Lane Cove Shark Fatality
Messrs. Mackay and Barlow, who so gallantly brought poor Morgan ashore on Anniversary Day in Lane Cove River, when he was in a shockingly mutilated and dying…
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The Nera-taviuni Collision
The collision between the Union Steamship Company's Taviuni and the Messageries Maritimes mail steamer Nera, which occurred in Darling…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Double Drowning Case. Launceston (Tas.)
A double drowning fatality occurred in Leven River on Saturday, the victims being Captain William Wallace Noake (69), harbourmaster, and Allan Horsham (23). The former left at…
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Harry Herberts. 23, was drowned while attempting to eross the river on horseback at Gresford late on Saturday night. The bodies of deceased and, his horse wore found this…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Collision Between the Potomac and Georgic
The tramp steamer Potomac, which left Melbourne last Wednesday for the Channel, with a cargo of wheat, returned to port yesterday owing a slight…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →After the Union Meeting. Rockchoppers in Collision
At the Central Court Thomas Rootsey (42) was charged with assaulting Thomas Dowley, in Goulburn-street, on January 15 The evidence of prosecutor, a miner and rockchopper,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Helpless to Save. Collision in a Fog
LONDON, Monday.--The British steamer Wychwood (steel, screw, 1234 tons net, built in 1907, and owned by W. France, Fenwick and Co) and the Norwegian steamer Torbay (iron,…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Scaffolding Collapses. Four Persons Injured. Many Narrow Escapes
An exciting mishap occurred in Pitt-street yesterday afternoon, when a portion of the scaffolding surrounding the new premises of the Bank of New South Wales collapsed on to the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Collision at Sea. Norwegian Ship Founders. Seven Lives Lost. London, Feb. 12
The steamer Wychwood (British) and Torbay (Norwegian) came into collision off Caister, near Yarmouth, during a fog. The Torbay was badly damaged, and foundered so quickly…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Law. Monday, February 12. State Courts. Admiralty Court. (Before Mr. Justice Street.) Harbor Collision
A collision which occurred in Darling Harbor, between the Union Company's Taviuni and the Messageries Maritimes mailboat Nera, on October 10 of last year, formed the subject of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Late Cable News. Received To-day. Disasters at Sea. Ship Bonders Through Collision. Another Disabled
LONDON, Monday Evening.—the steamer Wychwood (British) and the ship Torbay (Norwegian) came into collislon off Caister, near Yarmouth, during a fog…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Peculiar Accident
Mr. Athol Stewari of Duke's Vale and Charles Dean, his chauffeur, met with a peculiar motor accident on Wednesday night (says a message from…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railway Accident at Ashfield
On Sunday night a serious accident [?] fell Alfred Turner, aged 65, of Chandos-street, Ashfield, as he was alighting from the train at the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Gun Accident. West Maitland
On Saturday evening a youth named Alfred Cavanagh was endeavouring to extract a cartridge trqm a gun, when an explosion occurred, causing such serious injuries to his…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →More Tram Accidents. Skull Fractured
Henry Lapriak of 43 Marion-street, Redfern, is in the Sydney Hospital, suffering from a fractured skull and abrasions of the face and nose. He was attempting a board a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fatalities and Accidents Shot in the Forehead
The acting city coroner yesterday conducted an inquiry into the death of Norman George Johnston (36), who died at "Locksley," Cremorne-road, Cremorne, on February 9…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Double Drowning Fatality
AUCKLAND. Wednesday.—A sad double drowning fatality occurred last night. Rev. Locke the vicar of Ross, West Coast, and his sister, were crossing a ford in the river when…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Priest Drowned
A fatality occurred at Glennies' Creek last Sunday morning, when the Rev. Father James Kelly, assistant priest to Monsignor Meagher, of Singleton, was drowned…
Continued on Trove, page 46 →Taxi-cab Fatality
The City Co[?]ner Mr. Hawkins held an inquest con[?]rning the death of John Geilatly [?] of [?] Cariton Crr[?]cent Summer Hill who was knocked down and run over by a taxi cap driven by Albert…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Steamers in Collision
A collision, fortunately attended with only trifling results, occurred off the Victorian coast early on Thursday morning between the White Star cargo liner Georgie, 10,007 tons,…
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