe to swear at a bicyclist who is responsible for a collision. A member of an athletic club, riding along at an easy pace, was overtaken by another wheel, which didn't turn…
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