Drowned in the Murray
On Friday afternoon a number of boys, ranging in age from eight to twelve years, were bathing at a sandbank just above Echuca wharf, when…
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Boating Fataliy. Two Men Drowned
A booting fatality, which involved the loss of the lives of William Parsons, aged 26, an hotelkeaper, and Alexander M'Gorm, aged 22, occurred in the Port Adelaide…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway Collision. Twenty-five Passengers Killed. London, December 28
The mistake of a signalman in allowing an express train on the same road as that on which a goods train was travelling in Canads resulted in a serious disaster, involving heavy…
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A man named Richard Walsh fell over the cliffs at Rosey Gullies, South Head, on Friday afternoon. He dropped a distance of 250ft. to the rocks below, and was…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →Victims of a Thrashing Machine. Two Men Injured
On Wednesday afternoon a man named Angus M'Kinnon, who was taking a thrashing machine, belonging to Mr. Johnston, of Pine-lodge, to Greta, while on the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sad Fatality at Benerembah. a Boy Drowned. Darlington Point
A boy named William Neil Jackson, aged 7 years, son of Mr. A. M. Jackson, bookkeeper at Benerembah, was accidently drowned in the…
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A young man named Patrick Foley aged 28 years, met his death by drowning in the Murray near Mr. Peter Magulre's farm, at Bremin,…
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Robert Smart, fur., of Gooramadsa, near Chiltern, died in the Wangaratta Hospital on Saturday last, from the result of an accident…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sad Bathing Fatality. Two Youths Drowned
A report was circulated in Frankston, Victoria, shortly after midday on Monday, that two voting men, named Bert Lavers, aged 19, and Herbert Sissons, also 19 years…
Continued on Trove, page 38 →Sad Seaside Fatality. Three Persons Drowned
Captain Joseph Dallimore, who returned from South Africa about three months ago, together with his brother Frank and a man named Thomas Wilson, were drowned…
Continued on Trove, page 38 →Injured by an Explosion. Sydney
An explosion of spirit vapour occurred at a varnish factory at Waterloo to-day, causing the premises in be almost totally destroyed by fire. A workman named…
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An old man named Arthur Griffith, residing near the Bulli Pass, was, with his niece, walking on the line near Thirronl, when a train from Wollongong approached…
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The serious accident with a thrashing machine which occured near Benalla has had a fatal termination, the sufferer succumbing to his injuries in the Wangaratta…
Continued on Trove, page 29 →Shooting Accident
A rather serious shooting accident occurred at Currawarna on New Year's morning, whereby Mr. A. A. Dennis, a home stead selector, received painful injuries…
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A sad shooting fatality occurred at Springhurst on Sunday. A youth named John Patrick Mayer, aged 8 1/2 years, with his brother Matthew, aged 17, John…
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William McKerthan, aged 12, while playing with an old ride at Tenterfield to-day, accidentally shot his brother who was standing near a doorway. The…
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[?]luster Ramsay Piggin, son of Mr. A. A. Piggin, had a narrow escape from sudden death on Tuesday last. He, with some companions, was…
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What might have been a serious accident happened to Mr. J. Head, manager of Sunnyside Vineyard, yesterday morning. He went out with…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Shocking Burning Fatality. Mother and Three Children
A mother and her three children were burned to death in a fire which occurred at Nudgee, near Brisbane, on Saturday night. At the time the fire broke out the…
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An accident occurred yesterday morning to a boy named Ernest Smithers, 14 years of age, living in Thurgoona-street, Albury. He tell from the top of a plum tree 15ft…
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