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Broken Hill & the Far West · Accidents
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Scarborough Beach, the most recently opened of Perth's seaside resorts, was the scene of a terrible bathing teagedy on Saturday, in which six…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →While Florence Stratton, [?] daughter of [?] Stratton, of Taradale, states a message received via Wagga, was making [?] at an open fireplace…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A boating accident, as the result of which four men lost their lives, occurred at the Outer Harbor about noon yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Two of the four young men drowned in the boating disaster off the Adelaide Outer Harbor yesterday (reported in "The Miner's" First Edition) were…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Messages received from Brisbane last night give meagre details of a big disaster at Clermont, in Central Queensland, where, owing to the floods,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →On December 26 the body of John Rown, who had been missing from Burtundy since Christmas night, was found in the Darling River about 30…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The body of Staff-captain Amelia K. Holland, of the Salvation Army, was recovered from the Yarra River, near Queen's Bridge, Melbourne, yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →At Bunbury yesterday Peter Peterson, a coal trimmer on a steamer which was at the jetty, said he was going after a cat which fell overboard a few…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A message from Wingham, on the Manning River, states that on New Year's Day two daughters of Mr. Thomas Connolly, a saddler, the eldest…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →It is reported that four persons were killed and 23 injured in a collision between a train of holiday makers and a light engine between Edinburgh and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →At Bunbury yesterday Peter Peterson, a coal trimmer on a steamer which was at the jetty, said he was going after a cat which fell overboard a few…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The "National Tidende" states that the fire in the Zeppelin hangar at Tondern, in Schleswig, was the result of a collision between the two Zeppelins…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mr. J. Logan saved a little girl from drowning at H[?]ley [?]ch yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The death occurred this morning, at his residence, Gaffney-lane, Railway Town, of Mr. Joseph Allan Williams, aged 73 years. On December 21 last…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Mr. Alfred Summers, licensee of the Commercial Hotel, Elizabeth street, one of the best-known hotelkepers in Melbourne, who had been suffering from…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →As the result of a motor car accident yesterday in King-street, Newtown (Sydney), a five year old girl was killed instantly, while another…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Through one of the back tyres of their motor car blowing out when the car was swerved abruptly to avoid a collision with car ahead of them,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The death occurred yesterday, at his residence, Gaffney-lane, Railway Town, of Mr. Joseph Allan Williams, aged 73 years. On December 21 last…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The first drowning case is reported from Cloncurry, in the Hughenden district. A telegram from Nondai states: "The water is over the line for miles…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Leslie Staffell, 18 years of age, was drowned in a billabong, near Tarina Point, on the Darling River (between Menindie and Pooncarie), on Friday…
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