Boy Drowned While Fishing
Richard Robert Brookes, a lad nine years of age, whose parents live to Ridge-street, Mere- wether, was drowned yesterday afternoon, while fishing on the Merewether Beach, at a spot…
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Adelaide Drowning Cases. a Coroner's Remarks
ADELAIDE, Friday.--The appalling number of drowning cases in the Torrens River during the past few days led the Coroner (Dr. Rogers) to refer to the matter when returning a verdict on…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Priest's Heroism. Absolution Administered in Drowning Friend
A dramatic story was told [?] a coroner's [?] at [?] Co. Dublin, recently. The Rev lege [?] was drowned and…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Drowned at Hunter's Hill Man Mashed Up on the Shore
Shortly after 4 o'clock on Friday afternoon Sergeant Tludal of the Hunter's Hills Police Station, received word that the body of a man was lying on the shore of the Lane Cover…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Shooting Fatality. Death of Mr. H. H. Capper. West Maitland
A great shock was caused throughout the town and district when it became known thnt Mr. H. H. Capper, one of the principals in the firm of E. P. Capper and Sons, Ltd.,…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Boarding a Tram. Young Man Fatally Injured. Newcastle
David Gilmore, 23, a butcher's carter, lately living in Lindsay street, Hamilton, attempted this morning to board a tram while it was in motion. He slipped and fell, and sustained…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Cape Colony Train Disaster. the Toll of Killed and Injured
CAPETOWN, Thursday, Night.--Fifteen persons were killed as a result of the train accident at Catheart, 45 miles from William's Town, where a train of…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Cape Teain Disastee. Fifteen Persons Killed. Many Injured. Capetown, Jan. 5
Further details respecting the train of holiday-makers which toppled over an embankment nt Cathcart state that 15 were killed and many injured…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Fatal Waggon Accident. Junee
William Hulm, who was dreadfully injured several months ago by a waggon falling on him, crushing his spine, died this morning…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Accident to Mail Train. Brisbane
Tho Sydney mall train arrived here last night over an hour and a half late. As the train was running Into a siding at Murphy's Creek, near the Toowoomba Range, the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fatalities and Accidents. a Crushed Foot
Lewis Lawson (49), a wharf laborer, of Darling-street, Balmain, sustained severe injuries to his right foot yesterday morning, necessitating his removal by the Civil Ambulance to…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →Accident to Brisbane Mail. Van and Truck Leave the Rails
BRISBANE, Friday.--The Sydney mail-train arrived to-night over an hour and a half late, as the result of a rather sensational experience at Murphy's Creek, this side of…
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Among the mishaps recorded during the week at the Parramatta Hospital were two—to Fredrick Land, of Phillip-street, Parramatta, and Hilton Cutter…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Invention to Prevent Drowning
An interesting invention which is credited with the virtue of reducing the possibility of drowning to a minimum was the object of a demonstration at the…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Two Sisters Drowned
On Saturday afternoon two daughtrs of Mr. Lyons, of Taree, whilst bathing in the river at a place known as the Nooks, about 1? mile from Taree. were drowned…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Midnight Collision Costs Nike Lives. Barquentine Run Down in the Thames by Collier—father and Son Killed. London, December 2
Nine of the crew of the barquentine Gratitude of Rochester, owned by the Whitstable Shipping Company, were drowned soon after midnight on Tuesday…
Continued on Trove, page 22 →Scottish Express and Signalman's Error One Passenger Killed and Several Injured. a Smash Near Liverpool. London, December 2
The Scottish express, due at Liverpool at live minutes to ten at night, met with a serious accident at Ormskirk, twelve miles from Liverpool, whereby 'Mr. J. B…
Continued on Trove, page 22 →Terrible Holocausts. a Church Burned Down. Seventeen Worshippers Perish. and Eighty Others Injured. Miniature Hell in a Sacred Edifice. Fire Caused by Ignited Decorations. Mexico City
Reports from Hacienda Ranch show that [?]table, calamity, occurred there yesterday, when a church was accidentally burned down and a number of the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Tram Accidents
About 8.30 last night Ellen Waudrope of 45 Cook-street, Rozelle, fell from a moving tram in George-street, near Bathurst-street, receiving [?] scalp wounds. The Civil Ambulance, after…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Yesterday's Accidents in a Fit
Last night Arthur Meyers (26), residing at Maria street, Petersham, was suddenly taken ill at the cornar of Norton-street and Parramatta-road, Leichhardt. The Civil Ambulance conveyed him to the…
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