Two Bank Officials Drowned
SYDNEY, Thursday.—B. Greville, accountant of A.B.C. Bank at Hay for seven years, and who came there from Five Dock, also. R. James, a…
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Motor Cycle Accident Rider Seriously Injured. Sydney
A man named William Cole, while riding a motor cycle at Mclong, collided with the leading horses of a Wheat team and sustained a broken jaw,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Soldier Injured Fall From an Engine. Sydney
Milton Todd, of the Seventh Battalion, was found lying between the rails near Auburn last night, seriously injured. He had fallen off the engine…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fatal Gun Accident Boy Shot in the Nec Sydney
Joseph Edward Baxter (thirteen) residing at Cabramatta, after swimming with other boys, met Charles Schwikert, who had been shooting birds…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motor Car Accident at Bulli Pass. Sydney
A motor car carrying five men, proceeding from Liverpool to Bulli, lost a front tyre and the car fell over a cliff thirty feet at the Bulli Pass. All the…
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A serious accident happened Mr Chas. Bartlett on Wyrallah road yesterday. He was assisting to drive some cattle along, and [?]galloped after a beast that had got out of…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.—Brooke Greville, aged 43, a bank accountant, and Rupert Trelawney James, aged 15, were drowned while bathing in the river at Hay in company with…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Burning Fatality. Woman Overtaken by Flames. House and Contents Destroyed
SYDNEY, Friday.—A burning fatality occurred at Powell Park, about seven miles from Crookwell, the victim being an old resident of the district named Mrs. Mary…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Punt Attendant Drowned. Plucky Attempt at Rescue
A seventeen-year-old boy named Clement Cearns, who was eniployed working the punt at Tatham, was engaged on Friday afternoon in pushing hyacinth away from the punt when…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Shunting Accident
A shunting accident happened at the Bangalow railway station on Tuesday afternoon, the result being that four trucks of cattle were thrown off the line just below the goods…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Drowning Fatality
A seventeen–year–old boy named Clement Cearns, who was employed working the punt at Tatham, Richmond River, was engaged on Friday afternoon in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Tatham Drowning Fatality
Quite a gloom was cast over Tatham on Friday evening last when the news spread that the ferryman had accidentally fallen into the river…
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LONDON, Monday.—During heavy floods due to a sudden thaw at Pinsk a large number of Gorman troops wore drowned and quantities…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Drowned in a Tub
SYDNEY, Sumlay.—The infant child of Mrs. Farrand, of Forbes, was drowned in a tub of rain water. The child got out of bed and crawled along the verandah to where…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Tatham Drowning Fatality
About 3.30 on the afternoon of Friday last Clement Cairns, aged 17, who has been attending to the ferry at Tatham, was engaged trying to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Collision with Hospital Train
AMSTERDAM, Monday.—Travellers from Germany report a catastrophe on Saturday. They state that the Cologne express collided with a hospital train full of wounded men…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Alarming Collision Liner and Sailing Vessel. a Fearful Thud. London
A collision between the sailing ship Ben Lee with the liner Philadelphia, was of an alarming nature. The liner was steaming down St. George's…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Dreadful Railway Accident German Express. Collides with Hospital Train. Sydney
Travellers from German report a terrible railway catastrophe. The Cologne express collided with a hospital train full of wounded men. The shock…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Boy's Terrible Accident Caught in Sausage Machine. Sydney
A terrible accident befell a lad at Te[?]ora, James Auswild, a butcher, was watching his father feeding a sausage machine, when the boy's hand…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Injured Soldier's Stoicism
An accident of a peculiar kind occurred on 'Friday afternoon, when a young, soldier named Norman L. McKenzie, living at Addison-road…
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