The Recent Gales. Rough Time at Sea. Shipping Accidents
Evening News · Wednesday 16 February 1898 · page 6
All vessels arriving yesterday in Part Jackson reported encountering terrific weather off the New South Wales coast on Saturday and Sunday last, and were all more or less severely handled. The…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Street Accidents
Evening News · Wednesday 16 February 1898 · page 5
An elder woman was knocked down by a cab in George-street, near the Benevolent Society, this morning. The woman received a large cut on the right cheek. Almost immediately after this…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Shipping Accident. the Langdale at Newcastle
Evening News · Wednesday 16 February 1898 · page 5
NEWCASTLE, Wednesday.-The ship Langdale, which was reported to be in distress off Wallongong on Monday, arrived safely in port this morning in tow of the tug Gamecock, and other…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sydney Water Supply the Cataract Dam. Particulars of the Accident No Cause Fob Alarm
Evening News · Wednesday 16 February 1898 · page 5
CAMPBELLTOWN, Wednesday.-I arrived at Gampbelltown last night, and proceeded to the scene of the break to the dam at Cataract Creek at 4 o'clock this morning. The place is situated…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Charlie Dunn's Accident. The Big Follow Convalescent
Referee · Wednesday 16 February 1898 · page 6
Charlie Dunn's huge frame and beaming countenance were presented to my gaze on Monday morning last just as I was thinking about ringing up the Sydney Hospital for the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Mining Accidents. Kalgoorlie
The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 16 February 1898 · page 7
A fatal accident occurred early this morning at the Croesus Proprietary mine. A miner named John Leamar was firing two shots at the bottom of a shaft 310ft. deep. His mate Haughton had…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Railway Accident. Queanbeyan
The Australian Star · Wednesday 16 February 1898 · page 5
Two washaways on the railway from Queanbeyan to Goulburn are reported. The mail train left here last night at 9 o'clock, and proceeded all right to a point 180 miles from…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Western Australia. Terrible Mining Fatality. Kalgoorlie
The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 17 February 1898 · page 5
A terrible mining fatality has occurred at the Kalgoorlie mine, resulting in the death of a miner named Widdop. The shift going off last night, after firing, reported "all right." Two men…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wreck Off the Alaskan Coast. Sixty-six Persons Supposed to Be Drowned. Many Klondyke Miners Lost
The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 17 February 1898 · page 5
LONDON, Wednesday.--News has been received that the steamer Clara, bound from Nevada to Seattle, which was convoying a large number of miners bound for the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Loss Off the Atacama Founders at Sea. Two Boats Missing. Awful Experiences. Captain and 3 Hands Saved. Others Believed to Have Been Drowned
Evening News · Thursday 17 February 1898 · page 5
Scarcely had the recent gale given over, and the last of the wreckes was thought to have been recorded, when another disaster has to toe chronicled (and briefly mentioned in our first edition on page…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Accidents
Evening News · Thursday 17 February 1898 · page 3
A workman at Sexton and Binn'a sawmills, Pyrmont, named Joshua Buckley, 31, met with a painful accident yesterday. He was cleaning the sawdust from under the circular saw, when by some means he…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →More Shipping Accidents
Evening News · Thursday 17 February 1898 · page 6
The schooner Hilda, which was out in the recent gale, managed to get into Terrigal, but unfortunately she struck a reef and lost her rudder. Captain J. M. Banks has been sent down on behalf of the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Railway Accident. a Child Cut to Pieces
Evening News · Thursday 17 February 1898 · page 6
WEST MAILAND, Thursday.-A fatal accident occurred at the East Maitland railway station shortly after 5 o'clock .yesterday afternoon. A boy named richard Ernest Rose, aired 8 years, was going to the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Accident Reported to the Board
The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 17 February 1898 · page 7
The secretary to the Water and Sewerage Board made a formal report respecting the washing away of the Cataract Dam to the members present at the meeting of the board held yesterday, Mr. Holmes…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Accident to a Coaster
The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 17 February 1898 · page 5
The schooner Hilda struck a reef off Terrigal. The Underwriters despatched Captain J. M. Banks, who reports:—"Been to Terrigal and communicated with the Hilda. The vessel succeeded, in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Serious Accident. Newcastle
The Australian Star · Thursday 17 February 1898 · page 2
A seaman named Joseph Thomas fell down the hold of the steamer Melanope at 7 this morning. He was taken to the Newcastle Hospital, suffering from concussion of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Accident to Lord Salisbury. a Lucky Escape. Carriage Smashed Up. LONDON, February 16
The Australian Star · Thursday 17 February 1898 · page 5
An accident happened to the Premier, Lord Salisbury, near his residence, Hatfield. Lord Salisbury had been out driving with his second son, Lord William Cecil, rector of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Drowning Fatality. Goulburn
The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 18 February 1898 · page 5
Two men weie drowned at Bungendore on Tuesday night. They were hawkers, and are believed to have been Frenchmen…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wreck of a Steamer. Eighty-seven Persons Drowned
The Daily Telegraph · Friday 18 February 1898 · page 5
LONDON, Thursday.--From Teneriffe, in the Canary Islands, it is reported that the French steamer Flachat, has been wrecked on Anaga Point, whilst bound from…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wreck of a French Steamer. Eighty-seven Drowned
Evening News · Friday 18 February 1898 · page 6
LONDON, February 17.-Reports from Teneriffe state that the French steamer Flachat, belonging to the Compagnie Generale Transatlantique, bound from…
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