Two Children Drowned
LAUNCESTON, Friday.—Leslie Brown (8), and Daphne Barnes (7), were fishing on a log in five feet of water in St. Paul's River, when the boy fell in, dragging the girl with…
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Both Drowned. Boy and Girl at Play
LAUNCESTON, Friday. -- Leslie Brown, aged 8, and Daphne Barnes were playing on a log in St. Paul's River, Avoca, when the boy fell in,…
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Thomas Williams (38), of Chinderah, died in the Tweed District Hospital on Sunday morning, as the result of injuries received in [?]…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—Charles Brown (10) was attacked and killed by a shark in the Parramatta River at Camellia on Saturday afternoon. Brown and…
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SYDNEY, Sunday.—Charles Brown (16) was attacked and killed by a shark in the Parramatta River at Camellia yesterday afternoon…
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SYDNEY, Sunday.--Charles Brown (16) was attacked and killed by a shark in the Parramatta River at Camellia yesterday afternoon. Brown and his…
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GRAFTON, Sunday.--A burning accident which had distressing results occurred yesterday. Mrs. Lucy Wilson, of Victoria Street, Grafton, had applied…
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MELBOURNE, Monday.—A girl named Phalia Towhall was swimming at Albert Park on Saturday night with her mother (the widow of a returned soldier) and her…
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TOOWOOMBA, Monday.—A six-year-old boy, Spencer Williamson, was riding a tricycle in Margaret-street to-day, coming down hill towards the city, when he was run…
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SYDNEY, Monday.--After a boat had been swamped and overturned in the Hawkesbury River yesterday, one of the occupants (Roy Donnelly, 38)…
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NEW YORK, Sunday.— The balcony railing of an indoor athletic meeting collapsed and 300 boys were hurled to the floor, and 70 injured, many of them seriously…
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WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Monday.-- An extraordinary affair is reported from Burnham. A fireman named Swanson was stoking while the train was…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—After a boat had been swamped and overturned in the Hawkesbury River yesterday, one of the occupants, Roy Donnelly (38) endeavoured…
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PERTH, Monday.—A motor car driven by Mr. J. Cockran, hotelkeeper and postmaster at Mogumbar, was descending a steep hill yesterday when it struck a rut in the road…
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KNOCKROW, Monday.—A car overturned on the main Ballina-Bangalow road, midway between the residences of Messrs. A. Lindsay and J. Carney, early on Saturday night,…
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Last week a visitor from Brisbane, a Miss Quirk, was nearly drowned between Kirra and Bilinga. It appears that she was bathing near the tick fence and apparently got…
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GRAFTON, Monday.—The sequel to a sensational motor accident which occurred at South Grafton on Monday, January 7, in which a car, driven by H, G. Thompson, a…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—When playing with a loaded shot gun at his home at Lakemba, Alexander Asquith (13), shot himself in the right kneecap, probably fracturing it…
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GRAFTON, Tuesday.--Mrs. C. J. Cavanagh, of Fine Flower, with her two daughters, was setting out from home to-day driving a young horse,…
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