Drowning Fatalities
BRISBANE, Monday.--The body of a woman, aged about 30, was found floating in the Brisbane River near Short-street, this evening, Apparently the body had been in the water…
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BRISBANE, Monday.--The body of a woman, aged about 30, was found floating in the Brisbane River near Short-street, this evening, Apparently the body had been in the water…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Later in the day, at about 5 p.m., Frank Scott, of Regent-street, Redfern, while riding his motor cycle in Elizabeth-street, near the Goulburn-street intersection, came into…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Frank Scott (22), residing in Regent-street, Redferd, was riding a motor cycle down Goulburn-street yesterday afternoon, when he collided with a tram in Elizabeth-street,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →William Galley. 51. was found drowned in the river just below the town this evening. He came to town on Thursday, and after doing some shopping started home. When he has…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Inquiries at the Department of Navigation have elicited the information that the comer which the master of the ketch Alfred Fenning alleges co[?]ded with him off Barrenjoeys…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Frank Cahill, aged 9 years, son of the secretary of the Alectown Rifle Club, was swinging on the framework of a newly erected target when it fell, striking him across the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Two cyclists came into collision in a road race which was held in connection with a sports gathering at Heywood to-day. John Childs was fatally injured, and Herbert Price…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →A stabbing affray, as a result of which Frank Scheer (38), employed on board the steamer Dorset as a greaser, received a number of severe wounds, occurred last, night shortly…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A few minutes after 11 a.m. yesterday a tram accident occurred at the intersection of King and Elizabeth streets, by which three persons were injured…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A tram collision occurred yesterday morning at the intersection of Elizabeth and King streets, resulting in three persons being injured…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →With a report that could be heard fully half-a-mile away, a vulcaniser in the Kangaroo Rubber Works in Castlereagh-street. a few doors from Park-street. exploded shortly after…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The murder of Mr. [?] Minister for education, who was what by a bullet intended for General Huing [?] with as [?]plics, been cap[?]rad…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Yesterday's immense traffic across the harbour was handled without a single accident. The fleet available for the public use, free of cost, was capable of carrying 2000 passengers…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →A mysterious death of an elderly woman was discovered at 33 Brisbane-street, city, on Sunday night. A lodger, on arriving at the house about 8.16 p.m., found the landlady. Mrs. Ellen…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →About half-a-dozen people were injured in a tramway collision late on Monday night. A Dulwich Hill car was proceeding along George-street West, when it suddenly stopped owing…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →It was stated this morning that a collision very nearly [?] between [?] and Company's tender. Annie Love and the Harbor Trust steamer Wollombi which to…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →An unknown boy about 11 years of age, fell from a fence at the corner of Quay and Thomas streets; city, this afternoon, and was taken to the Children's Hospital,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →An old man named Watson was drowned through a boat capsizing in Auckland Harbour. Two others who were in the boat were rescued by some men on a launch…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →The collision between the collier Galava and the ketch Alfred Fenning, was a trivial affair, An examination by the surveyors yesterday showed that damage to the extent of about £50…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Passengers on the Chicago-Burlington-Quincy train saw the tornado strike the city while the train was stationary. A building was hurled bodily into the air, the…
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