Partially Buried. Men in a Shaft. Two Men Injured
Five men, working 200 feet below the surface in a huge water supply shaft at Potts' Hill, on Friday afternoon narrowly escaped being…
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Gale on the Atlantic. Travellers Injured. New York, Aug. 27
The white Star liner Arabic has arrived with over 50 of the people on board injured through the terrific gale which has been raging on the…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Woy Death Trap Man Killed, Another Seriously Injured. (By Telegraph.) Sydney
Three men who set out from Melbourne a few weeks ago to walk to Brisbane had a frightful experience at Woy Woy this morning. One man was…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Peculiar Accident
A boy about twelve years of age, son of Mr. George Jeans, member of an old town family swallowed a two shilling piece on Wednesday, and was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Lorry Burned. Strange Accident
A strange accident occurred in the bush near Goulburn, a motor lorry belonging to Mr. Walter Gilbert, a Goulburn carrier, and a three-ton…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Youth Shot Mistaken for Wallaby Eyes Injured. BRISBANE
Four youths were wallaby shooting near Magnolia yesterday, when one, Thomas Hoyie, through dense undergrowth, saw what he believed to be…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Accident at Colliery
Sydney Ebrill (16), fell from a wire cable at Whitburn Colliery, on Saturday afternoon, at 4.30 o'clock, and fractured his left leg and arm…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Broken Limbs. Accidents at Newcastle
Stan Carry, 25, employed as a tally clerk at the Broken hill Proprietary Steelworks, sustained a compound fracture of the right log through being…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Motor Accidents Main Street Collision
Late on Saturday afternoon, two cars collided in Dowling street, Dungog, opposite Dr. Gilchrist's. One car, driven by Roy Shelton, was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bellbird Fatality Motor Cyclist Killed Well-Known Colliery Official
A distressing fatality occurred in the main street of Bellbird between 8.30 and 9 o'clock on Saturday morning, the victim being Mr. James…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Rector's Accident
To sec Dungog's fifteen-stone Rector (Rev. Carlos Stretch) riding his motor bike solo, is a peculiar sight, but he is lucky to be riding at all…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Miners' Accident Relief
In reply to Mr. O'Hearn, in the Legislative Assembly, Mr. Fitzpatrick, Minister for Mines, said the Miners' Accident Relief Fund had…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Ferry Steamers Collision at Neutral Bay. No Casualties Reported. SYDNEY
The ferry steamers Kosciusko and Kurraba collided this morning on Neutral Bay Wharf. The Kurraba had just left the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Coroner's Censure. Broken Hill Fatality
At an inquest concerning the death of Phillip Norman. Raynor, who died in hospital after falling from a sulky on August 23, the Coroner (Mr. G…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Improving Brakes. Causes of Accidents
A trifle over a year ago the Washington Bureau of Statistics declared that over 50 per cent, of the accidents in the United States, outside…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fatal Accident. Collision on Bellbird Road
James Durie a resident of Aberdare was fatally injured on Bellbird road Saturday, in a collision between a horse and dray and a motor bicycle…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Motor Fatality. Broadmeadow Boy Killed
William Ernest Reid aged 6 years who lived with his parents at Broad meadow was running across Broadmeadow-road in the direction of his…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Japanese Navy. Many Sailors Drowned. Tokio, Sept. 12
Many Japanese sailors were drowned this morning when two launches belonging to the flagship Nagato came into collision in the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Knocked Off Train Man Killed Instantly. Fatality Near Woy Woy
Three men who act out from Melbourne a few weeks ago to walk to Brisbane had a frightful experience at Woy Woy, on 5th inst., one of them…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Youth Shot Mistaken for Wallaby Eyes Injured. BRISBANE
Four youths were wallaby shooting near Magnolia yesterday, when one, Thomas Hoyie, through douse undergrowth, saw what he believed to be…
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