Ten Persons Drowned. Disaster in South Wales. LONDON, January [?]
A ferry boat has been capsized in the River Usk at Newport, Monmouthshire, South Wales. There were a number of passengers on board at the time, and…
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Capsize of a Ferry Boat. Disaster in Wales. Ten Persons Drowned
LONDON, Tuesday Night.--A ferry boat plying on the River Usk, at Newport, Monmouthshire, was capsized to-day, with the result that ten of those on board were…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Newcastle Marine Board. Alleged Overloading. the Dovedale-indianapolis Collision. the New Lifeboat
NEWCASTLE, Monday.--At a meeting of the Marine Board to-day, Messrs. W. R. Logan, F. Gardner, and D. J. M'Lean, the newly-appointed members, took their seats for the first time…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Peculiar Cricket Accident Melbourne
A cricketer named Charles Read was the victim of a peculiar accident while playing at Port Fairy. He was throwing the ball to the wicket from a…
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KENDALL, Thursday.--A narrow escape from drowning occurred here this evening, when a daughter of Mr. H. J. Perrett, aged 10, slipped off a punt into deep water, and sank to the bottom…
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Whilst at work on a building in course of erection in Elizabeth-street yesterday afternoon Henry Stuart Gray, a plumber, fell from a height of 16ft., and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Fatal Diving Experiment. Diver Madsen Drowned of Dawes Point
Yesterday a diving experiment, which w[?]s made off Dawes Point, with a new description of dress and a new method of supplying air to the diver, ended fatally to the occupant of the dress, a Dane named…
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GUNDAGAI, Friday.—Thomas Johnson, admitted into the hospital last week suffering from an injury to the spine caused by falling-from a hay-stack at Gilmore, died on "Wednesday evening. In…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Lift Accidents. to the Editor of the Herald
Sir,—In view of the [?]alling calamity that befel Mr. Leeds last week one naturally asks, Is it not possible for mechanical engineers to devise some method that will render accidents caused by falling…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →General News. The Enfield Drowning Fatality
The City Coroner held a magisterial inquiry at the Royal Hotel, Liverpool-road, Druitt Town, into the circumstances surrounding the death of three boys named George Henry Kerelake (13),…
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The City Coroner. Mr. J. C. Woore, held an inquest at Lloyd's Hotel yesterday, respecting the death of Christian Madson, the Norwegian diver, who met his death whilst engaged in…
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NEWCASTLE, Friday.--A child named Sarah Ann Hodson, aged 4, residing with her parents at Holmesville, near West Wallsend, fell into an underground tank at the back of the house this…
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A tram fireman named Martin Fisher, 31, was injured in Oxford-street last night. He employed on the motor attached to a Paddington tram, when by some means he slipped and fell. He was taken…
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A terrible fatality occurred on the Sandy Creek road, between three and four miles from Molong, yesterday. A young man named Robert George Hyland, 20 years of age, a son of Mr. William Hyland,…
Continued on Trove, page 174 →The Diving Fatality. Spinal Disease the Cause of Death. Evidence of Non-suffocation
Yesterday morning all doubts were set at rest as to the cause of the death of Christian Madson, who died in a diving dress while on an experimental trip in the deepest part of the harbour, that portion…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Diver Madsen's Death. The Coroner's Inquest. Post Mortem Disclosures. No Evidence of Drowning or Suffocation --Death Due to an Old Spinal Injury
The inquest into the tragic, death of Diver Madsen off Dawes Point yesterday was resumed and concluded before the City Coroner this afternoon at the…
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A middle-aged man, named John Fyse, was admitted to the Balmain Cottage Hospital this morning suffering from injuries to his face and arms received in a blasting explosion at the sewerage…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Accident to a Milk Vendor
A milk vendor named D. Lamont met with a serious accident yesterday. Lamont, who resides at Lewisham, after serving some customers in Denison-street, was about to mount his vehicle, when…
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On Monday, January 18th, Mr. Garratty, a porter employed at the Rockwood Railway Station, narrowly escaped serious injury. As the 8. 39 a.m. train from Parramatta was just…
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A serious accident occurred to Mr. Partiss of Granville, the other day, while moving chattels of Miss Lackey, from Fairfield to Harris Park. It appears that shortly after leaving the…
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