Man Roasted Alive. Fearful Fatality
A very sad accident occurred at Wellshot Station on Christmas night. A boundary-rider named Daniel Ross, who had been on Wellshot for a long time, was, with…
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Double Drowning Fatality. Mysterious Case. Melbourne
James Spence (21) and Ruby Williams (19) were drowned in the Yarra at Melbourne late, last night.Spence, who lived at Abbotsford, was…
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Mr. John Dickson, one of the owners of Caroonboon station, has been drowned in Billabong Creek, Deniliquin. John Pape, son of a well-known resident…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Terrible Bathing Fatality. Two Sisters and Brother Drowned Sydney. Tuesday afternoon
A shocking fatality occurred at Blackwood's Beach, Cronulla, this morning. It appears Miss Marjorie London (22), Daphne London. (16), and Alick London (12) were…
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Curl Curl, near Manly, was the scene of a surf tragedy on Thursday. Two brothers named Pritchard noticed a man lying on the rocks in what appeared to…
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A young woman, who went in swimming at Blackwood's Beach, Cronulla, at about 7 o'clock on Tuesday morning, found that she could not regain the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Railway Fatality. Man Run Down at Fassifern
A fatality occurred early on Thursday morning on the railway line near Fassidern. A guard named William Paris Lang, aged 41, living at Islington,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Toll of the Surf. a Welsh Miner Drowned
A surf-bathing fatality occurred at Towrodgi Beach, Wollongong, on Friday. Three men, John Humphy Hughes, Ebenezer Rees, and John Davis, all of Corrimal…
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On Sunday afternoon J. Johnson, an ,orchardist, took four of his youngest children for a row on the Goulburn River, Victoria, in a flat-bottomed boat, When about 30 yards…
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A fatal motor-car accident, which recalls the sad death of the two children of Mme Isadora Duncan, the dancer, occurred near Rheims yesterday…
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Two ladies named Miss Dietrich and Miss Doddimead, who are stationed at St. Clair in connection with the work of the mission to the aborigines, met with a very…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A Burning Pit. Strange Accident in Bush
During the holidays a peculiar burning accident happened, near Marrangaroo, Litgow. Two residents, Charles and William Lewis, drove from their home, in a…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Serious Tram Accident. a Boy Killed. Wallsend
A very serious tramway accident occurred this morning on the line between West Wallsend and Newcastle. The line is 13 miles in length, and is the longest tramway line in…
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On Wednesday last, a man named Webster, at Glendon Brook, while out shooting rabbits, was accidentally shot by a companion who was out with him…
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An accident occurred on Monday afternoon, which caused two ladies to pass through a very unpleasant experience, though they were fortunate in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Clergyman Drowned. Sad Incident
On Friday night the Rev. F. A. Wenborn, of St. Paul's Church, Deniliquin, who had been an inmate of the hospital, suffering from pneumonia, was drowned. About 10.30…
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A drowning fatality occurred on Black Beach, at Point Lonsdale near Melbourne on Saturday afternoon. In the heavy surf driven upon the beach…
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The young man who committed suicide yesterday by jumping down Richmond Main Colliery shaft, was named George Lewis, not Edward Lewis, as previously…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Accidents with Explosives. Three People Injured. (By Telegraph.) Melbourne
Two strange dynamite explosions occurred yesterday. Finding a packet of caps, Alvis Pannigal, a young sailor at Geelong, picked…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Drowned in the Surf. Two More Victims
A drowning accident occurred on Back Beach at Port Lonsdale (Vic.) on Saturday afternoon. In the heavy surf driven upon the beach by a southerly…
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