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A shocking fatality occurred on the Lane Cove River, at Longuville, this afternoon. About 2.30 a young man named James Morgan aged 22, of Springrstreet, Waverley, and…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →WISEMAN'S FERRY, Thursday.--An accident, attended with fatal results, happened seven miles from Wiseman's Ferry, on the Mangrove-road to-day. Francis Tyler and his…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Another man was electrocuted this morning while carring an ordinary electric hand lamp. The unfortunate fellow, whose name is William Woods, 20, a fireman, residing at Wollahra…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Francis Tyler, accompanied by his wife, were to-day journeying to Wyong from Petersham, when Mrs. Tyler was killed through an accident on the mountain side…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Harry Goodwin, of 104 Bligh-street, Newtown, a passenger by the express last night from Sydney to Wagga, sustained a shocking accident. He was riding on the platform…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →John Cavill, jun.; a doputy in the Coal Cliff collieries, received severe injuries to one of his arms yesterday. A shot was fired at the face, when Cavill was considered to be at a…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A painful accident occurred at the Government Workshops, Cockatoo Island, at about 10 a.m. yesterday, when Charles Gray (45), laborer, of Playfair-street, Miller's Point…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A fatal accident happened yesterday to Benjamin Jones (25), of 121 St. John's-road, Globe. He was working an electric rock drill at 2 a.m…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →THE ROCK, Friday.--At the inquest on the body of Margaret Robinson, drowned in the Murrumbidgee, near Gobbagumbalin, a verdict was returned of accidental death. The girl…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Four persons received injuries last night through being knocked down by trams. The first accident occurred at 9 o'clock, when a young sailor, Reginald Snow, of the s.s. Elma…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →MELBOURNE, Friday.--While riding Dunoon at work, on the track at Flemington the jockey George Lambert was thrown, and, as a result of the fall, he fractured a couple of ribs…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Horbert Robins, aged 17 years, one of a picnic party at Windemere, went for a swim in the Tamar. He sank, and never rose again, apparently being seized with cramp…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Professor Stevenson, the well-known Jujitsu expert, met with an accident this afternoon, and is now an inmate of Sydney Hospital . He was walking down George-street,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Ambulance Brigade to-day attended to George O'Neill, 27, a cabman, living in Bank-street, West End, Brisbane. He was suffering from two wounds on the side of the face, and…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →HOBART, Friday.--A man named Thoms, while engaged in unloading the steamer Walnut, was accidentally killed. A sling containing sawn timber slipped, and Thomas, who was LAUNCESTON, Friday.--A youth named Robins, aged 17, the son of a cooper, was drowned at the Druids' picnic at Windermere to-day. He was swimming in the Tamar, and…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Miss Sarah Howells, a teacher of Glamorgan, was drowned in the River Ogmore just after she had rescued one of her pupils from the flood. The boys were playing football in a field near the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Electricity was responsible for another death yesterday morning, when a married man, Basil Wood (31), a fireman, residing in Kensington-street, Woollahra, was killed about 10 a.m…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →A disturbance occurred at the Stadium Picture Theatre, King-street, Newtown, last night, at about 9 o'clock, when Mr. Lawler, proprietor of the theatre, was violently assaulted by…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →The arrival of the steamer Wimmera from New Zealand late yesterday afternoon was marked by considerable excitement, a young man, who had been classed on the boat as a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →An explosion occurred to-day at the Artillery Barracks in Guayaquil. Ecuador, by which 60 men were killed or Injured. The building was completely wrecked…
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