No One to Blame. Queensland Blasting Accident
BRISBANE, Wednesday.--The report of the board appointed to Inquire into the blasting accident at Queensport on January 24 was presented to the Treasurer to-day…
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Railway Fatality
MELBOURNE, Thursday.--At the Amberwell station to-day Wm. Herbert Hoinville (18), employed as booking clerk, was engaged in attending to the departure of the 7.27 train for…
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PERTH, Thursday.--A shooting affair is reported by the Meekatharra police. The victims are a Frenchwoman known as Johnson, and a man of the same name. Both word shot through…
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Mr. E. K. Wolstenholme, a well-known Bathurst orchardist, states that to-day, when coming into Bathurst from Mudgee on his motor bicycle, and when about twelve miles…
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On Wednesday evening the strikers assembled in the vicinity of the gasworks and became incensed at the large number of volunteers who were prepared to work…
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A remarkable accident happened on the harbour yesterday morning, when the co[?] Murray, which was loaded with coal, filled up and sank close to the Sydney Harbour…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Another Railway Accident. Delay at Belmore
Derailments on suburban railway lines are becoming common. Earlier in the week a truck left the lines when crossing the points at Newtown, and held the traffic up for a…
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During the busy hours of Tuesday afternoon a railway accident happened at Hurstville, by which a number of persons were injured…
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MUDGEE, Thursday.--In connection with the motor-car accident, when a party belonging to Tait's Dramatic Company was thrown out through the car overturning, Mrs. Lee and Mrs…
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A smart rescue from the surf was made at South Steyne, Manly, on Wednesday afternoon. Miss P. Adams, of Commonwealth-street, Sydney, was bathing, and got beyond the breakers…
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MELBOURNE, Thursday.--Maurice Flahive (65) was returning in a waggon from market this morning when he came in contact with a live electric wire, which had fused and broken…
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A pitiful story, punctuated by the recital of callons, cowardly conduct on the part of an unknown boat's crew was told in the Sydney Coroner's Court when the Coroner inquired into…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fatalities & Accidents. Drowning in Mosman Bay
Yesterday afternoon a young man was drowned in Mosman Bay. According to the information available, deceased's name was Boresford F. J. Wilson, 25 years of age. He got…
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BERLIN, Friday.--The following official report of the disaster has been issued:--'"The flotilla, including S. 178, led at half-steam, and steered, in accordance with orders, eastward, to…
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BRISBANE, Friday.--The inquiry into the Murphy's Creek railway accident was continued at Toowoomba to-day. W. King, district locomotive superintendent,…
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Describing experiences is Spels at the Authors' Club dinner in London the other night. Mr. Edgar Seligmen a master champion [?] of England stated that a [?] bulf-fighter…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Boy Injured. Tram Accident in City
Donald Alexander, aged 6½, of Vincent-street, Balmain, attempted to jump from a moving tram in George-street, near Barlow-street, city, last night, when he fell on his…
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Beresford F. J. Wilson 25, a single man was drowned in Mosman Bay on Friday afternoon. He was in the act on getting from a dingey into a motor launch moored near the ferry…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Mosman Drowning. Dingy in the Southerly
There was a drowning fatality as a result of the fierce southerly wind on the harbour yesterday. Mr. Beresford F. J. Wilson, a commercial traveller, of Wilcannia, Boyle-street,…
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MELBOURNE, Friday.--When the destroyers were at Portland last Wednesday week four of the younger members of the crew of the Yarra outstayed their share of leave, and failed to…
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