Harbor Collision
Captain Newton. Doputy-Superintendent of Navigation, held a preliminary inquiry yesterday into the circumstances of the collision between the ferry steamer Victoria and the…
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Two Men Drowned
PERTH, Monday.--The bodies of John Abrahams and H. S. Thompson, who were drowned in the Swan River yesterday, were recovered this morning. The inquest was formally opened, and…
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William Thorgood (22), who follows the calling of a woodchopper at Sylvania, near Port Hacking, was cutting wood yesterday, when by some mischance the axe slipped and severed the…
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The circumstances of the accident which occurred at Belmore railway station on the 10th inst, and resulted in the death of the lad Henry William Chick the following day,…
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Lynwood Washington, one of the best known fishermen in the district met his death by drowning in the Murray yesterday evening, about 12 miles down the river. Washington…
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ALBURY, Monday.--A colored man named Linwood Washington was drowned in the Murray on Sunday afternoon some mil"s below Albury. He was a fisherman, well known in the…
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A burning fatality occurred about 11 a.m. yesterday, resulting in the death of Ethel Cross, aged 11, at 2 p.m. Deceased was staying with her stepsister,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Serious Collision. Melbourne
At Dunolly this afternoon a train from St. Arnaud ran into a cart owned and driven by Mr. J. Lee, butcher, and smashed it into fragments. Mr. Lee escaped serious injury, but…
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Donald McDonald, aged 41, who was working at Wandary, was found drowned near the station. When he was found deceased was naked, his clothes being on the bank…
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William Anderson, the tram driver who was injured in a collision between two trams at the Haymarket on December 6, is still an inmate of the Sydney Hospital. He is unable to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Kapanui-Claymore Collision. Captain's Certificate Suspended
AUCKLAND, Tuesday.—The Marine Court has suspended for twelve months the certificate of Captain Soutgate, master of the Kapanui, for improper and negligent navigation. Notice of…
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While the Marquis of Linlithgow was hunting at Tarporley, Cheshire, he was thrown from his horse. Lord Linlithgow had a shoulder-blade injured, and his…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Collision at Sea. Barque Sunk in Mid-ocean. Serious Loss of Life Feared
ADELAIDE, Monday.--A disastrous collision, involving, it is feared, great loss of life, is reported from Wallaroo. The barque Zinita has reached that port, damaged about the bow,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Collision at Sea. Loss of a Barque Feared. No Tidings of the Coimbatore. Adelaide
The barque Zanita, which came into collision with the barque Coimbatore 207 miles from Cape Leuwin, with the result that the latter is supposed to have been sunk, is six…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bombs in Russia. Governor and His Wife Injured. More Explosives Found at Riga
LONDON, Monday.--A Renter's message states that two bombs were thrown at the carriage of M. Khwostoff, Governor of the province of Chernigoff, while he was driving…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Another Belt Accident. Boy's Leg Fractured
About 4 o'clock yesterday a serious accident happened to a boy named William Denmark, who resides with his parents at 131 Waverley-road, Woollahra. He was…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Fatal Accident at Belmore Verdict of the Coroner
The evidence in this case was concluded yesterday afternoon. James Devery, a railway fireman, was, on the 10th inst., fireman of the train in…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fatalities and Accidents. Run Over by a Train. Inquest on Henry Chick
The Coroner hold an inquest yesterday into the circumstances surrounding the death of Henry William Chick, 12 years of ago, who was run over by a train at Belmore on Wednesday last,…
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FORBES, Tuesday.--Donald M'Donald Scott, aged 44, was found drowned in the Lachlan River, near Wandary station, yesterday. An open verdict was returned at the magisterial…
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An inquest was held at Launceston Hospital yesterday afternoon on the body of a boy 4 years old, who was burned to death in a fire at his father's house in Canning-street, at…
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