Aviation in France. Another Fatality. Big Grant Asked For
PARIS, Friday Evening.—A shocking aeroplane accident occurred at Senits. Liontenant Boorner was executing some mancouvres in an aeroplane, when the machine…
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Terrible Wreck. Fourteen Men Drowned in the English Channel
A story which reads like a "Captain Kettle" romance, but is in reality the unvarnished tale of the experience of a crew of ordinary sailors navigating an ordinary steamer from Valencia…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Tram Collisions. Brakes Fail. Two Persons Injured
Two collisions between tram cars occurred yesterday afternoon. Neither was of a very serious nature, although in one case two of the passengers were slightly injured, and…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Street Dangers. Tram Collisions and Runaway. Six Persons Injured
Three tram collisions which occurred last night and a runaway this morning caused injuries to six persons. The first collision occurred in Erskine-street…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Law. Friday, January 19. the State Courts. Chambers. the Wakool Fatality. Accused Granted Bail
Application was made to Mr. Acting-Justice Rich in Chambers this morning for bail on behalf of Jas. Morris, Wakool Crossing, at present in custody on committal from the Coroner's…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Wild Weather. Gales and Loss, Oe Life. Steamer on the Rocks. Fifty-three Drowned
LONDON, Thursday Evening.--A lifeboat followed for five hours the steamer Wistow Hall, 3314 tons, belonging to the Hall Line. Ltd., Liverpool, which was drifting helplessly before…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →The Way of the World. (Continued From Page 1.) Mother's Awful Act. Sad Circumstances Surround Drowning of Two Children
The inquest last month on the bodies of the two children named Cartwright, of Somercotes, Lincolnshire, England, which were recovered under tragic circumstances from a water tub…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Slipped for a Living. Man Who Claimed for 200 Bogus Accidents
When Ernest Pendrigh pleaded guilty at the London Central Criminal Court to three of several counts charging him with obtaining money by false pretences front various tradesmen…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Engines Collide. Accident at [?]
A disorganisation of the train traffic on the Illawarra line was caused yesterday morning by a collision between two shunting engines in the Eveleigh yards close to the intersection…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Fatalities and Accidents. Died From Scalds
The cause of death of Thelma M'Millan (nine months), which occurred at the Royal Alexandra Hospital for Children, Camperdown, on January 17, was the subject of an inquiry by the…
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John McNamara, 77 years of age, residing at Parramatta, was treated at the Parramatta Hospital by Dr. Whiting for a cut on his hand. Frank Gardiner, 34,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A Collision. Swansea (Wales)
The Cunard finer veria, just arrived from Liverpool, reports that she collided with an unidentified steamer, and sank her. All hands on board were drowned…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →200 Bogus Accidents
Ernest Pendrigh, who was alleged to have made 200 claims for compensation for bogus accidents, was sentenced, at the Old Bailey, to eighteen months, hard labor for attempting to…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Aviator-sickness. Scientific View Shows That It May Be Cause of Accidents
Among those who go down to the sea in ships there will be few who at some time or other have not experienced the horrors of sea-sickness. The hardiest mountaineer is never sure…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Drowning Accident. Orange
Another distressing accident occurred at Summer Hill Creek about 5 p.m. to day, about half a mile above the place where two young girls were drowned in the later part of last…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Strange Drowning Accident. Brisbane
Mr. James M'Donald, senior partner of M'Donald Brothers, Gympie, was drowned at Pialba yesterday. It is stated he was drowned in 2ft of water. There is a suggestion…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Burning Fatality
MOREE, Saturday.--Annie Melville, aged about 35, retired to rest On Thursday night, after placing a lighted kerosene lamp on the bedroom table, as usual, having to attend her…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Drowned in a Creek
ORANGE, Sunday.--A drowning accident--the third within a few months--occurred at Summer-hill Creek this afternoon. A party including…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Casualties. Carter Injured
James Rice, 45, a carter, residing at Phillip-street, Waterloo, was driving one of Arnott's biscuit waggons along Bay-street, Double Bay, on Saturday, when the reins broke and…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Drowned in Two Feet of Water
James M'Donald, senior partner in the firm of M'Donald Brothers, Gympie, was drowned at Pralba yesterday. He was in water only 2ft. deep, but was seized with a fit…
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