Shot and Fatally Injured Sydney
Alexander Miller (27), of East Sydney, was shot and fatally injured during a brawl in a restaurant in Haystreet, city, early yesterday morning…
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Tram Driver Drowned While on Fishing Excursion Sydney
Edward Barton, tram driver, of Dulwich Hill, was drowned to-day, despite the fact that he was rescued within five minutes of falling into the…
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William Luther (41), employed by the Railway Department at Boonah, was the victim of a freak accident at Coolangatta yesterday. While…
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Officials report that 250 were drowned when a tender operating between Ningto and Charaai capsized, owing to the passengers rushing to…
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SYDNEY, Monday:—William Lappin (l8), noted apprentice Jockey, left £2,500 and was insured for £500. This evidence was given to-day at…
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SHANGHAI, Monday:—Shippers report that about 250 were drowned when the tender Kingshing, operating between Ningpo and China, capsized…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday: — When blasting powder exploded in a cart near Binalongr, Michael Wales (58) was fatally burned, and…
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"If the drivers of motor vehicles are careful and the children do what they have been told to do, there will be no accidents," said Sergt. W. J. McPherson, officer if charge of the Lismore police, at a meeting of the Road Safety Council In Lismore last…
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Efforts to-day by the crews of two tugs saved a 3000-ton Union freighter from sinking after it had been struck amidships by an 11,000-ton Blue Star…
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SYDNEY, Friday:—J. Sharz, greaser, of Auckland, is presumed to have been killed in the collision between ships last night. The bunk in which…
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SYDNEY, Monday:—The body of John Sharz (27), Russian resident of New Zealand, who had been missing since two vessels collided in the…
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It is stated that 75 members of the crew of the Glasgow steamer, Clan Stuart (5700 tons) were rescued by lifeboats when the vessel foundered in the…
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LISMORE, Tuesday: The bodies of Charlotte May Cudby (44), of South Lismore, and her seven months old son, Alan, were…
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LONDON, Tuesday:—Clan Stuart foundered in the Channel last night after colliding with an unnamed vessel. All of the 75 crew were…
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Frank Hayes, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Hayes, of Byangum Road, Murwillumbah and a pupil of Murwillumbah High School, sustained facial…
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BRISBANE, Friday:—Six persons were injured, several seriously, in road smashes in the city and suburbs during the rain to-day and to-night…
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A taxi-cab and a motor car were involved in a collision at the corner of Lake-street and Winterton Parade, Lismore, last night…
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RABAUL, Sunday:—The Carpenter airliner Carinthia, which was reported on Saturday to have landed on a reef, is completely…
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LONDON, Sunday:—German planes raided the British naval anchorage at Scapa Flow last night. The Admiralty reports that little damage was done. Bombs were also dropped on land. No military objectives…
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SYDNEY, Monday:—As a result of several years' research work, the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research has worked out a method of…
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