Surf-bather Drowned
While bathing at Cronulla Beach (N.S.W.), W. Roy Swanton, 181/2 years, was carried out to sea and drowned. It was some time before the body wag recovered…
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Drowned in a Waterhole
A pathetic incident occurred at Ashfield (N.S.W.) a few days ago. Robert Abbott, aged 6, was playing at a waterhole with a couple of companions, who left him for a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Mysterious Sickness the Walcha Fatality
Dr. Dick, Government Medical Officer for the Hunter River district, is at present making inquiries at Walcha into the cause of the death of Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Three People Drowned. Two Rescuers Lost. Wellington (N.z.)
Mrs. Arthur Farmer, aged 37, and her daughter Rona, aged 17, lost their lives in endeavoring to save a girl named Zita Shaw, 12 years of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Highland Society Sports. the Cycusts Injured. Sydney
The attendance at the Highland Society's gathering on the Agricultural ground today was enormous. A comprehensive programme of sports was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Accident to Mr. Keir Hardie
While travelling in a motor-car at Wellington (N.Z.) Mr. Keir Hardie met with aame serious accident. He was badly bruised, be and is believed to have some ribs broken their…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Famous Footballer Drowned. New Zealand
John Taiaroa, the once famous footballer, was drowned at Otago. He visited Australia in 1884, and scored in every match…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Motor Fiend. Another Fatality. Perth
While a motor car was crossing the bridge of the Swan River at Perth a man stepped in front of the car and was killed instantly…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Pea Rifle and its Victims. Two Lads Injured. One Dies in a Few Minutes
Richard Whule, about 19, of Hornsby, who is now on holidays at Chatsbury, was admitted to the Goulburn Hospital suffering from the effects of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Verdict of Accidental Death. Broken Hill
The inquest on William Edward Humphries (12), who was accidentally shot with a pea-rifle by another boy, Hector Bollen (16), on Tuesday, was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Tram Fatality. SYDNEY
Augustus Oldfield, 25, carter, was killed by a train at Balmain early this morning. He was observed lying across the line, but before the car…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fatal Tram Accident
A carter named Augustus Fisher Oldfield, lately in the employ of founders and Co., was killed by a tram at Balmain last night. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Invalidity and Accident's Pensions Act
This Act of 1907 has not yet come into force but we are authorised to make it known that persons who wish to become claimants under the Act may leave their names at the C.P.S…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Diver Drowned. Auckland
Another diver had been drowned while attempting to recover gold from the wrecked steamer Elingamite…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Socialistic Procession. Collisions with the Police. 100 Injured. London, Jan. 13
Thirty thousand Socialists held ten simultaneous franchise processions in Berlin. The processions were orderly but at several points the police had…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Matinee Disaster. Stampede Downstairs. Sixteen Children Killed. Forty Injured. London, Jan. 12
A dreadful catastrophe occurred yesterday at the town of Barnsley, in Yorkshire. A matinee of a cinematograph…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →King's Horse Injured
The Kings famous horse Persimmon has broken his pelvis. It is hoped, however, that the horse will be saved…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Baby Drowned
While attending to her domestic duties, Mr. L. Evans, of Cherry Tree Hill, Gapertee (N.S.W.), left her 17-months-old boy playing outside. Shortly after she went to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Hocking Mine Accident Fall of Timber. One Man Killed. Terrible Injuries. Adelong
While throe miners, Tillock, Donellon and Wilts, were throwing mullock down the put at the Gibraltar mine, Adelong, yesterday, the timber of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Fall From a Horse Accident
The young was Mr. Lealie Roach, who fell from his horse in Traill-street on Monday evening and sustained concussion of the brain, had…
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