A Boxer Injured
BRISBANE, Sunday.—At' the Stadium last night the contest between Jack Finney and Sanely McVea ended abruptly in the fourth round, Finney having broken his left…
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Tram and Motor Car Collide. Girl Seriously Injured. SYDNEY
A collision occurred between a tram and a motor car on Saturday afternoon with the result that a young woman lies in Sydney Hospital with a fractured…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—Just as the ferry steamer was leaving Clifton Gardens on Saturday a voice was heard from the water in the bay calling "Help! help!" A boat…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—Mrs. Harriett Hackett, 60, attempted to alight from a moving train at St. Mary's and fell between a carriage and the platform. One leg was severed. The…
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John Wallwork, 30, a resident of Kurri Kurri, was drowned in a lagoon near Buchanan. He was shooting with a couple of mates, and, having wounded a bird,…
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An extremely sad case of drowning occurred at The Pocket on Sunday. It appears that two little sons of Mr. and Mrs. Dave Irving were playing in a…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.--A boy named Allan Thompson, residing at Coogee, was bathing in the breakers with his brother, when he was carried out. The…
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Another tragic fatality occurred on Friday last, the victim being Leslie, the 14-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. W. Payne: of the Glebe, Coraki (says…
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Another surfing fatality occurred at Coogee yesterday, when Alan Thompson, residing at Coogee, was bathing in the breakers with his brother, and was…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The limb of a tree fell on a mail named Murray at Dubbo which he had been lopping for sheep. He was knocked insensible. When he regained…
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Mr. George Alexander Lidman, an employee of Messrs. Munro and Lever, employed as a benchman at their Terrace Creek mill, met with a…
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ADELAIDE, Tuesday.—Emil Benz,14, was standing on staging several feet from: the ground on which was a hay fork. He was erecting a punching ball when he slipped…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday.—An inquest was held into the death of Adolphus Higgins who dived off a rock at Tamarama Beach and apparently struck his head against, an…
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A sad ease of drowning happened at The Pocket on Sunday afternoon last when Cecil, the five years old son of Mr. and Mrs. D. Irving, was drowned. The boy, accompanied…
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Another tragic fatality occurred on Friday last, the victim being Leslie, the 14-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. W. Payne, of the Glebe, Coraki. It…
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At the Coraki Court House on Wednesday last the District Coroner (Mr. J. Allison, J.P.) conducted an inquiry touching the recent death of Leslie…
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While riding a racehorse at exercise on the South Grafton course, Jas. Maurice Allen, aged 20 Years, fell from his mount and, his foot…
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SYDNEY, Sunday.—Johanna Rogers, 32, of Leichhardt, was surfing at Palm Beach this afternoon when she was caught, in the current and taken out to sea. Observing her…
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Two fatalities occurred at Palm Beach to-day. A party of picnickers arrived at the seaside resort at midday and subsequently some went surfing. A girl…
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Mr. G. Bartlett, in charge of banana, experiments in the Tweed district, while inspecting a horse yesterday was kicked so severely in the legs that he…
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