Wharf Labourer Injured
Charles Cox. a wharf labourer, living at No. 18 Bray-street. North Sydney, is at present lying in the Sydney Hospital in a precarious condition. He was working on the…
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Runaway Colliery Trucks. One Man Killed, Another Seriously Injured
HOBART, Monday.--A fatal accident occurred at Sandfly Colliery on Saturday. It appears that two men. Andrew M'Leod and William Rawson. were employed as brakesmen,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Late Cable News. Received Today. Shipping 'Disaster Steamers in Collision. Great Loss of Life
LONDON, Monday Evening.—The Japanese coasting steamer Matsu Maru collided with the" Hideyoshi Maru near Hakodate. The captain and the crew, numbering 43, and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →OVER 200 Drowned. Dreadful Shipping Disaster on the Japanese Coast London, Monday, 2.45 p.m
A dreadful shipping disaster, involving an appalling loss of life, occurred yesterday on the Japanese coast. The scene of the catastrophe was near…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Casualties. Accident at a Brickyard
With regard to the accident that happened to a man named Samuel Bowerman on Thursday last at the National Brickworks, Thornleigh, 10 has been pointed out that the pit…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Accident at a Gasworks. Boy Granted £1200 Compensation. Melbourne
On June 27 last a party of scholars from the university High School paid a visit of inspection to the Metropolitan Gas Company's works at Fitzroy. While some of them…
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The general manager for Australasia of the above corporation, Mr. Goodwyn, advises the receipt by cable of the following summary of the balance-sheet of the company for the year…
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Accidental death was the verdict recorded by Mr. S. Murphy, Acting City Coroner, yesterday at the inquest oh the body of a three-year-old- child named Irene Mary…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Miners' Accident Relief Board
HELENSBURG, Monday.--Mr. J. Blanksby, secretary to the Miners Accident Relief Board, paid a visit to Helensburg on Saturday, and was present at the Metropolitan miners' meeting in the evening. He conferred…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →French Submarine Accident. Crew's Miraculous Escape
LONDON, Sunday Afternoon.--Owing to .misunderstanding an order the French submarine Vectors, while manoeuvring at Cherbourg, suddenly plunged, and struck the…
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YOUNG LADY'S NARROW ESCAPE. The value of life-saving classes in connection with, surf-bathing was again demonstrated on Sunday afternoon In connection with a mishap to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Emery Wheel Burst Blacksmith Seriously Injured
Peter Christensen, aged 36 years, a blacksmith, living at Reardon-street, Alexandria, was the victim of a sreious accident this morning. He was at his work in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Nautical Adventure. Sailing-boat Swamped. Saving an Injured Comrade
Two firemen, Richard Oliva and Horace Belson, accompanied by a friend named Horace Brown, started off on Monday morning for the purpose of spending their day of leisure on the…
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George Chevolley was found near the cemetery last night in an unconscious condition. His sulky was smashed. He was removed to the hospital…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Burning Accident. Broken Hill
Edith May Correll, aged 15 years, was seriously burned yesterday at her father's residence, Cobalt-street. While washing clothes her clothes ignited at the copper fire,…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Railway Accidents
The frequency of railway mishaps and the complaints about official methods of dealing with inquiries have apparently inspired Mr. E. W. O'Sullivan, M.L.A., to seek some…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fatalities and Accidents. a Fall Down a Cutting
About 7.30 o'clock last night Patrick Daley, laborer, was walking along the Parramattaroad, near Flemington, when he fell, down a cutting at present being constructed for railway…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Fatalities and Accidents. the Asturias Fatality
The City Coroner yesterday recorded a finding of accidental death in connection with the death of Oscar Sells (62), who died at Sydney Hospital on Friday night, from injuries received…
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Shortly before 3 o'clock this afternoon a German sailor, on board the steamer Schwaben, lying at Circular Quay, fell overboard from a punt lying alongside the vessel, and was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Asturias Fatality. Wharf Labourer's Accidental Death
The Acting City Coroner, Mr. S. Murphy, held an inquiry yesterday the circumstances attending the death of Oscar Sells, 62, who died at the Sydney Hospital…
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