Fatal Shooting Accident. Sydney
Harold McGillivary, aged 11, accidentally shot himself dead with a pea rifle at Bir[?]long…
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Harbour Collision. Sydney
A collision occurred in the harbour this morning between the ferry steamer[?] Lady Carrington and the tug Warung. The latter had to be beached at Goat…
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The two officers held responsible for, the Murrurundi smash and the neting signalman, who were suspended immediately after the occurrence of the accident are…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Desturcative Tornado. 800 Killed and Injured. London
A tornado devastated the oil region of Western Louisiana, killing 100 people and injuring 700…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Wellington. Internally Injured. Rose Layne, Wellington, N.S.W.
My youngest son David Rich, also got hurt when he was about twenty years. He got a heavy blow from a [?] and was internally injured. He suffered great pain…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fatal Drowning Accident. Fell From a Wharf. Sydney
Late last night James Davidson, an employee at the head office of the Union Bank, was noticed to fall into the water from the manly wharf…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Motor Car Fatality. Huns Into Fence. Melbourne
A motor car containing A. Z. Clarke, mining engineer, and his driver, Archibald Hall, whilst on the road from Macedon to Melbourne, ran into a fence at Diggers…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fatal Riding Accident. Sydney
Joseph Gulliana, horse trainer, was rid ing a horse from the Sydney Hunt Club meeting last night when the horse shied at a letter box at Ryde. Gulliana was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Whirled to Death. Repairers Fearful Accident Surprising Vitality. Melbourne
Walter Millott, while mending a machinery belt at a foundry at Cast[?]maine, was caught in the belgint and whirled round teh shaft. His head struck the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fireman Injured. Sydney
During the fire at Ba[?], in a weatherboard cottage, a fireman named Gaffney was seriously injured by a portion of the wall falling upon him…
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Arthur Walker, 19 yours of age, an employee at Hewitson's Blacksmith Shop, met with a nasty accident yesterday morning. Walker was working in the shop,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fatal Railway Accident. Sydney
Joo Martin, foreman of the railway carriage department at Junee, was knocked down by the mail train from Albury last night, sustaining terrible injuries to the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Thrilling Adventure at Bexhill. Narrow Escape From Fata[?] Catastrophe [?]Rse and Sulky Swept Aw[?] Horse Drowned. [?]Y Driver Unaided Strug[?] Ashore. [?]Ses Her Money and Effect[?]
[?] old crossing at Bexhill yesterday. [?] above the Bexhill bridge, witness[?] [?] been a most sensational sight [?] [?] have been seen. Miss Meskell, of [?]…
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At the inquest on the body of Henry Weller, the Coroner found that the deceased met his death through being knocked down by a motor car negligently…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Serious Blasting Accident. SYDNEY
A blasting accident occurred at Carcoa A man, named James Bailey, had just charged a hole when it exploded. He received the full force of the explosion in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Train and Coach Collision. Contradictory Evidence. Sudney
At the inquest in connection with the fatal train-coach collision near Bulli, the cornor said on account of the contradictory evidence he was unable to say how…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Accidentaly Shot Dead. Adelaide
A man named Garvie Galloway, while out shooting at Port German, South Australia, was getting through a wire fence, when his gun went off, and the bullet…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fatal Driving Accident. Melbourne
A delivery waggon, drawn by four horses capsized near Corryong, Victoria, over an embankment in the dark. The occupants were the driver and a man named Peter…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wellington. Internally Injured
Rose Layne, Wellington. N.S.W. My youngest son, David Rich, also got hurt when he was about twenty years. He got a heavy blow from a pulley and was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Explosion in a Mine. Three Men Injured. Sydney
six me were engaged at the 915 feet, level of the South Mine, Broken Hill, drill ing a hole, when the drill entered on old charge that had not been fired and an…
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