Sad Boating Fatality
A distressing fatality occurred at Seaton. a seaside suburb of Wellington (N.Z.); on Saturday. William Ham his wife, and a four-year-old son went out…
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Railway Fatality. Man Decapitated. (By Telegraph.) Sydney
Bernard Wheelahan, a fireman, and Joseph Sharp, an engine driver, were resting beside their engine at Murrurundl waiting for relief on Saturday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Shocking Fatality at Murrurundi. Death of a Prominent District Cricketer
WORD was received in Scone on Sunday last, of a shocking fatality at Murrurundi, by which a prominent and popular district cricketer and athlete of only a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Colliery Accident
John Johnson, a machineman, sustained severe injuries while working in Pelaw Main Colliery yesterday, He was engaged cutting with a machine in a special place…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Collision of Hydroplanes
A hydroplane, manoeuvring in the Firth of Forth, came into collision with another hydroplane, and was badly holed in the bows, ultimately reaching Leith in a shattered…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Terrible Railway Accident, Read Severed From Body Fireman Seriously Injured
A terrible railway fatality happened at Murrurundi at 11 o'clock Saturday night when an engine driver, Joseph Sharp, was run over and killed instantly, his next…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Five Men Injured. Peculiar Railway Accident
Early on Tuesday evening three man were treated at the St. George Cottage Hospital, and two others at the Sydney Hospital, as the result of a peculiar railway accident…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Murrurundi Railway Fatality. Further Particulars
In connection with the shocking rail, way fatality at Murrurundi, briefly reported in our telegrams of last issue), whereby Joseph Sharpe, an…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Aviation News. a Stonehenge Fatality. London, Wednesday afternoon
Geoffrey England, while monoplaning over Stonchenge, fell from a height of 5000 feet. The aviator volplaned until within 600 feet of the ground, and then overturned. England's…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →German Naval Disaster Fifty Men Drowned Berlin, March 5
The armoured cruiser Yorek, 9350 tons, rammed and sank a torpedo boat two miles south of Heligoland. Fifteen of the crew of the sunken vessel…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Motor Smash. Four People Badly Injured
Mr. E. K. Wolstenholme, a well-known Bathurst orchardist, states that on Thursday, when coming into Bathurst from Mudgee, on his motor bicycle, and when about twelve…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Five Men Injured. Peculiar Railway Accident
Early on Tuesday evening three men were treated at the St. George Cottage Hospital, and two others at the Sydney Hospital, as the result of a peculiar railway accident…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Motor Collision. a Centennial Park Incident
A collision occurred between two motor cars in Centennial Park last evening, one—a Wolseley 12-16 h.p.—being badly damaged. The only injured passenger, however, was Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →71 Drowned. (By Cable). London
The total number drowned in the Gorman torpedo boat disaster was 71. They were frozen to death, clinging to loose, spars. The storm made rescue…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →"Push" Attack in Sydney. University Men Injured
One of the worst incidents of the gas strike occurred last night—a "push" assault on a group of University students and other volunteers…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cabman Drowned
John Sockley, a cab-driver, is years of age, single,living at St. Peters, was drowned in the flood waters at the foot of Tratalgar-street, St. Peters…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Exciting Motor Smash. Several People Injured
Further Particulars are to hand with regard to the serious motor accident which occurred a few days ago at Stony Pinch, a difficult and dangerous hill between…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Shellharbour Tragedy. Accidental Death
The inquiry into. the death of Walter Seily, who met his death at Shellharbour on Sunday week, through a gunshot wound in the head, was concluded on Saturday…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Collision
About seven o'clock lost evening a collision occurred on the East Maitland-road between motor cycle ridden by a man named Ralsto[?] and a horse and sulky. The cyclist was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Gales in Sydney. Capsizes in the Harbour. A Man Drowned
Gales and heavy rain prevailed is Sydney during the week end. Throughout Saturday the wind raged, reaching a velocity of 61 miles an hour. As the…
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