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A demonstration was given at Nottingham recently of an automatic signalling apparatus which, it was claimed, would enable railway companies to d'spense entirely with semaphore…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Steve Dawson, aged 42 a packer, was mending a lock on one of the lift gates in the warehouse of Messrs. Ro[?] Reid and Co., Edward-street, yesterday. He went into the lift…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →On Tuesday Drs. Bowman and Brown attended to the sufferings of Mr. Willard Fullagar, of Westmead, who had met with an accident through a quantity of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →About 9 o'clock last night two boys heard a splash near Mort's Dock ferry wharf, and on investigating' saw a hat floating on the surface and bubbles…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →The body of Patrick Joseph Dempsey, aged 59 years, assistant railway gatekeeper, was found floating in the water at Port Melbourne. At the water's edge, near the spot where the…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Reports of a terrible tragedy of the sea, resulting in the loss of the Russian barque Glenbank mi 23 of the crew, were received at Fremantle from R[?]bourne…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →About 11 o'clock yesterday morning, an elderly man named Samuel Muriel walked into a shop in Liverpool-street and asked to be allowed to sit down, as he felt ill. Shortly after he…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →A railway worker named Dick Russell was drowned on Saturday while endeavouring to cross the Manning River. So far the body bas not been found…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →John Robinson, of Church-street, Balmain, was drowned in Waterview Bay on Saturday night in curious circumstances. Shortly before 9 o'clock be left a Balmain hotel, stating that…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A youth, Thomas Beddow, a resident of Brunker-road, Hamilton West, was drowned yesterday in somewhat peculiar circumstances. He rode a horse into the water at the entrance…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →CAMDEN, Saturday.--A drowning fatality occurred this morning, the victim being a young lad named Chas, Wells, living at the Boys' Home. Whilst going to the town with some…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →TAREE, Sunday.--James Francis Melville (16), employed by E. Bailey, a blacksmith at Cundletown, while bathing in the Government dock, Cundletown, this morning, was observed to sink…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A flood fatality was reported from Bendigo, last night. Thomas James, aged 66 years, was Grown ([?] crossing [?] Svdnoy Flat…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A sensational occurrence is reported from Mackay. Four Japanese were fishing above Pioneer Bridge, which was under water, the river sweeping down at a terrible rate; when…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The tragic incident which occurred at Turramurra about noon on Saturday week, and which resulted in the death of G. B. Edwards, M.P. for North Sydney, and. J. Graham, a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →While Miss Shumack, orgauist at the Methodist church, was riding her bicycle down an incline in Montoflores-street, the front part of the frame broke, and she was precipitated…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →TEHERAN, Sunday.--M. P. Bogojavlensky, Russian Consul-General at Ispahan, has been found drowned in a well in the precints of the Consulate…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →WAGGA, Sunday.--The excessive rain that has fallen since early in January has involved farmers in heavy losses of wheat. The crops are so heavy and the rains have caused such…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A number of young people were examining a pea rife o the [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Early yesterday afternoon a number of young people were standing on too verandia of Mr. Stoere's house, 14 Wavorley-street, Randwick, looking at a pea-rifle, which Miss…
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