Supposed Drowning. Ferry Fireman Disappears
While the ferry steamer Kanimbia was on her last trip for Kirribilli Point to Circular Quay early this morning a fireman, John Gorden, who lived in Neutral-street North…
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Two Railway Accidents. Footballer Seriously Injured. Bathurst
Word was received at Bathurst today regarding two railway accidents, in which two Bathurst residents were seriously injured, Mr. Fred Toole, a fireman, in attempting to stop…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Ferry Collision. Bronzewing's Bulwarks Damaged
A collision occurred last night between [?] ferry steamers Bronzewing and Kulgoa, but no great damage was done. The Bronzewing was backing astern to clear…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Pyrmont Fatality. Who Drove the Horse?
A seaman, E. Davidson, was knocked down by a cart in Union street; Pyrmont; on Friday afternoon. Subsequently, he died. At the time of the accident the name and address…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Missing Fireman. Supposed to Be Drowned
The relatives of John Gordon, of 33 Neutral street, North Sydney, who disappeared from the ferryboat Kanimbla shortly after midnight last night, between Kirribilli Point…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Boat Upset. Choppy Sea Off La Perouse. Three Men Drowned
An elderly man and two youths were drowned off La Perouse, in the sight of hundreds of spectators, yesterday afternoon. It appears that the men and the two young…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Boating Fatality. Fishing Graft Capsized. One Body Recovered. Two Men Missing
A boating fatality occurred near Botany Heads yesterday afternoon between 4 and 5 o'clock, and it appears almost certain that three men have been drowned…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Two Men Drowned. Botany Bay Death-trap. Plucky Attempt at Rescue
Dangerous Botany Bay, which already has a long death roll to its discredit, added two more to its total yesterday, when William Gibb, a tailor, who lived at Cook-road,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Two Men Drowned. Boat Upset at Botany. Well-known Business Man Lost
Another tragedy of the ocean at Botany on Sunday. The seas there when a sharp breeze comes up are always steep and short, and oven the local [?] do not…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Railway Disasters. an Alarming Collision Loss of Life. Frost Interferes with the Signals
PARIS, Saturday.--Through frost interfering with the railway signals, the Paris-London express, crowded with English passengers, collided with a goods train at Marquise, a small…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Airman's Neck Broken. Accident at Hendon. London, Monday Morning
Owing to the Inclement weather only 100 persons were present at Hendon Aerodrome on Saturday to see an accident in which the well-known airman, Temple, broke his neck…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Tram in Fruit Shop. an Exciting Accident. Melbourne
Excitement, was created in Glenferrie road today when an electric tramcar left the rails, into which the heavy rain had swept slit, and shot across the road into a fruit…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Remarkable Accident. Engine-driver's Experience
LIVERPOOL, Saturday.--After passing Cabramatta station on Saturday, Driver D. M'Kinlay, who runs the 12.25 p.m. passenger train Sydney to Pieton, had occasion to mount the engine…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fatalities and Accidents Effects of Poisoning
Mrs. Margaret Ford (34), a married woman, living in Kent-street, city, was taken to Sydney Hospital by the Civil Ambulance at 11 o'clock yesterday suffering from the effects of poisoning…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A Swimming Accident
MELBOURNE, Sunday.--Eric Bosha (17), of Armadale, was swimming in the St. Kilda Baths yesterday when a man dived on to him from the marble shoot. Bosha was taken…
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Seeing Frederick West, a youth, living at 86 Beattie-street, Balmain, struggling in the water yesterday at Clontarf, near a ferry boat from which he had fallen, Louis Smith…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Head-on Collision. American Train Wrecked. Passengers Killed and Injured. Jackson (Michigan), Jan. 26
Five people wore killed and a score injured through a Michigan passenger train colliding head on with a freight train three miles from the city…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The Manly Drowning Tamworth Graziers Suicide [Suffered From Melancholia
The adjourned inquest concerning the death of Charles Ingall. 56, a grazier, of Tamworth. who was drowned off Bluefish, Manly, last Tuesday. was concluded at the Coroner's Court…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Free Fight. at Yarra Bay. Several Boys Injured
There was a very lively and willing five minutes at [?] Bay on the afternoon of Anniversary [?] owing to the thirst of a crowd of [?] according to the story…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →American Railway Smash. Michigan Trains Collide. Five Killed, Twenty Injured
JACKSON, Michigan, Monday.--Five persons were killed and twenty injured in a collision which occurred to-day between a Michigan passenger train and a freight train, three miles…
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