A Chapter of Accidents. Including Fatalities. Victims Mainly Children. SYDNEY
A motor accident at Killara last evening resulted in the death of Frederick Byron, motor driver, of Chatswood, and injury to James…
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Drowning Fatality at Hay. Magisterial Inquiry
The deputy coroner, Mr. J. Johnston, held an inquiry on Monday and Wednesday evening as to the cause of death of John Power, whose dead…
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What must be the luck [?] that on record occurred when a [?] tailor fell co[?] and [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Serious Wood-chopping Accident. Competitor Loses His Leg
At Bowraville, during a wood-chopping contest, Stanley Apelby severed the sinews and nearly cut through the shinbone of his leg, when his axe…
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A large motor lorry, laden with 34 bales of wool was proceeding up Pitt street at nine o'clock. Crossing Bridge-street, over 20 of the bales fell off…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Tram Accident
John McCarthy, 32, of Long Bay, was boarding a tram in motion at the corner of King and Elizabeth streets this evening, when he fell under the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fearful Car Accident. a Motorist Incinerated
While motoring along 52 miles from Longreach, on Tuesday, James Swan was burnt to death through his car crashing into a tree, and rendering…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sad Ocean Accident. At "Crossing the Line" Celebration
During the voyage of the steamer Ceramic to Australia, the "crossing the line' 'festivities were marred by a serious accident. A man passenger…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fatal Accident on Kooba. Former Hay Resident Killed
At Leeton a prominent union official, Rupert Flynn, 25, was working a tractor on Kooba Station, when the machine reared and fell on him…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fatal Lift Accident
Yesterday a youth about 15 was horribly crushed between a lift and the wall at the Central Railway Station, by the lift being jammed on…
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In a collision between two trams, at Neutral Bay, late yesterday evening, six women were injured…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →George Street Fatality. Woman Killed by Motor
Mrs. Hourigan, 33, was struck by a motor lorry in George-street to-day and killed instantly…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fatal Accident at Melbourne Railway Station
A woman, supposed to be Mrs. Baldwin, fell off the staion platform at Prahran, last night, and was killed instantly by an Incoming train…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fatal Riding Accident. Hunter River Resident Killed
A Scone message states that Mr. Stuart Camlpbell, a prominent Upper Hunter resident, was thrown from his horse and killed instantly. The…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Cat Causes Fatal Gun Accident
A Maryborough (Q.) telegram says that, annoyed by a cat, Reginald Wigill, 56, married, procured a gun, intending to shoot it. While getting…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Latest Telegrams. South Australian Accidents. Cyclist Killed and Two Sisters Drowned. SYDNEY, Monday Night
J. Harris and Kenneth Brake, two young men, using a new motor cycle and side car, went over an embankment at Kanmanto, South Australia,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motor Collision. Action for Damages
A sequel to the collision on the Deniliquin. Hay road on May 31 last between a motor car and a motor track, at a result of which a jockey named Thomas Bradley…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Hay Road Motor Fatality. Claim for Damages. Verdict for £137/10/2
A claim for £300 damages to a motor car, and loss of hire, etc., arising out of a collision on Hay road, near Booroorban, on May 31,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Goulburn Railway Accident. Fatality in the Shunting Yard
Stanley Emmerton, aged 45, while shunting at the Goulburn railway yards yesterday, was fatally crushed between the buffers. He leaves a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Melbourne Boxing Fatality. The Inquiry
At Melbourne the inquest on Jack Dunstan, who died after a boxing contest, was held to-day. Max Gornice who was Dunstan's opponent, said…
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