Infant Slowly Strangled. a Shocking Fatality. Sydney, Thursday Night
A shocking accident occurred at Bathurst to-day. Allen, the infant son of Mrs. Vinton, was found dead in his cot. He had apparently attempted to…
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Accidents, 1915
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Two Foreigners Torpedoed. Six Men Drowned. London, Wednesday Night
It is officially announced that the Austrian steamer Atlanta, 5022 tons, was torpedoed at Inishturk, off the coast of Ireland. The crew was saved…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →In Egypt. Third Contingent Landed. the Pyramid Accident. Sydney
Captain C. W. Bean, the official press correspondent with the Australian troops, cables that the third contingent has arrived in Cairo after a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Two Warders Drowned. Sydney
Wm. Dobbs, 49, and Thos. Kierman, 35, wardens at Manly Hospital were carried out yesterday by the underlow at Manly and drowned…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Picnic Train in Collision. 24 Persons Injured. Melbourne, Sunday Night
Whilst a big railway picnie was returning by train to Ballarat last night a collision occurred at Ballarat West between the engine of the Dimoola train and the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Four Ships Founder. 300 Immigrants Drowned. Sydney, Sunday Night
Four Spanish immigrant ships foundered in a gale near Algiers and 800 immigrants were drowned…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Raid on Paris. Seven Persons Injured. Considerable Damage Done. London
Three Zeppelins made a raid on Paris at one o'clock on Sunday morning. Their approach was signalled and the inhabitants were warned by bugles…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Boating Fatality. Melbourne
Whilst a boating party, consisting of 4 men, were travelling from Cowes to Hastings,a man named Nelson fell overboard. One of his…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Deadly Landslide. 52 Persons Killed. 15 Injured. Vancouver, Tuesday Night
A landslide overwhelmed the Britannia copper mines, 52 men, women and children being killed in their beds, while 15 others were injured. The slide occurred…
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Mr. J. McFarlane, M.L.A., has been officially informed as follows by the Director General of Public Works:-- "In reply to your letter of the 5th…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →An Injured Industry
A "Bulletin" man writes:—The manufacture of cacein is another Australian possibility that was flattened out by the war. A factory was cotablished…
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While telling scrub on Mr. Pepper's farm, at Lower Bellsdown on Monday last, Mr. Alt. Sawteil met with a nasty accident. He was hit by a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Blasting Accident. Three Men Injured. Sydney, Sunday Night
While a number of man were engaged in blasting rock from the tunnel at Cockatoo Island naval dockyard to-day, a premature explosion occurred and the men…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Serious Motor Smash. "Sun's" News Editor Killed. Snowy Baker Seriously Injured. Sydney
A serious motor accident on Sunday resulted in a well-known journalist being killed, and three other persons being injured…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—While "Snowy" Baker, G. Redmond (News Editor of the "Sun"), and Engineer-Commander MacKean and Mrs. MacKean, were driving in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Surfing Fatality. Brisbane
John McNatnara, a well-known officer in the Department of Justice, Whilst surfing at Southport yesterday, was carried out to sea and…
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William Lundy, who was injured in a blasting accident at Cockatoo, died last night…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →94 Lives Lost. Germans Jeer at Drowning Victims. a Cold-blooded Massacre. London
Later particulars regarding the sinking of the steamer Falaba. which was reported in distress in the Bristol Channel, show that she was torpedoed…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Shocking Burning Accidents Two Victims in Critical Condition. Sydney, Tuesday Night
A shocking burning accident occurred at Yerong Creek, near Wagga. A young man named Harry Pifkie, who had been engaged clearing land, was…
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Mr. Alf Morrison had a narrow escape last Saturday evening from having his bead blown off, and innumerable other disagreeable things. As…
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