Washaways Near Bungendore. a Train Saved From Destruction. Two Men Drowned
The Daily Telegraph · Friday 18 February 1898 · page 6
BUNGENDORE, Thursday.--Disastrous floods have occurred. Nearly 4in. of rain fell in four hours, and the line has been, washed away in several places. Two miles from town the engine…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wreck of a French Steamer. Eighty-seven Drowned. London, Feb. 17
The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 18 February 1898 · page 5
Reports from Teneriffe atata that the French, steamer Flachat, hound for Colon, in the Isthmus of Panama, has heen wrecked off Anaga Point during a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Accident to a Ketch
The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 18 February 1898 · page 6
A wire from Mauning Heads yesterday stated that the ketch Annie, whlist crossing in at 3.20 p.m., struck the bar and went on the North Beach. Sha won in no immediate danger, and the tug Gollan was standing by…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Our Special Cables. the Maine Disaster. Complications Feared. The American Press and the Accident Theory. LONDON, February 17
The Australian Star · Friday 18 February 1898 · page 5
A heavy fall in stocks' took place upon the pew York Exchange upon the receipt of the hews of the terrible disaster which befell the United States cruiser Maine at' Havanna,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fatalities and Accidents
The Daily Telegraph · Friday 18 February 1898 · page 6
DEATH FROM A RUPTURED BLOOD VESSEL. An inquiry was held yesterday by the City Coroner with reference to the death of William Hyne Williams, a man of independent means, aged 49 years, who died suddenly at Annandale on the previous night. About 10…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Peculiar Accident to a Child
The Daily Telegraph · Friday 18 February 1898 · page 6
Harold Fuller, a lad, aged eight Years, sustained serious injuries yesterday afternoon through portion of the wall of a partially demolished house falling upon him. The accident occurred in a rather remarkable way. The boy…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Accident to the Cataract Dam
The Daily Telegraph · Friday 18 February 1898 · page 3
The accident to the concrete and masonry dam over the Cataract River, which took place on Monday, formed the subject of a minute submitted by the secretary (Mr. W. Holmes) to the members…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Lord Salisbury. Accident at Hatfield Park. the Premier Escapes Unhurt
The Daily Telegraph · Friday 18 February 1898 · page 5
LONDON, Wednesday Night.--As the Marquis of Salisbury and his second son, Lord William Cecil, were entering Hatfield Park to-day, the wind blew the heavy…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Story of the Sea. Foundering of the Ship Atacama. Part of the Crew Picked Up. Eight Days in an Open Boat. Two Boats with Twelve Hands Missing. the Captain and Three Others in Sydney. an Apprentice Drowned
The Daily Telegraph · Friday 18 February 1898 · page 5
Quite a sensation was caused in the city yesterday by a telegram from the lookout station at Sydney Heads that the tug Leveret was entering the Heads with signals flying that she had on…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Special Cables. From the "Herald's" London Correspondents. Explosion on a Warship. the United States Cruiser Maine in Flames. Many Killed and Injured. Two Hundred Men Missing. London, Feb. 16, 10.55 a.m
The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 18 February 1898 · page 5
A terrific explosion occurred to-day on tlio United States cruiser Maine while lying in Havana Harbour, Cuba. Many of the crew were killed, and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Drowning Fatality. Tamworth
The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 19 February 1898 · page 9
Simon James, a carrier, whilst endeavouring to cross the Manilla River with a team after the recent heavy rains, was washed away by the flood waters and drowned. The coroner, Mr. E. Jones, P,M.,…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Drowned in the Night. Fatality Off Circular Quay
The Australian Star · Saturday 19 February 1898 · page 4
Shortly before 1 o'clock this morning two men named John M'Cauley and James Buckley, while on the E. and A. Co.'s wharf, on the west side of Circular Quay, saw a man…
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The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 19 February 1898 · page 9
MANILLA, "Wednesday.--An accident occurred yesterday afternoon seven miles from Manilla. James James, a farmer, residing near Barraba, while crossing the Manilla River, noticed that…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Police Courts. the Newtown Outrage. the Injured Man Recovering
The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 19 February 1898 · page 13
There was a large attendance at the Newtown court yesterday, when Mr. G. W. F. Addison, S.M., presided, it being expected that the circumstances of the recent outrage would be gone into. The following persons were…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Explosion in a Colliery. Fifty--three Miners Killed. Thirty Others Injured
The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 19 February 1898 · page 9
LONDON, Friday.--A terrible disaster occurred yesterday near Bochum, in the province of Westphalia, Germany. Through an explosion in a colliery 53…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Our Special Cables. Terrible Explosion. Many Killed and Injured. LONDON, February 18
The Australian Star · Saturday 19 February 1898 · page 5
A fearful colliery explosion is reported to have occurred in a mine near Bochum, a town in the province of Westphalia, Prussia, 26 miles northeast of Dusseldorf…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Extra Special. "Evening News" Office, 3.30 P.M. A Coal-lumper Drowned. Fall From Circular Quay
Evening News · Saturday 19 February 1898 · page 5
Two men named James Buckley and John M'Cauley were standing near the northern end of Circular Quay at about midnight on Friday, when a man approached them ana inquired as…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Special Cables. From the "Herald's" London Correspondents. Explosion on a Warship. Terrible Sufferings of the Victims. Was the Explosion an Accident? Feeling in America. England's Sympathy with the United States. London, Feb. 17
The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 19 February 1898 · page 9
Further particulars of the explosion that occcurred on the United States cruiser Maine, lying in Havana harbour, Cuba, state that 90 men were terribly scalded…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Accident to the Annie
The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 19 February 1898 · page 10
The ketch Annie, which went ashore at the Manning River, was yesterday floated. A telegram received by the postal authorities stated that the ketch Annie came off during the morning's tide with the [?] of a [?] and…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Accidents
The Australian Star · Saturday 19 February 1898 · page 6
While driving along a street in Paddington this morning an elderly man named Joshua Mace was thrown from a cart, the horse having bolted. The injured man was…
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