Drowned in a Waterhole. Sydney
A boy named Harry Poulton lost his life by drowring while bathing in a waterhole at St. Peter's yesterday…
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Accidents, 1912
861 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 1 of 44
Victoria. Drowned in the Yarra. Melbourne
A party of four, including two women, Elsie Wood (23) and Eva M'Cartney (28) went for a row in a canoe on the Yarra on Saturday night. The…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Jockey Injured It Perth. Perk
At the W.A.T.C. meeting yesterday at Perth a serious accident occured in the Hurdle Race. Ruang fell at the hurdle in front of the grandstand,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Drowned at Como. Three Holiday Excursionists. Sydney
A drowning fatality oocurrod at Come yesterday. Four young men, on a holiday excursion, Edward Ostenfield (17), son of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Cricket Scorer Drops Dead. Driver of Body to the Morgue Falls Out of the Ambulance and Is Injured
At the close of a cricket match at South Yarra on Saturday Arthur Marks, a resident of Richmond, who acted as scorer, dropped dead…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Run Down by a Cab and Killed the Affair Accidental. Perth
Alexander Cooper (60) was run down by a cab and killed on Sunday night at Porth. The affair was accidental…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Bathing Fatality. a Young Woman Drowned. a Sister Has Narrow Escape. Melbourne
A bathing fatality occurred at Port Melbourine yesterday, the victim being a young woman named Myrtle Hamilton, aged 22. Her sister. Lilian,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Shocking Fatality. Killed Instantaneously on a Steamer. Melbourne
A man named Peter Peterson, aged 66, met with instantaneous death in a shocking manner yesterday. He was working on the steamer Warrimoo,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Another Surf Victim. a Young Man Drowned. a New Arrival From Canada. Sydney
A bathing fatality occurred ut Curl Curl Beach, near Manly, at midday yesterday when Stanley Wilkinson, aged 19 who arrived from Canada…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Man Drowned at a Regatta. Two Others Narrowly Escape. Crowds Laugh and Applaud. Thought It a Comic Interlude
A tragedy occurred at the Lyttleton regatta on Monday. A ship's boat containing ten seamen and firemen was passing near the end…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Drowned in Swan River. Exercising a Horse. Perth
While exercising a horse in the Swan River, West Guilford. yesterday. Allan john Lewis (29) lost his seat on the animal, and, being unable to swim,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Dick Arnst Injured. Alleged Assault by Four Men. a Boxing Morning Episode
lt will be heard with regret throughout Australia (says' the " Sun" of December 31) that Dick, Arnst, the popular sculling champion, lies in a Manly…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →W.A.T.C. Christmas Meeting. Injured Jockey Dies in Hospital. the Second Natality. Perth
R. C. Herrington, who had his skull fractured when Penang fell with him in the Hardle Race at the W.A.T.C. meeting on Monday, died in the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Burning Accident. Girl Enveloped in Flames. Adelaide
Bessie Plaisted was burned last evening at Balhannah. She waa Pouring methylated spirits into a lamp, when the liquid became ignited, and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Torrens Lake Fatality. Verdict Op Accidental' Drowning
What the City Coroner (Dr..W. Ramsay Smith) described as one of the saddest incidents which it had been his duty to inquire into, formed the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Yarra Boating Fatality. Body of Second Victim Recovered. Melbourne
The body of Eva Macartney, the second victim of the boating fatality which occurred on the Yarra on Saturday night, was recovered yesterday about…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Railway Accident. Engine and Trucks Leave the Rails. Adelaide
On Saturday night as the mixed train for Port Lincoln was about one and a half mile from the Yeelanna' station, an engine and a truck, carrying empty…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Accident to a Carter. Collarbone and Three Ribs Broken. Adelaide
A serious accident befell Christian Hage at Greenock (South Australia) to-day. Hage was carting a load of chaff,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Accident at the Proprietary Mine. Miner Injured by Fall of Ground
Through some ground having fallen at the 500ft level of the Proprietary mine this morning Mr. T. Doyle, a miner sustained a fracture of the left…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Sydney Street Accident. Tram Collides with Lorry. Miraculous Escapes. Sydney
One of the most extraordinary accidents that has yet occurred on the city tramlines happened at half-past 6 yesterday morning, in William-street…
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