Crane Smash. Two Men Injured
An unusual accident occurred at the now University buildings, Camperdown, on Tuesday. A huge stone weighing several tons was being hoisted to its…
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Workers' Accidents. Zam-Buk Needed to Prevent Blood-Poison and Skin Disease
Every worker should always keep a pot of Zam-Buk. within easy reach. Cuts and bruises are a daily occurrence, and unless they are dressed with…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fatal Swimming Accident. (By Telegraph.) Sydney
John Percy Smith, 22, clerk, residing at Centennial Park, was swimming at Bondi this morning. While diving into the ocean he struck…
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Another railway accident occurred this morning. It appears that the melbounre Express from Sydney was approcahing Harden Station whon the driver slowed down…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Serious Railway Accident. Auckland (N.z.)
A train, consisting of a number of open trucks and an ordinary passenger car, left the rails on the Teringaomotu Timber Company's line, to-day. The trucks, which were…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Motor Fatality. Several Persons Also Injured
Just after the Metropolitan Fire Brigade had finished its usual weekly demonstration. In Victoria Parade, Melbourne, a serious accident occurred, one person being killed and…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Shocking Mine Fatality. a Man Killed
Golden Horseshoe Mine (W.A.) was the scene of a shocking accident, an Italian miner being blown to pieces. The victim was a single man, named Joseph Tuya,…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Collision in the Air. Galician Incident
A Vienna message, says an Austrian airman ascended at Przemysl in an endeavour to carry despatches to headquarters. Russian aeroplanes gave chase, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Drowned While Bathing. a Minister's Daughter
At Penguin, on Tuesday, shortly after noon, Miss Violet Ida Yeo, Miss Arnott, and Miss Sello Yeo, the latter a little girl, went in swimming on West Bench…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fatality Near Vacy. a Child's Death. Paterson
A serious driving accident occurred near Vacy last night. Mrs. F. Bush, accompanied by her only child, aged 11 weeks, and a little girl named Sansom, were driving from…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Shooting at Ultimo. Woman Seriously Injured
Alice Burcham, 84 years of ago, a widow, living in Wattle-street, Ultimo, was seriously wounded on Friday afternoon. Mrs. Burcham had been hanging out…
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Another railway accident occurred near Harden railway station yesterday (Friday) morning. The Melbourne Express, which left Sydney on Thursday night, struck a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Accident in New Zealand. (By Cable.) Wellington,N.Z
An accident occurred on the Te Ringamotu Timber Company's railway line to-day. A train consisting of a number of oat…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Drowned at Narooma
Miss Lua Hoolingdale, while bathing at Narooma yesterday, suddenly got out of her depth, and was drowned before assistance could reach her. Deceased was the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Thirroul Surf Fatality. Mistake with Life Link
News was received by the Wollonsong police on Sunday night that the surf at Thirroul had claimed another victim on Sunday morning…
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A cable message received at Manila from Egypt reports a sensational accident, which happened to Trooper Norman Veness, son of Mr.W. Veness, son of Mr. W. Veness, of that town. He slipped…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Seaman Drowned. Newcastle
The water police this morning recovered the body of a seaman named Cooper, who fell overboard from the steamer Wallaston last night, and in falling sustained fatal…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Gun Accident
While a party of young men was out fishing and shooting at Aberglasslyn to-day, one of the number, Francis J. beatty, son of Mr. J.C. Beatty, of Homeville, met with a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Accident at Showground
Unfortunately, the sports at the show-ground yesterday did not pass off without accident. During the progress of the maiden hunters' jump, a horse ridden by…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →German Commander. Killed by an Accident. Amsterdam, Jan. 28
The "Courant" says Colonel von Seyde-brack, commander of the German South-west African troops, has died from wounds caused by the explosion of a hand-grenade which he…
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