Fatality at Abermain. Miner Killed. Abermain
Benjamin John, 29 years of age, a miner, was killed by a fall of coal in Abermain Collery at about four o'clock yesterday afternoon…
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Abermain Fatality
The district coroner, Mr. G. Brown, opened an inquest at Abermain yesterday concerning the death of Benjamin John, who was killed by a fall of cont in Abermain colliery…
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Benjamin John, aged 29, was killed in Abermain Colliery on Tuesday afternoon. Deceased and his brother, William John, with several others, had…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →News by Wire. Bathing Fatality Sydney
Two brothers, Kenneth White and Stanley White, aged respectively 14 and 11 years, left home yesterday afternoon for a bathe in Narrabeen Lake, but not returning home…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fatality at Abermain. Miner Killed. Abermain
Benjamin John, 29 years of age, a miner, was killed by a fall of coal, in Abermain Colliery at about four o'clock yesterday afternoon…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Submarine War Passenger Ship Sunk No Warning Given. Many Passengers Injured. (Australian Cable Assn. Message.)
Washington, Thursday.—Mr Frost, American Consul at Queenstown, reports that the Anchor liner California, of 8869 tous, was sunk while proceeding from…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Motor Capsize. Accident at Swansea
A tyre of a motor car carrying a party of five persons blew out at Swansea on Sunday afternoon, with the result that the car was overturned and the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Serious Accident to Boy
About 7 o'clock on Saturday. evening, Clarence. Cornell, 8 years of Mr. H. Cornell, stationmaster at High-street station, met with a serious accident. He was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Painful Accident
While Mr. Joe Furniss was driving Mr. Alex. Bourke's butcher cart on Wednesday, at the top of High-street, East Maitland, a calf jumped in front of the horse, giving it…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Accident to Fire Engine
About 4.30 o'clock on Saturday afternoon the firchell at the East Maitland Fire Station rang, a call having been received from the tramp loop. Simultaneously…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Nasty Bicycle Accident
Miss Florrie Kay, assistant teacher at St. Ethel's Public School, met with a nasty accident yesterday afternoon as a result of which she received a severe cut on the head and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Abermain Colliery Fatality. Coroner's Inquiry
The district coroner, Mr. G. Brown, conducted an inquest at the Abermain Hotel yesterday concerning the death of Benjamin John, who was killed in the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire Panic in Sydney. Film Catches Fire. One Killed, Many Injured
A picture film fire, followed by a stampede, took place at the Boys' Brigade Hall, situated at the corner of Riley and Arthur streets, Surry Hills, last night. It appears that…
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A message from Gillgandra on Tuesday stated that a chapter of accidents occurred there the previous day, three of them within a radius of a hundred yards. A truck…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire Engine Accident
The Car which towed the disabled fire engine home after the accident on Saturday afternoon, belonged to Mr. J. J. Ernst, and was not from one of the garages as stated…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Motor Capsize. Accident at Swansea
A tyre of a motor car carrying a party of five persons blew out at Swansea on Sunday afternoon, with the result that the car was overturned and the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Boat Overturned. Two Men Drowned
A small fishing party of three were sailing home from a fishing ground oil Williamstown (Vic.) on, Sunday, when half-way between Williamstown and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bathing Tragedy. Father, Son, and Daughter Drowned
A drowning tragedy took place at Red Rock, on the M'Intyre River, two miles below Inverell, on Sunday. A family named Handshaw visited the locality for a picnic…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Motor Accident
The little girl, Irene Kennedy daughter of Constable Kennedy who was knocked down by a motor car on the Long Bridge, yesterday, is making satisfactory progress towards…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Motor Accident
The little girl, Irene Kennedy, who was injured in a motor accident on the Long Bridge on Monday, continues to make satisfactory progress towards recovery. In…
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