Drowned in Flood Waters
WARWICK (Q.), Sunday. -- Frederick Harvey, mailman between Korrlah and Brixworth, was drowned in Korrlah Creek. While trying to negotiate the flooded stream he was swept…
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Shocking Railway Fatality. Shearer Cut to Pieces
On Saturday afternoon a shearer named James Mack (45) was run over on the railway line near Cleveland-street tunnel, Redfern, and fatally injured. When picked up by…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →"Wrecks in Europe. German Steamer Founders. Twelve People Drowned. BREMEN,.Jan. 13
The German steamer Maria Russ foundered on Nordernay Island, and 12 people were drowned. AMSTERDAM, Jan. 13…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Law. Saturday, January 11. VICE-ADMIRALTY. (Before Mr. Justice Street, Deputy Judge Commissary). Harbor Collision
Mr. Justice Street delivered judgment in the case brought by John Brown, owner of the tug Stormcock, claiming £500, against D. Sheeny and Sons, owners of the lighter No. 6, and William…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Man Electrocuted. Accident on Dredge. Wellington (N.z.)
John Burns, employed on the Dunedin harhour dredge, when climbing a derrick to fasten some tackle, caught hold' of the electric wires above, which conveyed three thousand…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Accident in Bendigo. Melbourne
The storm on Friday night threw the telephone wire from an insulator on a post at Bendigo. A delivery cart was driven round the corner yesterday and the first thing the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Fatal Accident at Sea. Adelaide
Mr. J. Coyle, raining engineer and secondclass passenger on the steamer Kanowna from Melbourne to Western Australia fell down the smoking-room stops aboard that vessel on…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fatalities and Accidents. Killed on the Railway
A shocking fatality occurred on Saturday afternoon, at about 6.50, when James Mack (45), a shearer, and a native of Glasgow, Scotland, was cut to pieces on the railway line about 50…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Railway Collision in France. Three Killed, Several Injured
PARIS, Monday.--A passenger train collided with a ballast train at Vire. The two drivers and a stoker were killed, and several passengers were injured, two of…
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BATHURST, Monday.--Samuel Harold Weaver (13), son of Samuel Weaver, of Hermidale, near Nyngan, was drowned in 7ft. of water in Jordan Creek, Bathurst, this afternoon. How…
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PERTH, Monday.--At an official inquiry into the recent fatality at the Collie Proprietary mine, the Inspector of Mines attributed the fire which caused black damp to spontaneous…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A Bather Drowned
HOBART, Monday.--A young man, Smith, a son of the caretaker of the Cornelian Bay cemetery, was out bathing yesterday, and in some manner failed to reach the shore, and…
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A 12-year-old son of Mr. W. Lindwall, living in Pipeclay Creek, was smothered in a heap of battery tailings on Saturday afternoon. The tailings worn on the bank of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Accident in a Colliery. Five Men Injured
NEWCASTLE, Monday.--An accident which fortunately was not attended with serious consequences occurred this morning in the Hetton colliery shortly before 7 o'clock. Seventy…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Taxi-cab and Van Collision
The circumstances attending the taxi-cab and van collision in Cook's River-road, near the Cook's River Bridge, on December 9, were further inquired into by the City Coroner…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Collision in France. Three Deaths. Paris, Jan. 10
A passenger train came into collision yesterday with a ballast train at Vire, Northeastern France. The two drivers and one of the stokers were killed, and several…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Little Girl Drowned at Chatswood. While Fishing for Tadpoles
[?] years old the daughter of E. W. Patchett a printer who lives in Jersey-road. Artarmon was drowned this morning in a waterhole on a vacant piece…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Coach Smashed. Three People Injured. Walcha
A sensational coach accident occurred this evening. George Bowden was driving four horses to Walcha road, when the horses took fright at a motor car. The coach was…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Dangerous Machinery Guarding Against Accident. Mr. Beeby Will Exercise His Power
Section 35A or the Factries and Shops Act or New South Wales provides that the Minister may, by order, prohibit the employment in any factory, at or in connection with, any…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Accident at Colliery. Skip Leaves the Rails. Newcastle
At about half-past 6 this morning one of the shifts at Hetton colliery was proceeding to the face, when one of the skips, in which the men were travelling, jumped the rails…
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