Fire at a Hotel. 20 Killed, 40 Injured
LONDON, February 20, 6.45 p.m.—The Clifton Hotel at Cedar Rapids, Iowa, was destroyed by fire last night. Twenty persons were killed and forty injured…
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Hotel on Fire. Twenty People Killed Forty Injured. London
A fire, which was followed by fearful results, broke out in the Clifton Hotel, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, U.S.A. The hotel was completely destroyed…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Harbor Collision. the Eurimbla on the Slip. the Wakatipu to Be Docked Next Week
The steamer Eurimbla, which was in [?] with the Wakatipu, was yesterday taken on Mort's slip and surveyed by Captains John Vine Hall and Grainger. The damage was found to be pretty…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Double Tram Accident
As a Leichhardt tram was proceeding to the city on Friday evening, the driver sew a man lying on the rails. He stopped the cars as quickly es possible, but before they could be…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Terrible Tramway Accident Eleven School Girls Killed
LONDON, February 20.—A terrible tramway accident occurred at Newark, New Jersey, U.S.A., yesterday. An electric tram car, carrying High School…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fatalities and Casualties. Machinery Accident
Sydney Green, 15, a painter's boy, residing in Burton-street, Darlinghurst, had his left hand badly crushed in some machinery at John Sands' establishment yesterday. He was taken to the Sydney…
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William Smith, 33, living at Booth-street, Annandale, was admitted to Prince Alfred Hospital last night suffering from concussion of the brain and abrasions to the face. The driver of a tram…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Accidents at Bellinger. Bellinger Heads
Whilst driving with his wife and child yesterday evening the Rev. W. Bate met with a nasty accident. His horse shied, and upset the vehicle and threw the three occupants out. Mrs. Bate sustained…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Casualties. Accident at Redfern Railway Station
Harry Anderson (35), railway ticket collector, living in Binning-street, Erskineville, had an unpleasant experience at Redfern railway station yesterday. He was checking the ticket of a…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Little Girl Accidentally Shot
A sad accident took place about 10 miles from Oberon on Friday, where by a daughter of Mr. Knauff, farmer, met her death. The child was under six years of age and,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Accident to Captain Mence
Captain H. Mance, the commodore of the Parramatta River steamers Heet, met with a very serious accident on Wednesday morning, about 9 o'clock, when bringing…
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A woman named Mary Casey, aged 85, left her residence at Cobar-street, Petersham, early yesterday afternoon, and a couple of hours later her body was found floating in…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Wakatipu-eurimbla Collision
The steamer Wakatipu, which as reported in last issue, was reached in the harbor early on Sunday morning as a result of a collison with the steamer [?]urimbla,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Tragic Yachting Accident. Melbourne, Saturday Night
This afternoon at St. Kilda, during the annual regatta, held under the auspices of the Victorian Yacht Racing Association, a young man named Ceorge Marion, aged 21,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Broken Hill Mining Accident
An accident occurred at the South Mine. Broken Hill, on Thursday. The mullock pass between the 500ft, and 600ft. levels. which had hung up, suddenly burst away,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Yachting Fatality
A young man named Marrion was drowned in a yachting accident which occurred at the opening of the Victorian Yachting Association annual competitions at St. Kilda on Saturday afternoon…
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CANOWINDRA, Saturday.--The death occurred here yesterday afternoon of a lad named Linden Minter, aged 14 years, the son of Mr. G. k. Minter, a well-known grazier in the district. He…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Harbor Collision
The balance of the cargo of the steamer Wakatipu, which was in collision with the Eurimbla, will be landed at Darling Island to-day, and disposed of at auction to-morrow…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →An Octogenarian Drowned
An Old woman, named Mrs.Mary Casey (86), residing in Cobar-street, Petersham, was found drowned in Cook's River on Saturday afternoon, by a man named Frederick Rossitter. The old…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A Rifle Shooting Fatality
ARMIDALE, Saturday.--A sad fatality occurred this afternoon at Tilbuster Creek, three miles from Armidale, when Stanley Smith, aged 10, a son of Mr. William Smith, one of the founders…
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