Seaman Seriously Injured
Thomas Richardson, a seaman on the steamer [?] lying at King-street Wharf, met with a serious accident on board that vessel late on Tuesday evening. He was…
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Train Accident. Five Persons Injured. a Swinging Door
The swinging of a door on a train travelling from Hurstville Inst evening about 6.30 caused rather serious injuries to five passengers. The accident occurred near Carlton station,…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Cowcatcher Fails. Oxford-street Tram Fatality. Boy's Instantaneous Death. Coroner Makes Suggestions
The death of Arthur Claude Fiddick, 11, who was killed by a tram in Oxford-street, City, on February 26, was the subject of an inquest by the City Coroner this morning…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Accident to Duntroon Officer Queanbeyan
Captain P. Lalor of the Royal Military College [?] met with an accident in the town. The Captain, accompanied by his wife and brother [?] to…
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S. MARYS, Tuesday.--On Sunday last Constable Walsh found tho body of a man dead in a tent at Mount Druitt. The man was seemingly a tramp and was unknown in this district…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Bathing Fatality. Ulmarra
Francis Wilson, aged about 20, married, was drowned in Little River on Friday evening. Deceased Was bathing in company with two brothers named Skinner, near the mouth of…
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Mr. E. L. Maitland, S. M., the district coroner, held an inquest into the death of Muriel Annl[?] Dixon, who was drowned in the Parramatta River on Friday afternoon whilst bathing…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Little Boy Drowned. Grafton
The eleven-year-old son of Mr. A. Denning. fell into the river at the Public Wharf while playing with the mooring line of a motor launch. The body was recovered a quarter of…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Destroyers in Collision. London, March 4
The torpedo-boat destroyer Hydra, while manoeuvring in the Firth of Forth, collided with another destroyer. The Hydra, which was badly holed, and had…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Drowned in a Dam. Gilgandra
On Sunday afternoon William George Patterson, aged 12, was drowned in a dam at Eumungerie, in 5ft of water. The lad went to bathe, slipped on the bank, and got into…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Pierced by a Sulky Shaft. Extraordinary Fatality. Inverell
An accident, resulting fatally, befell John O'Brien a settler on West-Holme, on Saturday last. A trotting stallion was being driven by the owner, J. F. Seagrott, on a…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Oxford-street Fatality. the Inquest. Statement by the Coroner
The death of Arthur Lawrence Fiddiek, 11, who was killed almost instantly through being run over by a tram car in Oxford-street on February 26, formed the subject of an…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →German Naval Disaster. Fifty Men Drowned. Berlin, March 5
The armoured cruiser Yorck, 9350 tons, rammed and sank a torpedo-boat two miles south of Heligoland yesterday. Fifteen of the crew of the sunken vessel…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Naval Disasters. Cruiser Rams Torpedoer, Fifty Drowned, Fifteen Saved
BERLIN, Wednesday.--The armored cruiser Yorek, 9500 tons, 15,000 h.p., with a speed of 21 knots, rammed and sank torpedo boat 2178, when two miles south of Heligoland…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Explosion in Motor Car. Driver Injured. Singleton
A party of motorists, comprising two ladies and two gentlemen, and the chauffeur, had a thrilling experience while returning from Singleton to Cessnock. Between Belford and…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Rammed. German Torpedo Boat Sunk After the Kaiser's Departure Sixty-seven Men Drowned. Berlin. Wednesday Evening
For several days the German North Sea fleet has been carrying out important manoeurred near Heligoland, and during these the armoured crusier Yorck, 0350 tons. rammed and sank a…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A Shocking Accident. Murwillumbah
A shocking accident occurred a few miles from town, when the 16 months old child of Mr. C. H. O'Neill had her hand almost severed at the wrist. The child and an elder sister were…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Fatal Shooting Accident. Adelaide
Francis Ratke, employed at Cooringa Vineyard, Newcastle, went out early yesterday morning with a pea rifle to shoot kangaroos As he did not return a search was…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Fatalities and Accidents Drank Lysol
Jane Avery (25), a domestic residing in Clarendon-street, Gore-hill, while' visiting friends in Pyrmont yesterday afternoon, drank a quantity of lysol. She was conveyed to the Sydney…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Motor-car Accident
MUDGEE, Wednesday.--Mr. L. Gasey, a member of a theatrical company, was motoring from Portland, and when coming towards a steep hill 14 miles from bore the brakes refused to…
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