Boy Shot Dead Sad Accident. Sydney
Lionel Robert Burt, thirteen, Was shot dead at Curlewis on Wednesday, by his own rifle, which exploded, while he was getting a drink of water…
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Telegraph Linesman Drowned
SYDNEY, Saturday.—Samuel Stewart, a telegraph linesman, was drowned in the Macquarie River yesterday. He was in the act of swimming over the river at the…
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A lad named Ronald Parker, aged 14, was drowned in the Macleay River at West Kempsey, whilst bathing. He was a grandson of ex-Sub-Inspector Parker, and was in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Australasia. Riots at St. Kilda. Factious Soldiers and Civilians. Officer Injured on the Head
MELBOURNE, Monday.—Further fierce rioting occurred at St. Kilda on Saturday night, when an attempt was made by soldiers and civilians to wreck Weniger's…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Lucy Krutzberg, 13, who was on a visit from Mudgee, was drowned while surfing at Narrabeen yesterday. Deceased's aunt narrowly, escaped a similar…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Mrs. Duncan and her brother George Hudson, the latter aged 14, were drowned, while bathing near Wingham. The boy got out of his depth and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Manning River Tragedy. Double Drowning Accident. Sydney
A double drowning fatality occurred in the Manning River at Karahflat. Mrs. Duncan, wife of a railway settler and gatekeeper at Karanflat Crossing, to…
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While bathing in the surf at Collaroy Beach, Narrabeen, Lucy Cruetzberg (13), a dative of Mudgee, got into the undertow, and was drowned. Her aunt…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fatal Accident. Thrown From a Lorry Sydney
Tames Smith, twenty-three, who was thrown from a lorry at East Maitland and kicked by a horse, died in the Maitland Hospital this morning…
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The through train: from Grafton to Murwillumbah was defayed some hour by an accident at Myrtle Creek. By some manner of means, the engine and…
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SYDNEY, "Wednesday.—The coroner. returned a verdict of accidental death at the inquest on two Chinese market, gardeners, who were killed while crossing the railway…
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At Middle Brighton (Vic.), Mr. Robert Twinem, aged 72, having dressed for church, was awaiting his married daughter, Mrs. Fanny Louke, who was to…
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Jack Methven, aged 10 years, lost his life while bathing in Lake Pillano, near Lithgow. He was in the water with a…
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When a military train was passing between Cabramatta and Liverpool several lumps of coal fell off a passing tender and broke the wrist of Private…
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SYDNEY, Saturday.—In the Welter Handicap at Wallsend to-day Maid of Argyleand Murringo fell, the latter breaking a leg Both horses were badly injured. Newstead, who…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Kentish Coast Raided. Enemy Aeroplane and Seaplanes. One Civilian Killed and Six Others Injured. Operations in the Cameroons Drawing to a Close. Pursuit of the Last of the Germans. Russian Victories Over the Turks. Aerial Raid on England. Bombs on East Coast of Kent. a Man Killed—six Other Persons Injured
LONDON, Sunday.—A hostile aeroplane at midnight dropped nine bombs on the eastern coast of Kent, killing one civilian and slightly injuring two other men, a woman…
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On Friday afternoon while gathering the cows to drive them to the milking yard a young son of Mr. Nowlan, of Spring Grove, met with…
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Several trucks belonging to a goods train gravited at Ryde. The guard did a sprint and applied the brakes and brought them to a standstill within a…
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As the Sydney mail train was about to leave Junee a returned soldier, wounded at Gallipoli, named James M[?]Donald, was saying good-bye to some friends, when suddenly he…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Food Riots. Again Occur in Berlin. Many Killed and Injured. London
French wireless message states that food riots occurred in Berlin on January 12. Crowds of women and children protested against the reduction of…
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