Miners Injured
SYDNEY, Saturday.—Two miners named Arthur Wilmot and John Bland, who were working mates, were severely injured by the premature explosion of a charge in a coal…
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Sierra's Narrow Escape. Collision with Enemy Submarine
The mail steamer, well known in Sydney harbour, in the San Francisco mail service, under the Oceanic S.S. Company's flag, had a sensational…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Premature Explosion. Two Miners Seriously Injured. CESSNOCK
Two middle-aged miners were seriously injured by a premature explosion at the Aberdare colliery on Friday night. The condition of one is very…
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It is reported from Sydney that during the terrific storm on Saturday week a yachtsman in "our beautiful harbor" had his head set on fire in a peculiar way…
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Wblist James White was "barring" down some stone at the Lismore Municipal Council's quarry on Saturday morning about half a ton of loose material gave way. A couple…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Punt Accident
Precipitated into the river and losing the horse and sulky, he was driving was the experience of Mr. Frank McPherson at the Gundurimba punt on Saturday afternoon. It…
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Pte. Gorman, 24, after being rescued from drowning in Melbourne on Friday, was being taken to hospital in a motor ambulance, when a collision occurred…
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Whilst James White was "barring" down some stone at the Lismore Municipal Council's quarry on Saturday morning about half a ton of loose…
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Mr. George Schaeffer, of Grafton, met with a serious accident last Wedneaday while engaged in dismantling an old barn on the farm of Mr. Connors at Lavadia, He had…
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Mr. George Schaeffer, of Grafton, met with a serious accident last Wednesday while engaged in dismantling an old barn on the farm of Mr. Connors at…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Quartermaster Herbert Cheater, a returned soldier, was accidentally shot. dead while out shooting near Belmore Falls. Apparently he was getting…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fatality at Brickworks. Father and Son Killed. SYDNEY
Ernest Young, a carpenter, and his son aged six years. were killed at the Ryde brickworks through a floor heavily laden with timber collapsing…
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S. McDermid writes:—In reply to W. B. Jackson's letter in your issue of the 11th inst., the particulars given by me to him of the accident were not in accord with…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The motor of a tram became derailed near Brush Creek,at Young Wallsend. Toppling over an embankment. it fell down under a, bridge. The…
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A distressing railway accident, involving the loss of two lives, occurred on the main line between Hendon and Ellenthorpe (formerly…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—Joseph Doyle, a jockey, was taking his horse along the track at Kensington when the animal swerved, flinging him on to some palings, fracturing his ribs…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sad Motor Car Fatality. Death of Mr. J. Fitzhenry
A particularly sad motor car fatality occurred about a quarter of a mile on the Doon Doon side of Uki yesterday afternoon at about 6 0'clock, when Mr…
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ROME, Saturday.—The French steamer Chaproi, carrying 650 Greek, Serbian, and Russian passengers from Marseilles, was mined off Messina. The vessel sank in four…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →American Freighter Sunk. Collision in the Britol Channel. LONDON
The American freight boat, Lake Eerie, has been sunk in a collision in the Bristol Channel…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Battle with a Shark. Surf Bather Seriously Injured
Further evidence of the daring o[?] sharks and their prevalence along the coast was afforded on Friday afternoon when one of the, monsters, between 12ft…
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