Ayrfield Colliery Fatality. Coroner's Verdict
An inquest concerning the death of Edward Killer, 21, who met his loath at Ayrfield Colliery on Monday last, when he fell down a shaft, was…
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Five Injured. Car Accident Near East Greta. Crash Into Fence
When returning from Kurri Kurri about midnight last night, a motor car crashed into a fence near East Greta, and the five occupants were…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Drowned in Bath. Death of Sydney Artist. Sydney
George Augustine Taylor, a well-known man about town, was accidentally drowned in his bath at his residence, Loftus-street, this morning…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sydney Boy's Grit Injured While Delivering Message
An incident, illustrating the spirit and grit with which many young Australians are imbued is recorded of a young lad employed by a Sydney firm…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Girder Falls. Three Men Injured. Sydney
Three men were injured when the hook of a crane, carrying a girder weighing 12 and a half tons, broke at Chullora railway workshop this…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Run Down by Train. Man Severely Injured at Redfern. Sydney
Walter Sommerville, 44, was knocked down by a passing train at Redfern railway station this morning, and thrown between the rails…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Motoring Party's Sensational Experience Wild Dash Over Embankment in Dead of Night. Passengers All More or Less Seriously Injured
When a motor car cashed through a fence and cropped over an embankment of about 10 feet on the Kurri-Maitland road near East Gre[?], about 1.10 a.m. this morning, five passengers in the car were more or less seriously injured…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Accidents. Fall From a Tree. Boy Sustains Serious Injuries
Keith Gardiner (13), son of Mrs, N. Gardiner, of Newcastle and formerly of Muswellbrook, met with a serious accident on Wednesday morning, when he…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Car Overturns. Ex-Cessnock Resident Has Accident
Mr. M. Moon, manager of New Greta Colliery, and formerly under-manager at Aberdare Extended, his wife and seven years old son had…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mine Accident
[?] O’Keefe, [?] residing at Ann Street, Cessnock, and employed at Aberdare Central Colliery, was crushed between two skips while at work…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Youth Drowned. Fatality Near Warren
Vincent Coram, 19, of Narromine, was drowned in the Macquarie River near warren, He and a mate had been fishing, when it was decided…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Recent Shooting Fatality
James McLean Henderson, aged nine years, who was accidentally shot with fatal results near Singleton on the 14th instant, was the only…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fatality at Adelaide
Fraser Home aged 18, a prefect of Scitch College, dived into shallow water In the Victor harbour baths. Adelaide. on Saturday…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Crossing Fatality. Motor Driver Killed
Lawrence Lloyd Buckley, a well known farmer of Beni, near Dubbo, was killed when a motor lorry, which he was driving was struck by the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Telephonist Injured Lightning Strikes Lines
A telephonist attached to the staff of the Wagga exchange had a narrow escape from Instant death. Miss Jean Drummond, was seated…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Train Strikes Car. Clergyman Seriously Injured
A train collided with a motor car at the Rongotea—Longburn crossing, near Palmerston North, (N.Z.), and the Rev. Walter Spencer Tremain, a…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Touched Live Wire. Plumber Seriously Injured
Frederick Sanders, aged 19 years, a plumber, of Lane Cove, was severely Injured, when his body came into contact with a live wire on the roof…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Seriously Injured Fell From Moving Train
When a train was pulling Into Hornsby railway station last night, Robert Johnson (44), whose address Is unknown, endeavoured to jump off…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Death of Edward Killer. Ayrfield Fatality. Evidence at Inquest
An inquest into the circumstances surounding the death of Edward Killer, a wheeler, who was killed at Ayrfield Colliery in January 16,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Gelignite Explosion Fatality at Martin's Creek Powder Monkey Killed
At 5.20 o'clook on Wednesday at ternoon, William George Howard, 36, an assistant powder monkey, was killed in an explosion at the…
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