A Lift Accident
F. Ellington, 58, a liftman, residing at Harris-street, fell down a lift well, a distance of about 20ft., at the Pitt-street entrance to the Strand Arcade yesterday. He was removed to Sydney Hospital,…
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Railway Accident Near Grong Grong
On the 1st inst. a railway accident occurred at Grong Grong on the South-Western line, when an engine and six trucks were derailed. Three men on the train were bruised and knocked about when the engine, as shown in our picture, left the rails…
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Levy Woolf, 50, tailor, residing at 27 Gurner street, Paddington, was stepping out of a steam tram in Oxford street at the intersection, of Bourke street, Darlinghurst just…
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Whilst in the act of mounting a cart yesterday a young fellow named Charles Johnston (17), a resident of Belmore-street, Balmain, slipped and fell. One of the wheels…
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Charles Clare, of Brompton, while driving a butcher's cart at Gawler this morning, was thrown out through the harness breaking. A Wheel passed over his chest, and he died shortly…
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Levi Woolf, a resident of Gurner-street, Paddington was the victim of a peculiar tram accident at Darlinghurst yesterday. He was alighting at the corner of Bourke and Oxford streets,…
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John Milford (48), laborer, residing at Cardigan-street, Glebe Point, and working on the ship J. B. Brown, lying in Johnstone's Bay, was admitted to Balmain Cottage Hospital yesterday,…
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F. Ellington (58), liftman, who resides at 541 Harris-street, was admitted to Sydney Hospital by Dr. Forster yesterday, suffering from a fractured foot, caused by falling down a lift-well, a…
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AN accident occurred at Ashton’s circus on Wednesday night. The tent was pitched in Clayton’s paddock, Rocky Point-road, Rockdale, and was…
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A sensational railway accident occurred at Inglewood (Vic.) on Monday. The passenger train from Bendigo to Sea Lake was stationary at Inglewood at 1.10 p.m.,…
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An inquest was held to- day on the body of the woman Elizabeth Ann Thorn, who was drowned at the ladles' baths yesterday afternoon. The evidence showed that the deceased…
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A woman named Mrs. Schlemir, of Dowling-street, Woolloomooloo, fell into Woolloomooloo Bay yesterday afternoon, and was only saved from drowning by the gallant efforts of Mr…
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Northam reports a terrible burning fatality at Mokine. A girl, aged 14 years, Josephine M'Giskin. poured kerosene on some wood to light a fire at mid-day on Saturday, and on applying a…
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Whilst Ashing from the bank of Cook's River near Croydon Park, yesterday morning, Edward Eden, of Croydon, hauled in his line and found a woman's dead body attached to the hook. He…
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Mr. G. C. Martin District Coronor, conducted an inquest at Garrett's Hotel. Watt-street, on Saturday, on the body of Mrs. Thorn, who was drowned at the ladies' bathing-place on the…
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Whilst fishing in Cook's River, in the neighbourhood of Canterbury, at about 5 o'clock on Saturday evening, Mr. Edward Eden, of Croydon-avenue, Croydon, drew to the surface of the water the body…
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Shortly after 5 o'clock last evening a married woman named Etti[?] Schiemer, aged 21, had a narrow escape from drowning in the waters of Wolloomooloo Bay, her rescue being mainly due to the…
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The inquest on the body of Mrs, Elizabeth Ann Thorn, who whilst swimming in the ladies' baths on the Ocean Beach at Newcastle on Friday afternoon was carried out to sea by the under-current and drowned, was conducted…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →News by Cable. (Some of the Items in this Issue appeared in our Latest Edition on Saturday.) [Copyright.] Accident to an Aeronaut. Balloon Falls Into the Sea
LONDON, February 14, 6.15 p.m.—M. Santos-Dumont made an ascent et Monaco to-day in a balloon. The gas escaped, and the balloon fell into the…
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