Railway Smash. Workman Injured and Rolling Stock Damaged
On Wednesday morning tho Forbes mail train dashed into two trucks pud ant empty carriage at the Bathurst Railway Station, with the result that Harry Humphries, a…
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Two Brothers Drowned. at Ipswich
A double drowning accident occurred in the Bremer River at a part known as the Basin, below the Queensland Woollon Manufacturing Co.'s mills on Saturday…
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Mr. Joseph Richard Black, a well-known resident of Cessnock, was killed on the road way at Heddon-Greta at about 4 o'clock on Friday afternoon. Deceased was driving a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Heddon-greta Fatality Inquest at Kurri Kurri
The district coroner, Mr. G. Brown, conducted an inquest at the Kurri Courthouse yesterday concerning the death of Joseph Richard Black, a fruiterer, of Cessnock, who…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Little Boy's Painful Accident. Illness of Mrs. Creese
The five-year-old son of Mr. P. Baxter, of Lorn, met with a painful accident on Wednesday, when he fell and bit his tongue so [?] that it was feared he would bleed The many friends of Mrs. Creese, eldest daughter of Lieut.-Col. Nicholson, M.L.A., will learn with regret that she was taken suddenly and seriously ill this morning…
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Richard Cavill, a well-known resident of Kurri Kurri died in the Kurri Hospital at about 5 o'clock last evening as the result of injuries received at about midday…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Stabbing Case. Ex-champion Boxer Injured
Mr. W. Squires, ex-heavyweight champion boxer, was the victim of a savage assault in Hunter-street, Newcastle, shortly after six o'clock on Friday evening…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Aeroplane Raid. Attack on East London. Over 80 Killed, 400 Injured
London, Wednesday Night.—Another German raid has taken place. The official report says: Bombs were first dropped on the outskirts of East…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Accident at Wailsend
Two little girls, Winifred Heydon, seven years of age living with her mother at Hannah Street, Plattsburg, and whose father is on active…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Police Court. Thursday, June 14th. (Before Mr R. H V. Allnutt, Pm. "Guilty by Accident."
Charles Samphier, a young man, wearing the Returned Soldiers' badge, when asked how he pleaded to a charge of having assaulted a lad named Reginald…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Kurri Fatality. Coroner's Inquest
The district coroner, Mr. G. Brown, held an inquest at the Kurri Courthouse on Saturday concerning the death of Richard Cavill a greengrocer, who died in the Kurri…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Accident Insurance. Privy Council Judgement
The Premier of Queensland, referring to the judgement of the Privy Council, upholding the Government's monopoly in regard to accident Insurance, said the judgment…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Motor Collision. Alleged Negligence Charged
The sensational motor collision which occurred on the Maitland-Cessnock road on the 10th instant was the subject of proceedings at the Maitland Police Court…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Hexham Railway Fatality
Mr. C. Hibble conducted an in quest at the Newcastle Court House on Monday in regard to the death of Murdock McLean, who was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fatal Collision. Mr. Samuel Hamer Killed
A sad fatality occurred at Lorn this morning, at 7.15 o'clock, Mr. Samuel Edward Hamer, employed as a foreman by the Water and Sewerage Board, meeting with injuries of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →ELECTROCUTED. Broken Hill Fatality. Three Men Injured. (By Telegraph.) Sydney
A man named John Edwards, aged 51, was killed by an electric current while using a dismantling slime settler on the surface at Broken Hill…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Accident Insurance. Privy Council Judgement
The Premier of Queensland referring to the judgment of the Privy Council upholding the Government's monopoly in regard to accident insurance, said the judgment…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Accident
Samuel Dyson, [?] at Kitchener, near Cessnock, had a narrow escape from meeting with fatal injuries in a railway accident at Abermain on Saturday…
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A shocking accident occurred in William-street, Sydney at 10.15 last night resulting in the death of a woman and the destruction of a motor car and damage to a tram…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Taxi an Tram Collision. Sydney
At the police court, Bertram [?]vegrove was charged with having caused the death of Kathleen Whiteley, who died last night as the result of a collision between a tram and…
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