Mysterious Explosion Ammonia Cylinder Bursts Story of Glebe Fatality
What caused the cylinder to burst? It was an answer to this question that was sought by the City Coroner (Mr. Jamieson), but without much…
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Lift Accident. Young Woman Killed
A young woman, Mary Wakoham, who was employed as a housemaid at the Carlton Hotel, Castlereagh-street city, was killed in a lift accidcut yesterday in extraordinary…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Fatal Lift Accident. Housemaid's Terrible Experience
Mary Wakeham, a housemaid, lately employed at the Hotel Carlton, died in Sydney Hospital shortly before 1 o'clock yesterday afternoon, after meeting with a terrifying…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Aeroplane Fatality. Aeronaut's Evidence and the Coroner's Finding
The Inquest concerning the death of Mary Williams, who was killed by an aeroplane, was concluded on Wednesday evening at the Liverpool court house…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Little Girls Injured. Sulky That Did Not Stop
Two little girls were knocked down by a sulky at Lidcombe last night, and one of them was admitted to St. Josoph's Hospital, Auburn, in an unconscious condition. The…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Lift Falls Drop of Several Feet Five Men Injured
Owing to a lift accident early this doming at Foley Bros., Ltd., Sussex-street, five men were injured, and had to be attended to at hospital…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Accident at Casula
Whilst bathing at Casula on Anniversary Day, the Misses Mi. O'Keefe and Gladys O'Neill, ,of Guildford, and Alex. Simms, of Moorebank, had a remarkable…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Accident at Hornsby
Mr. Frank Morris, clerk in charge of the parcels office at Hornsby railwvay station, met with an extermely painful accident on Wednesday last. He was standing on a ledge, about four feet above the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Lithgow's Water Accident Endangers Supply LITHGOW
[?]gow's water supply is at present ina bad way A large tree f[?] across an exposed portion of the 15-inch main. the town's principal supply, causing a…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Kogarah Tram Accident
Last Saturday afternoon, when the Sans Souci tram had reached the point where it leaves the railway line, near Gray-street, the front axle of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Through Dead End Trucks Fall 15 FEET Accident at Lidcombe
There was a scatter in railway trucks at the Lidcombe Railway Station early this morning, owing to a collision with a dead-end in the shunting yards. The…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Five Injured ia Lift Accident
There was an unusual lift accident at the Messrs. Foley Bros store in Sussex-street early yesterday morning. Several men were working just after midnight…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Lift Falls Five Men Injured Midnight Adventure
Shortly after midnight on Friday seven men were in a goods lift at Foles Bros., Ltd., Sussex-street, when the cable broke, and the lift dropped several…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Accidents
About 5 p.m. yesterday Doris Vincent (22), living at 51 Pine-street. Darlington, drank lysol. The Civil Ambulance took her to the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Collision at Reofern Two Persons Injured
A collision occurred shortly after [?] o'clock on Saturday night near the Redfern tunnel, between a train bound from Sydney to Homebush, and a horse-bo[?]…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Collision. Suburban Train and Horse-box. Two Persons Slightly Injured
During shunting operations near the Redfern Tunnel on Saturday night a collision occurred between a main suburban train and a horse-box. Two persons were slightly…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Railway Collision
Bound from Sydney to Homebush on Saturday a passenger train collided with an engine. when near the Mortuary Station the driver of the train, whoso attention bad been drawn by…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Injured Seaman
Suffering from severe scalp wounds and concussion, John Blod, 45, a seaman [?] the barque Bellas, lying at Goodlet and Smith's Wharf, Pyrmont, was taken by the Civil Ambulance…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Casualties. Young Man Drowned
A swimmer at the men's baths at Bondi yesterday morning noticed the body of a young man lying at the bottom of the baths. With the assistance of others the body was…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Bather Drowned at Bondi
Alexander M latosh 19, who lived in Horrington-street Miller's Point, dived into deep water at the Bondi Baths yesterday, and did not appear again. Other…
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