Workman Injured Cockle Creek Accident
While working at the new railway works at Cockle Creek to-day, William Bailey, 35 of King-street, Newcastle, had his foot badly crushed…
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Accidents, 1926
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Shooting Fatality Melbourne
Mable Irwin, 15, and James Stanton Hogarth, 15, were together in the kitchen of Hogarth's parents house at Warrandyte, when suddenly a pen rifle exploded, the…
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A ghastly accident occurred at a fair at Valencia, when a number of cars on a roundabout, shaped like aeroplanes, were thrown through the air, owing to…
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A terrific explosion occurred in the packing room of the Colonial Sugar Company's works, at Pyrmont, yesterday morning, with the result that five employees were…
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Motor cars figured in a number of accidents to-day, and in two cases people lost lives. Shortly before 10 o'clock this morning…
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A heron Jiving near the roadway struck a motor cyclist, piercing his cheek and ear. The cyclist teat found…
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Harry Cann, a young man son of Mr. William Cann, of Vacy, was found drowned at Vacy yesterday morning. Deceased was missing from his home yesterday…
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Mrs. Isabella Rowley, of Jesmond, one of the three victims of the motor car accident on the Newcastle-Maitland road, near Tarro, on Sunday afternoon, died in…
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The condition of the other men who were injured in the explosion, and are in the Newcastle Hospital, was stated last night to have been unaltered…
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Alexander Ballanden, nine years of age, was drowned in Throsby Creek, near Wickham, about 5.50 p.m. yesterday…
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Jack Sullivan (18), living at Clarencetown, and employed at Clarencetown sawmill, sustained an incised wound, an inch and a half long, over…
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The condition of the remaining men who were injured by the explosion in the Redhead colliery on Thursday continues to improve. Mr. A. Buttcrworth,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Sentenced to Death African Chiefs Kill Fifteen Natives Strange Defence "They Were Drowned Because They Were Witches"
A native chief and his headman were sentenced to death by Sir Phillip McDonald, at Broken Hill (Transvaal), after having been found guilty of drowning 15 natives. The headman said that he drowned the people by order of the chief,…
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Two ships are reported to be sinking in mid-Atlantic. The most violent storm in this winter is raging. Two lives were lost in rescue operations. Another steamer was sunk in a collision off the New Jersey coast. One…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Full Speed Ahead Accident on Steamer SYDNEY
By an extra burst of speed, the Marame arrived from New Zealand nearly two hours ahead, of schedule. One of the crew, G. Ramsay, lost an…
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While working a band saw at Armstrong and Royse's timber yards this afternoon W. Gordon, 21, using at Mitc[?]ll-street Merewether, received…
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It is reported from Capetown that the leader, Njandera, and two others have been sentenced to death at Broken Hill in connection with the drowning of…
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Messrs. Anderson, Bleck, and Goldie were reported to have had a comfortable day. Their condition last night was unaltered. They are inmates of the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Maitland District Motor Fatality Coroner's Inquiry
Mr. M. H. Cleeve, coroner, held an inquiry at the West Maitland Courthouse yesterday afternoon into the motor car fatality which occurred on the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Prince Injured Collarbone Broken Horse Drops Dead Hunting Accident LONDON
The Prince of Wales broke his collarbone when his horse dropped dead following the Belvoir hounds. THE hunt was at Melton Mowbray…
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