Postal Official Injured
Mr. H. W. Everett, of the local Post Office, aud a member of the Pride of the North, G.U.O.O.F., was returning from the racecourse on Saturday…
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Accidents, 1914
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Snakebite Antidote. Experimentalist Fatality Poisoned. (Reuter's Message.) Calcutta
Dr. Fox, an Australian, while demonstrating in the Zoo with a snakebite cure, was accidentally bitten and died. It appears that Dr. Frederick Fox…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Motor Car Overturns. Mrs. David Shannon Injured. Adelaide
Mrs. David Shannon, of Watunga and Koounga estates, was seriously injured in a motor accident on Saturday evening, about three miles out of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Shunting Accident. Man's Legs Amputated. Sydney
Mr. Sydney Downes, was engaged shunting in the Blayney railway station yesterday morning, and after uncoupling the engine from the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Men Killed. Collision on the Railway. Sydney, Monday Afternoon
A collision occurred at the Redfern railway station this morning, when an engine pushing five hallast trucks, on crossing some points, crashed into a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Accident to Lord Roberts
Before leaving his residence at Engicmore, Ascot, Lord Roberts slipped near the fireplace of his library, and, in trying to save himself, his right hand…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Swiss Alpine Fatality. London
A message from Berne states that yesterday, while three Alpine climbers from Lausunne were ascending Rosa Blanche, in the canton of Valais, roped…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Miners Injured
The Victoria ambulance was called out at about midnight to the South mine, where, in the 500ft. level, during barring-down operations, a bar had…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Two Boys Drowned. Adventure with a Dinghy. Hobart
A fatality occurred at Cemetery Point on the river Derwent, on Saturday afternoon. Six boys got into a dinghy with only sticks for paddles…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Heartless Hoax. Man Beported Drowned. Thirty Telephone Messages Sent
A series of heartless, senseless hoaxes was perpetrated on February 27th by means of the telephone, by a man who used the name of Myers (says the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wrestling in America. Two Champion Matches. Opponents Injured in Each Case. Duluth (Minn.)
Zbysko, the wresting champion, tonight secured a decision over Jess Westerngaard, after 59 minutes' wrestling. The latter was injured by…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The St. Louis Fire. Many Exciting Escapes. Several Firemen Injured. (Reuter's Message.) St. Louis
Many dramatic escapes from the Athletic Club fire are reported. Twelve men tied the sheets off their beds together, and using them as a rope…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Suffragettes and Police. Riot in a Glasgow Hall. Revolver Shots and Bombs. Women and Police Injured. (Reuter's Message.) London
Mrs. Pankhurst addressed a large mooting in St. Andrew's Hall, Glasgow, last night. She had spoken just two minutes, when a number of constables…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →In the Back Country. the Broken Hill-white Cliffs Coach. Caught in the Bunker Creek. Narrow Escape of the Driver. One Horse Drowned, Another Kicked to Death. White Cliffs, Tuesday Afternoon
The Broken, Hill mail coach met with a serious accident while crossing the Bunker, Greek at Tarella homestead…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →London Street Accidents. London
Statistics just published show that 18,944 street accidents occurred in London during 1913. They were chiefly caused by the motor traffic. Of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Hunting Accident. General Sir E. Hutton Injured. (Reuter's Message.) London
While Lieut-General Sir Edward Hutton, formerly commandant of the New South Wales military forces, and who subsequently commanded and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Uncle and Nephew Drowned. Bathing in a Waterhole. Sydney
A drowning fatality occurred yesterday whereby James Smith, of Macquarie-road, Auburn, and his nephew, George Smith, whom the former tried…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Two Men Drowned. Bathing at Port Augusta
Adelaide, Thursday Afternoon. Clement Baker, assistant steward. and E. Armytage, assistant cook, of the steamer Saros, were drowned whilst…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Latest Cables. (Reuter's Message.) Yesterday's Biplane Fatality. London
The biplane from which the two officers were killes (see Second Edition) at Salisbury Plains yesterday was one of the oldest, and a year ago was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Terrible Railway Accident. Collision Near Moss Vale. Mail Train Crashes Into Goods Train. Many Killed and Injured. Sydney
At an early hour this morning word reached Sydney that a serious railway accident had occurred at Exeter station, about sic miles from Mossvale…
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