The Mimi Capsized. Twenty-two Men Drowned
Cable advices received during the week stated that the German 4-masted barque Mimi, which grounded near, Astoria some weeks ago, was being towed…
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Three Persons Injured. Runaway at Newtown
A runaway at Newtown yesterday afternoon was the cause of three people being injured. William Edgar, aged 22, of 450 "Wattle-street, Ultimo, was, with Annie…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Shipping Disasters. Sunk by Collision. Fate of the Breiz Huel
Messrs. R. Towns and Co. yesterday morning received news that the French steamer Breiz Huel, well-known in the Australian trade, had been sunk by collision. Tho Briez Huel was…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A Vicious Assault. Injured Man Reticent. West Maitland
A young man named Patrick Dover, a billiard marker at Beatty's Belmore Hotel, was found in an unconscious and much battered condition about midnight on Saturday, lying…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Child Plaintiff. Motor Car Accident. Awarded £75 Damages
A child was plaintiff in an action in the Direct Court this morning before Judge backhouse. The case was in connection with a motor…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Peculiar Shooting Accident. Murwillumbah
Walter Jamieson, aged 13 years, son of a well-known Eungelia district farmer, met with a peculiar accident on Saturday. He had an old stockless pea rifle, and in…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Child Awarded Damages. William-street Motor Accident
The need that exists for having a traffic constable posted at the corner of William and Riley streets, city, was referred to during the hearing of a ease in the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fatalities and Accidents
DIED OF INJURIES. Mrs. Beatrice Ashtord, who, with her [?] Mrs. Mary Davis, stopped off a moving train Sydenham railway station on Sunday evening, died at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Chief Officer Drowned
The steamer Kiama does not use a gangway when she berths, explained her master, W. H. Allison, at the inquest on John M'Lean, 63, the late chief officer, who was drowned on…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Inquests. Drowned in a Bath
The City Coroner on Monday recorded a verdict of accidental death in connection with John Roughsedge (28), who was found lying in a hath at the Prince of Wales Hotel,…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →DISTRICT. (Before Judge Backhouse.) Injured by a Motor-car
This was an action in which Fenella Williams (an infant), by her next friend, Nellie Williams, widow, both of Yurong-street, Sydney, sued John A. S. Jones, of "Nia Heymo,"…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Remarkable Fatality. Fall Through a Glass Roof. One Man Smashes Another's Skull London, Tuesday, 10.30 p.m
An extraordinary fatality occurred yesterday in Dumbarton. Some workmen were repairing the glass roof of a shed, when of them crashed…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →District Court. (Before Judge Backhouse.) Motor-car Accident
Fenella Williams, a little girl, daughter of Mrs. Nellie Williams, a widow, of 70 Yurong-street, Sydney, brought an action against John A. S. Jones, of Nia Heymo, Etham-avenue,…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Accident's at Newtown
Elisabeth Pye (74), of Cary-Street; Leichhardt, whilst Stepping off a car yesterday afternoon, at the Dulwich-hill terminus, fell on to the roadway, and received injuries to her left thigh…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Queensland Drowning Case. Brisbane
A magisterial inquiry was held to-day into the circumstances of the death of Stephen Douglas Fisher, who was drowned in New Farm Reach of the river, after Henley regatta…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Runaway at Petersham. Old Man Injured
An old man Frederick Elliston [?] in George-street, Huristone Park had an [?]iting experience in New Canterbury-road, Petersham, about 3 o'clock this afternoon. He…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fall of Seventy Feet. Plasterer Badly Injured
A young pla[?] George Jones, who lives in Elswick-street [?] this morning and [?] himself on being [?] now [?] was working on the fifth…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →No Telephone: No Life Line Drowning at Como. Grief-stricken Father's Complaint
A grief-stricken father complained of the police administration, praised a constable for his ability and energy, and regretted the lack of activity of a shire council, at the City…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Old Memories. Humorous Aquatic Incidents. a Chapter of Accidents
"What can I tell you of olden times? Is that what you are after?" said a gentlemen from whom the writer was seeking information that might prove interesting to those of the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Machinist's Accidental Death
At the inquest on the body of Follett George King, 46, who was killed by being crushed between two railway trucks on April 8, near the Eveleigh Workshops, the acting coroner,…
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