Accidents
A railway engine-driver named Thomas Edgar, residing at Newcastle, was taken suddenly ill on Thursday evening while taking his locomotive into the Eveleigh Yards. The railway ambulance…
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Wakatipu-eurimbla Collision
The Court of Marine Inquiry dealt with Henry T. Middleton, master of the Eurimbla, which collided with the Wakatipu in Port Jackson on February 15, and…
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Yesterday afternoon Mrs. F. A. Wright and Miss Wright, the wife and daughter of Col. Wright, M.L.A., were driving along Weston-road, Balmain, when the shaft of…
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On Boxing Day a man named Walsh lost his life through falling over the cliffs at South Head, and in trying to recover the body from the rocks below, two seamen from the pilot…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Surf Bathing Tragedy. Girl Drowned at Manly. Another Has Narrow Escape
Another Cad and sensational drowning case occurred at Manly early yesterday morning when Miss Edna Mosman Jackson. a young lady of seventeen years, lost her…
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Another drowning calamity occurred in the waters of the ocean at Manly on Saturday morning About 6 a.m. a young girl named Eva Mosman…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Serious Driving Accident. Ladies Severely Injured
A very serious carriage accident, of which the victims were Mrs. F. Wright, of Ryde, and her sister-in-law. Miss Daisy Wright, of Ryde, occurred on Saturday, at Balmain. The…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Manly Drowning Case. a Father's Gratitude
Mr. John H. Jackson, father of the young woman who was drowned In the surf at Manly on Saturday, writes asking us to state that an impression which exists that a number of men…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Driving Accident. Mrs. F. A. Wright and Daughter Injured
As Mrs. Wright, wife of Colonel F. A. Wright, M.L.A., of Putney, accompanied by her daughter, Miss Daisy Wright, was driving along Weston-road, Balmain, in a buggy on Saturday, the…
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A middle-aged man named Emanuel Fritzlauff, residing at Berwick, was severely injured on Friday night by an explosion of calcium [?]rbide gas. Water had found its way into a drum of calcium carbide…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Bathing Fatality at Manly. Another Vicitm to the Undertow
On Saturday at about 5.55 a.m. a girl named Eda Mosman Jackson, aged 17, lately residing with her parents, John Henry and E[?] Eda Jackson, at the Ocean Beach Tearooms, was bathing on the ocean…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wreck of a Well-known Clipper. the Powys Castle Lost on Staten Island. Two of the Crew Drowned
The R.M.S. Miowera arrived on Saturday with particulars of the loss of the ship Powys Castle. The vessel was wrecked on her voyage from Tacoma to Queenstown. She left Tacoma on…
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On Friday morning a coal trimmer named William Reilly, lately residing at Cook's Hill, was fishing off some stones at Carrington Bridge, and hooked a large fish. He became excited while trying to land…
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A slight railway accident occurred at Sunnybank, on the Beenleigh line, yesterday afternoon. An engine which was shunting collided with the rear carriage of a tram which was standing at the platform. No…
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Mrs. Wright, wife of Mr. F. A. Wright, M.L.A., and their daughter. Miss Wright, were driving along Weston-road, Balmain, on Saturday morning, when the ringbolt of the [?]ulky came out and the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A Burning Accident
Yesterday morning Fa[?] Garlick, 23, a married woman, living at Riley-street, Surry Hills, was lighting s kerosene lamp when it exploded. Mrs. Garlick was burned severely about the neck, face,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →South Africa. Highway Robbery in Johannesburg. Cayenne Pepper Used. Man Bolts on Horseback. an Accident Causes His Capture. London, March 7
A daring highway robbery has taken place at Johannesburg. A couple of Customs officers, while in the centre of Johannesburg carrying a bag…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Marine Accidents and Disasters From 1St. February
Ainsdale, ship.—A collision occurred in Newcastle Harbour on the 10th February between the pilot steamer Galatea and the ship Ainsdale, lying at No…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Trams Laid Up Cable Line Accident. Serious Stop in the Service
Travellers by the Ocean-street tramway will have to journey by omnibus most of to- day. The cable line parted at 9.13 (unlucky thirteen) this morning at the Clarence-street…
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When William Rowland, living in Harris- street, Ultimo, and employed as a driver by tho Fresh Food and Ice Company, was driving his lorry into tho company's stables on Saturday…
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