Storm Fatality. Struck by Lightning
WARIALDA, Tuesday. -- During the storm yesterday John Barnes was struck dead, along with a dog, near Gravesend. The man, who was a traveller, was sitting beside a tree…
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Panic Stricken. Ferry Boat Collision
NEW YORK, Tuesday. -- A north-west gale has detained all the shipping throughout the port. A snow flurry made navigation impossible. The forry-boat Suffern collided with a…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Found Drowned. Body in the River
On Tuesday morning, at about 7.30, two young men, named Harry Smith and Joseph Mann, discovered the body of a man floating in the Parramatta River,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Steamers in Collision. Wellington (N.z.)
During the progress of a northerly gale in the harbour, the steamer Maisie, which brought a cargo of coal from Delagoa Bay, dragged her anchors, She collided with the…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Commandos and Strikers. Collision Feared. London, Wednesday. Morning
It Is feared In Durban that a crisis Will be precipitated, by a collision between the commandos and the strikers. The risk of railway travelling is such that…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Terrific Gales. Raging in America. Collision in Harbor. New York, Tuesday Evening
North westerly gales have detained all shipping throughout the port. A snow flurry has made navigation impossible, and storms are sweeping down the whole eastern coast…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Hammers Flying. Workman Injured. Change Against Strikers. Wellington (N.z.)
Whilst engaged in chipping the inside of the hold of the steamer Kamona at Port Chalmers yesterday, J. Wren met with nasty Injuries. Wren is an arbitrationist who is said to…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Severe Gales. Harbour Collision in New York. Panic-stricken Women Faint. New York, Jan. 12
North-westerly gales have detained all shipping throughout the port. A snow flurry has made navigation impossible…
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The death of William Condon, a machinist, who was caught in the belting of machinery at Whiddon Brothers' tannery, Botany, on Saturday last, was the subject of an inquest at the…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →A Horse and the Tram Accident
At the time the Baulkham Hills tram ran off the line on Saturday afternoon, one of Mr. Whitling's cart horses, a fine upstanding bay, of somewhat nervous…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Victoria's Fast Bowler Injured
MELBOURNE, Wednesday.—M'Donald, the Fitzroy fast bowler, will not be able to play for Victoria at New South Wales, as his injured knee is still too weak. F. Hugton, of Northeate, will take his place…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Missioner Injured. Goulburn
William Edward Mart, Methodist missi[?] at Tallong, is being treated in the hospital for injuries to the chest and arms, caused through his losing control of a bicycle while…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Strike Possibilities. "A Collision Certain." Australian Influence in South Africa
"It seems to me that there is a slight mixing up of things according to your cables, which say that martial law has been proclaimed in South Africa," said Mr. E. W. Hunt. Government…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Surf Shed Accident
White a boy named Edward M'Lenahan, living in Arden-street, Coogee, was playing about on the timber being used for the erection of the new surf sheds at Coogee, on Wednesday, he…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Sengenhydd Verdict. Accidental Death. London, Thursday Morning
The jury in the inquest regarding the death of tho miners in the Sengenhydd disaster returned its verdict yesterday. The finding was that death was accidental, and that the fire…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Fatalities and Accidents Collapsed in Tram
A woman as yet unidentified, collapsed in a tram at Forest Lodge yesterday. The Civil Ambulance took her to the Prince Alfred Hospital, but on arrival there Dr. M'Lelland…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Accident to Missioner
GOULBURN, Wednesday. --Through losing control of his bicycle while riding down a hill at Tallong yesterday, William Edward Smart, a Methodist missioner, was thrown heavily…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Railway Sick and Accident Club
A fairly large number of railway employees of all grades of the service met at the railway station on Monday night, the 5th January, to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Spirit-lamp Fatality
After midnight on January 10 Mrs. Mary Maher, 82, a widow, set about boiling some water on a spirit-lamp in her room at a Crown-street boarding-house. Either through the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Drowned in Waterhole
Constable Clifford, of the Newtown police, found the body of a man in a waterhole at Gentle's brickworks, St. Peters, yesterday. The body which had been in the water some…
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