Fatal Tram Accident
The City Coroner and a jury held an inquest on Saturday regarding the death of John Boyd (42), which occurred at the Sydney Hospital as the result of a tram accident…
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Disastrous Fire in the City. Her Majesty's Theatre Gutted. an Early Morning Outbreak. Some Stirring Scenes. a Young Woman Killed. Three Firemen Injured. Rapid Spread of the Conflagration. Good Work by the Firemen. Good People Thrown Out of Employment
Early on Sunday morning Her Majesty's Theatre was burnt out, and the celebrated play " Ben Hur " which began with a blaze of success ended with a blaze of disaster. Fortunately the outbreak occurred…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Injured in the Jolimont Railway Collision
The hearing of the action in which David Belinfaute, of Victoria-parade, Collingwood, and his wife, claimed £1000 from the Railway Commissioners as compensation for injuries sustained…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Lift Fatality. Coroner's Inquest. Verdict of Accidental Death
The City Coroner held an inquest at Queen's Square this morning on the body of a man named Frederick H. Tate, who was killed by a fall from a lift at Paling's yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →South Australia. the Teaser-letterewe Collision. Adelaide
The action brought by Victor Laumondias, owner of the ketch Teaser, against the owners of the ship Letterewe for £250, for damages done by the Letterewe to the Teaser in a collision, was concluded…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Nearly Drowned. a Plucky Rescue. Dangers of Surf Bathing
Two friends named Thomas Burke and Thomas Ryan went cut to bathe in the surf at Bondi beach early this morning, and but for Ryan the first named would, probably, have not come back…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Extraordinary Accident. a Boy Shot Dead. His Brother Attends to the Wound. Sewn with Twine and a Packing Needle
BOMBALA, Tuesday.— A sensational shooting accident occurred at Dry Plains Station, about 35 miles from Bombala, on Saturday morning, the victim being a lad named Herbert Clugson. The…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Aeronaut's Ship Drops Into a Bay. Santos-dumont's Serious Accident
The San Francisco "Call" publishes the following telegram received from Monaco on February 14:— Santos-Du[?]ont, the aeronaut, met with a disaster here to-day and had a narrow escape from death…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Accident to a Mail Steamer. the R.m.s. Moana Delayed
Just prior to the mail steamer Moana leaving Circular Quay yesterday, and while the engines were, so to speak, being warmed up preparatory to starting upon the run of 7000 miles across the Pacific, a leak…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Country News. Fatalities and Accidents. Howlong
William Gilson, an old resident and for many years herdsman of the common, went, accompanied by James Mullens, to take a bees' nest in a large gum tree two miles from here yesterday. Mullens…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Accident to Mr. Wallace Brownlow. a Claim for Damages
MELBOURNE, Monday.--The hearing of the claim for £3000 damages by Mr. Wallace Brownlow, actor and vocalist, against the Sandringham House Company was resumed to-day. Evidence…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fatal Lift Accident. Fall Through an Open Window
A fatal lift accident occurred at Paling's Buildings yesterday, the victim being Frederick Tate, 51 years of age, a recent arrival from England. It appears that Tate, who had only just entered…
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An inquest touching the death of an elderly man named Frederick Hamlin Tait, who succumbed shortly, after admission to the Sydney Hospital on "Monday, to the effects of injuries received…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Inquests. a Lift Fatality. Verdict of Accidental Death
The City Coroner (Mr. J. C. Woore) conducted an inquest at the Coroner's Court yesterday respecting the death of Frederick Hamblin Tait, aged 64 years who met ins death through falling from a lift at…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The Country. Shooting Fatality
PEAK-HILL, Tuesday.--A shooting fatality is reported from Dry Plain, near Cooma, the victim being a lad, Herbert Clugson. The evidence at the inquest showed that Andrew Clugson, aged…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A Newsboy Injured
About 8 o'clock yesterday evening a newsboy named Frederick Henrick slipped white attempting to board an electric tram in Pitt-street. The wheels of the car passed over both his feet, crushing the toes…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Tram Accident. Chasing His Hat. a Student Injured
Hugh E. Manning, 20, a medical student, residing at St. Paul's College, in the University grounds, was walking along the Parramatta-road yesterday with two companions, when his hat…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Narrow Escape From Drowning. a Plucky Rescue
Whilst bathing in the surf at Bondi yesterday, a man named Thomas Burke, employed at St. Vlncent's Hospital, had a narrow escape from drowning. The sea was rather rough, and,…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The Clyde Railway Fatality. That Short Cut to Death. The Inquest
An inquest was held on the body of the deceased Walter Hess at the Royal Hotel, Auburn on Friday by Mr. T. E. MacNevin, P.M., District Coroner and a jury. inspector…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Fatality at Her Majesty's. The Victim a Former Resident af Parramatta
Mrs. Isabella Pye, who was killed in the fire at Her Mayesty's Theatre, Sydney, on Sunday, was formerly a resident of Harris Park, where her mother, Mrs. Waite…
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