Drowned While Bathing. Narrandera
Mr. James William Batty, Sheriff's officer, and bailiff of the District and Small Debts Court, was drowned in the Murrumbidgee at 9 o'clock last evening. It appears that…
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Drowned in the Surf. Perth
Mrs. Jarvis, aged 37, wife of the caretaker of the Colonial Mutual Chambers, Perth, was drowned while bathing in the sea at Cottesloe this morning. She was a good…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Railway Fatality. Inquest on William Anderson
An inquest was held on Wednesday on the body of William Anderson, a crane hand, who died from injuries received by falling from a scaffolding at the New Railway Station on…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sensational Rumour. of a Collision at Sea. Proves to Be Unfounded. Melbourne
Much excitement was caused to-day by the circulation of a rumour to the effect that the turbine steamer Loongana had run down the steamer Flinders in Bass Straits…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Harbor Fatality. the Coroner's Conclusions. Captain Ward "Guilty of Carelessness" But Not Criminal Negligence
Mr. Barnett, the City Coroner, gave his reserved decision yesterday in the inquiry relating to the deaths of Frederick Thomas Homing and Agnes Heming, who were killed on January…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Bomb Store Explodes. Several Killed and Injured. Mayor of Odessa Arrested. London, Wednesday, 2.50 p.m
'A store of bombs in a house, in Odessa exploded, killing two persons and injuring eight others. The Russian Government has ordered the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Accident to F.M.S. Sydney. Partly Disabled. Perth
The French mail steamer Sydney, bound for Fremantle, put into King George's Sound at 6 o'clock this evening in a partly disabled condition. During the rough weather yesterday,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Miners Entombed. Accident in Scotland. London, Feb. 6
A serious mining disaster occurred at Clackmannan, in Scotland, on Saturday last. An inrush of water resulted in five miners being entombed. A party of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Bus Accident Case. Broadfoot Discharged. Wicks Convicted
Harold Robt. Wicks and Douglas Henderson Broadfoot were charged with the manslaughter of Phillip Carter on Novermber 3, 1905. Wicks was defended by Mr. Watt, instructed by…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Coaching Accident. Hobart
Four horses attached to the Bagdad coach bolted down Elizabeth-street to-day and caused a lot of damage. Some of the passengers were severely shaken, and Mr. J. W…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Accident to the F.m.s. Sydney
A telegram from Perth (W.A.) received late last night states that the French mail steamer Sydney, en route from Sydney to Marseilles, put into King George's Sound at 6 o'clock…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fatalities and Accidents. an Old Man's Suicide
ADELAIDE. Wednesday.--An inquiry was held to-day touching the death of Jars Walsh, who cut his throat at Lower Mitcham on Wednesday Walsh was 76 years of age. He appears to have…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Drowned While Bathing
ADELAIDE, Thursday.--This morning the Port Adelaide police were informed that a seaman named Schneider, of the German-Australian steamer Varzin, had been drowned at 1 o'clock…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Accident to a Submarine. Collision Under Water. London, Feb. 8
The submarine boat Bonite, of the French navy, accidentally struck the battleship Suffren, 12,728 tons, sixteen feet below the waterllne. The commander of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Harbor Fatality. to the Editor
Sir,—I am quite sure that the error as to the rule of the road in your today's leader is purely unintentional. In that leader it is stated that "a steamer was coming behind her at a superior…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Hilda-gladys Ellison Collision. Marine Court Inquiry
The Marine Court, consisting of judge Backhouse, with Captains Robert Laurie Boldchild and Charles Taylor as assessors, to-day investigated the circumstances attending the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Disaster in the Rockies. Six People Killed—twenty Injured. London, Feb. 7
A serious railway accident has occurred in the United States. A goods train standing on a siding escaped from control, and descending a slope of the Rockies dashed…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Curious Alpine Accident, Tourist Suspended Over a Precipice
LONDON, Thursday, 4.20 p.m.—Dr. Geebrs, an Alpine tourist from Mulhouse, with some guides was caught in a glacial burricane on the Staldhorn, Switzerland,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wallsend 'Bus Accident
Harold Robert Wicks, the 'bus driver who was charged with the manslaughter of Phillp Carter on November 3, 1905, was again before the court. A verdict of guilty, with a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Gembrook Accident
Judge Box, Professor Kernoch, and Mr. H. C. Mais have notified the Government of their willingness to act on the board of inquiry into the causes of the Gembrook…
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