Tragedy of the Surf. Six Persons Drowned. Perth
At Scarborough Beach, near Perth, yesterday, a girl named Kathleen German, whilst bathing, got Into difflcuitles in the water, which was over her depth. Others…
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Accidents, 1917
437 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 1 of 22
Two Girls Drowned. Bodies Recovered
WINGHAM, Tuesday.—Two girls were drowned in the Manning River yesterday. While their mother and father were fishing from a boat, the…
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The Liverpool liner Alondra struck rocks on the Baltimore coast. Fourteen persons were drowned. The survivors had terrible sufferings, great…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Queensland Floods. Tragedy at Clermont. Several People Drowned. Houses Swept Away. Brisbane
The cyclonic weather which has been raging in Northern and Central Queensland for some time past, has been responsible for a dreadful disaster, but…
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A boating fatality occurred at the Outer Harbour, Port Adelaide, yesterday, when four young men—Stephen and Arthur Duke, Otto Surman, and Alfred Anderson…
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Consequent on a report by Mr. Rae, of Smith Street, North Waratah, as to the supposed death by drowning of his son. Arthur Rae, 20 years of age,…
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Peter Danaher, a resident of Maitland Road, North Stockton, was taken to Newcastle Hospital this morning from his employment at the stoel…
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Arthur Rae, aged 20 years, a cleaner, employed at the Hamilton locomotive sheds, and who lived with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Rae, of Smith-street…
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Clara Kelly, aged 10 years, an orphan, at the Bishop Murray Memorial Orphanage, Went Maitland, was drowned at Spears' Point yesterday in the bathing…
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During the luncheon hour to-day Visitor Nelson. wardsman at the Newcastle District Hospital, met with an accident throughout jumping from a…
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On Wednesday Clara Blackett, an orphan at the Bishop Murray Memorial Orphanage, Campbell's Hill, West Maitland, was taken to Speer's Point…
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At the Newcastle Courthouse this morning, the District. Coroner, Mr. Chas. Hibble, J.P., held an inquest, as to the death of James Arthur Rae,…
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A serious accident happened in the Hebburn Colliery yesterday, at about two o'clock p.m., when a young man named Stanley Knee was injured by a fall of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Ocean Baths Fatality. Evidence at the Inquest
Mr. C. Hibble, the district coroner, held an inquest at the Newcastle Courthouse yesterday, concerning the death of James Arthur Rae, the young man whose body…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →British Railway Accident. London
Eleven persons were killed and 40 injured in an accident. A crowded Edinburgh passenger train crashed into a light engine near Rathe station, between…
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SYDNEY, Saturday.—As the result of a motor accident which occurred at Newtown this morning, a nine year-old boy was killed, and another…
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An inquest was held by Mr. Chas. Hibble, District Coroner, at Newcastle Court-house, this morning as to the cause ofdeath of Alice Plackett,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Melbourne Tram Accident. Many People Injured. Melbourne
Owing to the failure of the brakes, an electric tramear, which was travelling down hill from Burwood to Melbourne, became partially derailed at the loon…
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The Commissioner of Police has received a telegram from Hughenden, reporting the drowning of five members of the Jenkinson family at Torna Valley, the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fall of Goal. One Man Killed, Another Injured. Accident At[?]south Greta
At nine o'clock this morning a fall of coal occurred in the South Greta colliery as a remit of which John William. aged about 50, a married…
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