Early Morning Shots. Clerk Seriously Injured. SYDNEY
Early this morning the occupants of a coffee palace in Riley-street, city, were awakened by hearing revolver shots. The lodgers went to the room of Frank…
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Accidents, 1920
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Drowning Fatality. Sydney
John Murphy was drowned at Point Banger, on the North Coast, after being washed on the rocks. A companion, hooked Murphy with a fishing line, but…
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Tom Lee, 10 years of ago, while swimming at the rear of the Burnsides Home yesterday afternoon, got out of his depth, and was drowned, despite brave efforts…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →King and Count Collide. Serious Motor Accident. LONDON
The "Times" Paris correspondent wires: King Alexander and Mademoiselle Manou narrowly escaped an accident at Fontainebleau whilst motoring. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Dreadful Fatality Mr Les. Dowe Accidentally Killed
A fatality, surrounded by tragic circumstances, occurred on Saturday night, when Mr. Leslie Dowe, of "Nirvana,"…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Revolver Fatality. Thursday. 3 p.m
While Roy Wilson was examining an automatic revolver at North Sydney last night, the weapon exploded. The bullet entered the right shoulder…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Burning Accident. Thursday, 3 p.m
While a station officer (Mr. Garrard) was returning from a fire at Elliott Bros chemical works, Balmain, his clothes caught fire. He was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Deadly Souvenir. Accidentally Shoots Owner's Father. SYDNEY
Job Wilson, 53, a soldier, returned to his home at North Sydney last night after long service in Rabaul. His boy, who recently, returned from active…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Tenterfield Girl Drowned. Sydney
Gladys Graham, age 22, was drowned in the surf at Byron Bay, yesterday. She had gone there from Tenterfield with her brother. While bathing with…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Colliery Fatality. Crushed between Revolving Drums. MAITLAND
David Leroy Whitehead, aged 25, was fatally injured at East Greta colliery on…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Run Over by Train. Shocking Fatality at East Greta. MAITLAND
Alfred Hickling a resident of East M[?]tland, was run over by a train and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Quarry Fatality. Sydney
A fall of earth at the South Bathurst gravel quarry resulted in the death of Joseph Bourke, aged 25, and serious injury to Patrick Stapleton, aged 40…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Injured by Falls
Mrs. Schomberg, of West Tamworth, is at present in the hospital as the result of a fall which fractured her leg at the knee joint. Tom Taylor, aged 4, is…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Collision in Melbourne. Melbourne
At 7 o'clock to-night George Ellis, a blacksmith, of White Horse Road, Boxhill, was riding a motor cycle and side car towards Blackburn, when he…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Drowned During Flood. Sydney
Further details of the extensive flood in New Zealand states that Frank Dunkley, a Public Works supervisor, while inspecting the damage, got into…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Woman Found Drowned. Sydney
The body of Mrs. Janet Smith, who had been missing since Friday, was found in the Fitzroy River at Rockhampton, with a seven pound [?]ron…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fatal Accidents. Two Deaths Near Singleton. SINGLETON
A shocking fatality occurred at Bulga during the week-end, the victim being John T. Eather, son of the late Mr. J. W. Eather…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Pneumonia an Accident. Interesting Decision. SYDNEY
The High Court, to-day decided the case of a workman who contracted pneumonia while on duty for the Union Steamship Coy…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Pea Rifle Accidents. Armidale
Two pea rifle accidents have occurred at Armidale recently. In one instance the little daughter of Mr. Joseph Kentwell, of Barney-street, while playing with…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Insuring Against Accidents. Tamworth Council's Action
The Finance Committee of the Tamworth Municipal Council made a recommendation to the Council at its meeting on Tuesday that it should take out a…
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