Drowning a Shark. Fight Off the Heads
A thrilling fight between a number of sharks and a fishing party was witnessed from South Head on Sunday morning. The fishermen left Watson's Bay early…
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Drown[?] Fatality. Berrigan Boy the Victim
Widespread regret was expressed when the sad intelligence reached Berrigan on Tuesday last that Hector Ratcliffe, aged 17 years, the eldest…
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A sad drowuing fatality occurred in the vicinity of Cobram on Tuesday morning, the victim being a lad named Hecter Ratcliff, aged 16…
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Two bathing fatalities took place at Echuca on Wednesday. A boy named Norman Ferguson, aged 12, was drowned at a picnic party. At…
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A treble drowning falality occurred in the Murray, about a mille from Ryan's, near Swan Hill, on Tuesday afternoon, the [?]…
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On Tuesday afternoon it was reported to he Wagga police station that a youth named Thomas Hodge had been drowned in the Murrumbidgee River near the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bathing Fatality at Wagga
About 2.30 on Tuesday it was reported to the "Wagga Police Station that a youth named Thomas Hodge had been drowned; in the Murrumbidgee River near the…
Continued on Trove, page 23 →Mailman Drowned in Dam. Darwin
This morning the mystery surrounding the disappearance of James Charles Smith formerly mailman at Darwin, was cleared up by the discovery of his body floating…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fatal Collision with Motor Ambulance Melbourne
Yesterday afternoon Richard Kavanagh, driver of a St. John ambulance conveying an influenza patient to the Melbourne Hospital, in attempting to avoil a cyclist…
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A fatality occurred at the home of Mr. [?]d Mrs. J A. Hanney, Morgan street, Wagga, on Sunday morning, their youngest child, Dorothy Isabel, aged I year and…
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A sad fatality occurred at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Hanney, Wagga, on Sunday morning, their youngest child, Dorothy Isabel, aged 1 year and 10…
Continued on Trove, page 31 →Motor Accidents at Benalla
Shortly after 6 p.m. on Saturday a motor cycle accident happened on Melbourne road, about a mile from Benalla, JOhn Scholes, of Messrs Watts, Turnbull…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Boy Dragged by Pony Fatality at Williamstown. Melbourne
Harry Victor Canvert, aged 8, living with his parents at 18 College street, North Williamstown, was fatally injured last night. He was taking a black pony,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Workmen’s Compensation Act, 1916. Returns As to Accidents
The attention of employers of labor is drawn to certain obligations which fall upon them at this time of the year by reason of directions…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Two Drowning Fatalities
On Sunday last a drowning fatality occurred in the Kiewa River, at Kiewa, the victim being William Alexander Buchanan, a young man, who upon coming out from…
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Mrs. Miles hung over the garden wall and watched Mrs. Wiles administer a good starpping to her son and heir. "What's up?" asked Mrs. Miles…
Continued on Trove, page 43 →Gun Accident
A lad named Oswald The[?], aged 13, who resides at Howlong, was admitted to the Albury Hospital last week-end, suffering from a gunshot…
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James Lee, married, 61 years of age, residing at Footscray, was rescued from the river near Spencer street ferry this afternoon. The ferryman, William John…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Tragic End of a Well-known Bethanga Grazier Mr. Kenneth Evans Found Drowned
The disappearance of Mr. Kenneth Evans, a highly respected and well-known grazier at the junction of the Mitta and Murray Rivers, from his home, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Death of a School Girl Accidentally Shot. Sydney
A verdict of accidental death was recorded at the inquiry concerning the death of a school girl, named Fannie Howard, who was shot through the head at the…
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