Extraordinary Accident
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…
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An Austrian Electrician. Electric Signals Which Prevent Accidents
A new and highly interesting system of preventing railway accidents has been invented by Herr Bartelmus, an Austrian electrician. Herr Bartelmus announced it at a recent sitting of…
Continued on Trove, page 39 →Accident to an Old T.K.S. Boy
While a university student, Mr. H. Manning (formerly of T.K.S.) of St. Paul's College, was coming out of the college grounds into Parramatta-road on Wednesday, his hat blow off…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Botany Tram Fatality. Demands a Strict Inquiry
A little before noon on Thursday a tramway motor left the rails at North Botany, and after ploughing up the roadway, toppled over on its…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Tramway Accident. Fireman Dying
Inquiry at the Prince Alfred Hospital at midnight elicited the information that Fireman Blaney, who was injured by the tramway accident at Botany on Thursday,…
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John HIckey, 25, a cabman, residing at 114 Nelson-street, Annandale, was admitted to Prince Alfred Hospital to-day with a fracture of the base of the skull. Hickey fell from his cab…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fatality on a Ship
Captain Barfield, of the ship Cumberland, which now occupies a berth at the king's Wharf, reported to the police early yesterday morning that at 11.45 p.m. on the previous night a…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Dural Shooting Fatality
George Henry Best, of Dural, who was a member of the family who pioneered that district, died on Saturday from the effects of a gunshot wound, which penetrated both temples. It appears, from…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Country News. Drowning Accident Near Wagga. Death of Two Youths. Wagga
A drowning accident occurred here this afternoon. Two brothers, H. and J. Horaby, the sons of a resident, aged respectively 13 and 11 years, went to bathe in the river at Orange Tree Point. They had…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The North Botany Tram Fatality
The City Coroner (Mr. J. C. Woor[?]) on Saturday initiated an inquiry into the cause of the death of Christopher Mead, who was fatally injured in the tram accident at North Botany on Thursday last…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Horse Trainer Injured
A horse trainer named R. G. Macdonald, living at Illawarra-road, Marrickville, was treated at the Sydney Hospital at a late hour on Saturday night for a severe scalp wound, alleged to have…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Injured at a Camp
Frank Roberts (18), living at Elkington Park, Balmain, was with a camping party at "Red Bank," Lane Cove River, on Saturday, when he tell whilst running, and received a severe…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A Miner Killed. Fatality at Bendigo
MELBOURNE, Saturday.--On Thursday an accident occurred at the New Chum Consolidated mine, Bendigo, resulting in the death of a miner named John Kelly, and in severe injury to his…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Floods in Victoria. Some Heavy Falls Op Rain. Man Drowned Near Sunbury
MELBOURNE, Saturday.--As the result of heavy rains, floods are reported from all parts of the State. At Sunbury, where 6in. was recorded, the river rose 10ft…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Botany Tram Fatality. Death of the Driver. the Coroner's Inquiry. Evidence of Passengers
At the Coroner's Court on Saturday, before the City Coroner and a jury, an inquest was begun concerning the death of Christopher Mead, the engine-driver who was killed through a steam…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Singular Railway Accident. Katoomba
A most singular railway accident occurred near Edgecombe, on the Western line, yesterday. As a passenger train, due at Katoomba at 1.30 p.m. was passing a portion of…
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Robert M'Guinness, a boy living in Gow-street, Balmain, on Saturday evening, lacerated his arm badly by accidentally putting the limb through a glass-door. At the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Serious Accident
About 9 a.m. on Saturday Patrick Paine was driving one of Mr. P. Teague's breadcarts at the corner of Cowper-street, Waverley, when, near the Grand Hotel, the horse…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Accident at a Church
When ascending the steps of St. Joseph's Church, Balmain West, for the purpose of attending divine service last evening. Julia Camsey (55). residing at Charlotte-street. Balmain, fell…
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Mr. A. Dennett, a well-known resident, developed symptoms of poisoning yesterday subsequent to partaking of some tinned salmon. The patient is now out of danger…
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