Double Fatality Two Men Drowned Boat Sinks in Lagoon
Watson Taylor (51) and John Terrick (42), two half-caste residents of Moona-cullah mission station, about 25 miles west of Deniliquin, were drowned in…
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Twenty Coreans Drowned. Overloaded Ferry Capsizes. TOKIO
Twenty-eight Coreans were drowned when an overloaded ferry capsized yesterday in the Tomatko River…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Victim of Temora Air Fatality Brother of Mrs. C. Walker
One of the shocking air fatality at Temora, on Tuesday last, Mr. John Andrew Geddes, the pilot, is a brother of Mrs. Chas, Walker, of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Boating Accident on Saturday. Two Men's Narrow Escape
There was another boating mishap on Saturday afternoon a short distance upstream from Hay, which could easily have had serious results. Mr. Jack…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Drowning Fatality Body Recovered
The body of John Charles Deverall, who was drowned in the Billabong Creek on the evening of Friday, 3rd inst., was found on…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Morago Drowning Evidence at Inquest
An inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the drowning of Watson Taylor and John Terrick, in a lagoon off the Edward River, at Old Morago…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Tragic Storm in Poland. Eighteen Killed; 300 Injured. Thousands of Homes Demolished. WARSAW
Eighteen were killed, 300 were injured, thousands of homes were demolished, buildings were blown down and trees uprooted in a terrific storm…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Two Fatal Motor Accidents. On Ballarat Road. MELBOURNE, Friday Noon
Within a quarter of an hour of each other, two well-known residents of Melton, Victoria, both justices of the peace, were killed in motor accidents…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Dancer Injured in Ballroom Accident
On Tuesday morning, during the progress of a dance in St. Patrick's Hall, Albury. a remarkable accident happened to a Holbrook…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Drowned in Flood Man Washed Out of Jinker
All low-lying land around Mildura is flooded, the Murray River on Sunday being 4ft. above the critical stage, and rising. At Merbein George…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Big Tanks Explode Two Chemists Fatally Injured
Following an outbreak of fire in a benzol refinery at the works of the Staffordshire Chemical Co. at Chatterley, Stoke-on-Trent, two 2000 gallon…
Continued on Trove, page 34 →Accident Averted by Railway Porter SYDNEY, Thursday Night
A woman was saved from being cut to pieces by a train at Lidcombe station, by the prompt action of porter Scott. The woman walked along the platform, waited…
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A man named Patrick Russell, aged 59, was found drowned in shallow water by the side of the road at Boorhaman, on Saturday morning. He…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Three Men Injured Lorry Skids and Falls Over Bank. SYDNEY, Tuesday Noon
When a lorry skidded on the wet surface of a road and plunged over an embankment, falling a distance of thirty or forty feet, at Gosford,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Peculiar Accident in Switzerland. Boulder Knocks Engine Off Line. Driver Killed ; Passengers Miraculously Escape. BASLE
Loosened by a tropical downpour, a huge boulder was hurtled a thousand feet, and hit the engine of the St. Moritz train, knocking it to the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fatal Accident at Cowes. Aboard the Royal Yacht. SYDNEY
While the King was aboard the Royal yacht, Brittania, at Cowes regatta, a wave washed overboard and drowned the second mate, despite…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Accident to Alex. Bishop
Whilst working at Balldale on Monday morning Alex. Bishop, captain of the Balldale Football team, met with a mishap, which resulted…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Terrible Level Crossing Accident Five Children Killed. Perth
A terrible level-crossing accident occurred to-day, five schoolchildren being killed and twelve injured. The children were travelling to school in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fatal Car Accident. Collision with a Culvert. SYDNEY
John Edward Sims, who had been trapping rabbits during the past lew weeks, was killed instantly yesterday when a car he was driving collided…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Two Boys Drowned in Waterhole. Sydney
James Ernest Williamson and Rex Manton Breakspear, both aged 7 years, of Balfour-street, Kogarah, were drowned in a waterhole in Blake's…
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