A Surf-bather Drowned
NEWCASTLE, Sunday.--(Ewan Cameron, 22 years of age, a miner, was drowned this morning while bathing on the beach at Dudley. The deceased could not swim, and though he…
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Miners Injured. Broken Hill
A fall of rock on the 700ft level of the Central mine yesterday afternoon injured two men. One, T. M.Intyre, had an arm broken, and was badly cut about the body. The…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Florida V. Republic. the Recent Collision. Counter Claim for Damages
LONDON, Friday Afternoon.--The Societa di Navigazione Lloyd Italiano, owners of the steamer Florida, have lodged a claim for £45,000 against the White Star line, owners…
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ADELAIDE, Monday.—The steamer Clan Ranald, 3596 tons, Captain [?] which left Port Adelaide yesterday for England with a full cargo, sank off…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Late Cable News. Received To-day. Another Disaster. 100. Killed and Injured
LONDON, Sunday Evening.—An earthquake caused a landslide between Ceuta and Tetuan, Morocco. One hundred persons were killed and injured…
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A disastrous land-slide, the result of on earthquake, has occurred on the Mediterranean coast of Morocco, between Ceuta and Totuan…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →40 DROWNED, 24 Saved. the Clan Ranald Disaster. First Request For Help. "Wait Till Morning." (Continued from page 4.)
ADELAIDE, Monday Afternoon.—The disaster to the steamer Clan Ranald occurred at 7 o'clock last night off Troubridge, in St. Vincent's Gulf, about six hours' steam from…
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Alfred Bevans, 8, was crossing a brickyard in St. Peters this morning, when he was knocked down by a clay truck. One of the wheels passed over a portion of his left leg,…
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ADELAIDE, Sunday.--A serious tram accident occurred at Moonta on Saturday night, resulting in injuries to several persons. The 11 o'clock car from East Moonta was returning to town,…
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Richard Cruise, a vanman, recently residing at Codey-street, Marrickville, was fatally injured by a train at the Marrickville railway station on Saturday afternoon. He had left his…
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GOULBURN, Tuesday.—Heavy rain fell over the city on Sunday, and the roadways soon be came a sheet of water. and all gutters quickly overflowed. The Mulwarree became flooded…
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CARRATHOOL, Monday.--A sad fatality has occurred near Gunbar. A boy named Thomas Moore, 17 years of age, son of Mr. C. Moore, of Carrathool, went info a tank to bathe, and,…
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A man, name unknown, was drowned in the Murray at Moama. It is supposed that he went to swim, and was scized with a cramp. The body has not yet been recovered…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A Strange Fatality. Burnt in a Turkish Bath
The City Coroner yesterday held an inquiry into the death of Paul Morton, 51, woolwasher, who died at tho Sydney Hospital on January 23 from burns received at Turk…
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Alfred Svenson, 46, a boatswain of the German-Australian steamer Soligen, lying at No. 1 Wharf, Woolloomooloo Bay, was killed through falling off the steamer on to the wharf…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Clan Ranald Disaster. How Forty Men Were Drowned. Majority of the Victims Lascars. Sex White Men Missing. Stories of the Survivors
The Wreck of the steamer Clan Ranald off Troubridge, in St. Vincent's Gulf, South Australia, was marked by terrible scenes of suffering. Information to hand this morning…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Serious Riding Accident. Wolumla
A son of Mr. James M'Paul of South Wolumia met with a serious accident when returning home on Friday night. In company with two others. M'Paul was riding at a quick…
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FREMANTLE, Monday.--The R.M.S. Ormuz had a good voyage all the way from Adelaide to the harbor entrance, but there a mishap occurred which might have had a much more…
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William Scott, about GS years or age, was found dead about 10 o'clock last night in a quarry at Pyrmont. He had been camping at that spot with about a dozen others of his…
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At the Coroner's Court on Saturday morning, Mr. Stephen Murphy, City Coroner, held an inquiry into the death of William Clarke (35), who was struck by a locomotive, at Stanmore…
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