Casualties. Drowned While Bathing. Brisbane
Arthur Edward Goward, aged 16, an apprentice on the steamer Marathon, was bathing alongside the vessel in the river on Thursday night, when he sank. The body…
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Railway Worker Injured. Lithgow
A report from the Clarence railway deviation works states that a serious accident occurred at the eastern end of No. 11 tunnel, a man named Samuel Edwards being…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →How Passenger Coaches Telescope in a Collision
An alarming accident occurred at Glendouglas, on the West Highland Railway, last month, when a passenger train, getting on to a loop where a goods train was standing, dashed into the stationary engine. This sketch, from a picture taken immediately after the accident, shows how two of the passenger coaches…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →The Wee Waa Boating Fatality. Two More Bodies Recovered
WEE WAA, Saturday.—The bodies of Mrs. Chapman and Mrs. Grace, victims of the boating accident during the flood, were found yesterday, one mile from where the boat…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Factory Fire Horror. Girls Leap From Windows. Twelve Killed and Many Injured
LONDON, Thursday Afternoon.--Details of the factory fire at Philadelphia show that an electric light cable fused on the third, storey, and caused the outbreak…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Severe Scalding Accident. a Bucket of Milk. Parkes
A young woman named Fanny Flannery, employed as a servant at the Commercial Hotel, was carrying a saucepan in one hand and a bucket containing freshly scalded milk…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Circular Saw Accident. Goulburn
At the inquest to-day on Arthur Belgrave, who was killed yesterday, through being struck by a piece of wood, while working at a circular saw, medical evidence showed that…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Fatalities and Accidents. a Fatal Fall
The City Coroner, Mr. Stephen Murphy, held an inquiry touching the death of John Monk, who fell down in Fitzroy-street, Sydney, on January 13. The Coroner found that death was…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Parramatta District Court Thursday, January 20. (Before Judge Docker.) the Chemist and the Shire. Action Against Blacktown . Council. a Motor-accident
Alfred Seller v. Blacktown Shire Council and W. Terry (contractor). Damages to the amount of £50 were Claimed in relation to a motor accident…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Tram Accident. Two Girls Injured
About 7.45 last night, two little girls—Evelyn Cork (5½), residing at 250 Riley-street, Surry Hills and Maisey Davy (6½), residing at 43 Lower Campbell-street,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Boy Seriously Injured. Rylstone, Saturday Night
A lad named Leonard Howe was run over by a baker's cart at Rylstone this afternoon. The wheels passed over his head and inflicted a deep gash behind the left ear…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fatalities and Accidents. Two Children Injured by a Tram
Shortly after dark on Saturday, Evelyn Cork (5 12), residing at 250 Riley-street, Surry-hills; and Maisey Davy (6 12), living at 43 Lower Campbell-street, City, attempted to cross the…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Railway Fettler Injured. Junee
A fettler named Dungate, who was riding on a Shefield tricycle on the railway line between Shepherd's siding and Junee, struck his chest on the handle of a tricycle and was thrown…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A Remarkable Accident. Building Falls Upon a Train
A building in Charleroi, France, collapsed upon a passing train, with the result that six persons were killed…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Accident to a Steamer
BRISBANE, Saturday.--The steamer Porpoise berthed at the railway wharves, received slight damage this morning while loading coal railway truck, containing six and a half tons of…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Another Pea Rifle Accident
DORRIGO, Saturday.--Thomas Dale, an old resident of Tryingham, left his home to round up the cows, carrying a pea rifle. He was discovered some time afterwards with a bullet…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Mining Accident
BROKEN-HILL, Saturday.--A serious accident happened to a minor named Gallidge at the South Blocks mine on Thursday night. He was working in a winze 60ft. below the 200ft. level…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Found Drowned
BRISBANE, Monday.--The body of Henry Edward Easton, a well-known resident of Kelvin Grove, was found in the river near South Brisbane Cemetery on Friday evening…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fatalities and Accidents. a Carter Injured
Fred Hakon (24), a carter, residing at Rowe-street, Darlington, was driving in a cart in that suburb yesterday, when the horse shied, and he was thrown heavily to the roadway. The…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Child Drowned at Canterbury
A sad accident occurred at Canterbury on Sunday evening, when William John Jacob Knox, aged 7 years; was drowned. The child, who lived with his parents in…
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