Drowning Fatality
A sad drowning fatality occurred on 26th ult, on the Blackdown Estate, Bathurst, when two hoys, Graham Lionel Gilmour, 9, son of Mr. R. L. Gilmour, of Blackdown, and John…
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Terrible Riding Fatality
On Saturday evening a man named Michael O'Halloran, who was engaged on Mr. M[?]thorp's threshing-machine, was returning home from Rutherglen on horseback, and…
Continued on Trove, page 28 →Tragedy at Port Melbourne. Mother and Four Children Drowned
The seafaring community of Port Melbourne was startled on Friday morning by the tidings of a terrible tragedy, which occurred in the bay a few hours previously…
Continued on Trove, page 25 →Sensational Buggy Accident. a Plucky Mother
A sensational accident, in which Mrs. O'Brien, a Ballarat resident, had a very painful experience, happened at Meredith on Tuesday afternoon. With her four…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Shooting Accident
A serious shooting accident occurred on Boxing Day in the Scarsdale district. Three boys, named John Richards (17), W. Bennett (18), and J. Sparks (17), were proceeding on a…
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Mr. C. O. Tebbutt, the well known cyclist, has met with a serious accident. He was manipulating a sparklet, and probably through having a little too much water in the bottle it…
Continued on Trove, page 29 →Fatal Accident
An accident, which resulted in the death of the person injured, occurred last week on the railway, near the Eveleigh workshops. The victim was a man of about middle-age, and…
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"When an epidemic of mishaps of one particular kind breaks out, it always pays a company to inquire well into the circumstances," declared…
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On Friday Mr F. W. Garstang received information from the Moulamein police of the accidental drowning in the Billabong of Harry Mertz, 7…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Four Men Drowned. a Boat Upset
The W. A. Chief Commissioner of Police has received an official telegram to the effect that a boat containing nine men was upset off the mouth of the Denmark River…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Boating fatality Near Albany. Four Lives Lost. Perth
A painful sensation was caused at Albany yesterday, when intelligence was received from Wilson's Inlet of a boating fatality, in which four lives were lost. The victims…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Burning Accident
Neighbours were farmed by hearing agonising screams proceeding from a small dwelling in North Broken Hill, and on proceeding to investigate they found that Mrs…
Continued on Trove, page 29 →Accident at Jindera
Mr P. Gorman was thrown from his horse on Wednesday, and up to last reports was still unconscious…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →Shocking Riding Accident
A shocking accident happened near Rosebrook (Vic.) A young man named Neil Ferguson was riding with a young lady to a ball at Brimpaen, when the horse,…
Continued on Trove, page 28 →Accidents at Forbes
Several accidents—three of which resulted fatally—occurred at Forbes during the holidays. On Boxing day a youth named Black was accidentally shot with a…
Continued on Trove, page 28 →Exciting Vehicle Accident
Miss M'Manus, eldest daughter of Mr. Bernard M'Manus, farmer, of Pimpinio (Vic), was the victim of a painful accident while driving near her father's farm…
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The death occurred in the Children's Hospital, Melbourne, on 2nd inst,, of a child four years of age, named William Doveton Taylor, whose case has created a…
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A peculiar shooting incident occurred last week at Deniliquin. Some boys, including Leslie Greenwell, a son of the waterworks engineer, and Fred Mitchell…
Continued on Trove, page 28 →Sad Drowning Case
A sad drowning case was brought to light at Ballarat on 9th inst., when the bodies of two girls, Effie Hill and Lizzie Davis, aged 11 and 12 years respectively…
Continued on Trove, page 28 →Narrow Escapes from Drowning
An exciting incident occurred on Tuesday at the Brighton Baths, Lady Robinson's Beach. A young man named Alexander Imlay, of Redfern-street, Redfern, had a…
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