Drowning Fatality Narrowly Averted at Finley
A drowning fatality was narrowly averted at Finley during the week. Several bathers were in swimming, when Mrs. H. Matthews was caught…
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Finley Motor Collision
The inquiry into the death of Miss [?], which was to have been held on Monday, has been postponed untill next Monday, 19th inst. The…
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William Gennison Pearce, aged 14 years, son of Mr. William Pearce, vigneron, of Crumplehorn, Wahgunyah (Vic), was drowned in the Sunday…
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Going to the rescue of their sister, Leila Walker, 23 years, of Earl-street, Windsor, who had been carried out into deep water on an inflated motor…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Railway Fatality at Wodonga Verdict of Accidental Death
Touching the death of Norman Henry Aitkin, an inquest was held at Wodonga on 12th inst. Mr. J. Whan, J.P. deputy coroner, presided…
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Two young Walhalla residents were drowned in the Thomson River at Cooper's Creek on Thursday. A party of five, comprising Mrs. Martin Elliott…
Continued on Trove, page 26 →Funeral of Drowning Victim at Wahgunyah
The funeral of William Pearce, 14 years of age, the victim of a sad drowning fatality on Saturday afternoon last, was held on Monday, at…
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Tributes to the gallantry of J. W. Kerr in attempting to rescue Herbert Roy Seebohm, who was drowned while fishing from a boat at…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Peculiar Accident. Four Men Terribly Injured. BRISBANE
Four men were injured when a nail was driven into a box containing a hundred detonators, which exploded it. One man had his face blown off;…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Motor Fatality at Sylvan. Husband Accidentally Backs Lorry Over His Wife. MELBOURNE, Wednesday Night
Charles Knoll was unwittingly the cause of his wife's death at Sylvan, last night. He was backing his loaded motor lorry into the garage while…
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Edward Lechmere, aged 130 years, was crushed to death when two of the wheels of ,a lorry carrying about 3 tons of hay passed over his body…
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THE DEATH occurred in [?]ad circumstances on Wednesday of a young man named Edward Le chemer[?], a well-known resident of Walla Walla. He was bringing in load of hay with a five-horse team, from Mr. W. Grock's farm, on the G[?]rogo[?]ry road, to the Walla…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Aeroplane on Fire Pilot and Passenger Injured
Although their Gipsy Moth aeroplane crashed, burst into flame, and was destroyed at Griffith last week, Mr. Walter Lyell, the pilot, and his…
Continued on Trove, page 28 →Motor Accidents Compulsory Insurance
Victorian Ministers are again investigating the suggestion that the insurance of motor ears against third party claims should be made…
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A frightful fatality occurred on Friday on the farm of Mr. Thomas Ryan, at Midkin, near Narandera, resulting in the death of his son,…
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William 3. Fraser, carpenter, was admitted to the Deniliquin Hospital on Saturday afternoon in an unconscious condition suffering from concussion…
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Four persons were killed in a motor car accident at Hepburn Springs (V.) on Saturday, when a car plunged into a wash away at the foot of a steep hill…
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A shocking accident occurred at Narandera late on Friday afternoon on Mr. T. Ryan's farm. His son Michael, aged 5 years…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Mother's Sacrifice. Drowned While Trying to Save Her Little Son. MELBOURNE
Mrs. Rebecca White (30) was drowned in the Merri Creek, Victoria, while endeavoring to rescue her 12-year-old son, who had fallen into the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Culcairn Tragedy. Station Hand Drowned in Dam His Association with Woman Car Driver a Verdict of Suicide
On Tuesday the coroner inquired at culcairn into the death of Ernest vale, 39 year, a station hand, whose body was found in a…
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