A Sad Fatality. Child Burnt in the Stubble at Boree
A frightful fatality is reported from Boree Creek. Yesterday, Mr Harry Sanderson, farmer, Greenvale,…
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German Air Raid. Eighteen Civilians Killed. Many More Injured. Population Panic Stricken
Malta reports the receipt of advices from Salonika to the effect that five aeroplanes raided the city at dawn, cruising overhead for half an hour. Eighteen civilians were killed and 21 wounded. Many inhabitants fled panic…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Riding Accident
While Mr. P. W. Booth, the well-known contractor, was riding along the Walla Walla-road on Saturday night last, his horse tripped and threw him to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Lake Shore Express. Smash in America. Many Lives Lost. Collision in Heavy Fog. Vancouver
During a heavy fog on the Lake Shore railroad, America, the famous Century Limited Express was wrecked. A passenger train was wrecked…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Naval Cutter Lost. Forty Men Drowned
While the blizzard was raging on Wednesday a large cutter belonging to the new light cruiser Conquest (3800 tons) capsized and was lost…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Motor Car Fatality. Coroner's Verdict of Manslaughter. Sydney
At the inquest on the body of Ernest Tierney, who died as a result of being run down by a motor car near Woodford, the Coroner recorded a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Three Men Injured. Open Carriage Door. Sydney
An open door on a train is thought to have been responsible for the injuries sustained by three men between Erskineville and Redfern this…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Balkans. Bulgaria. Powder Factory Blown Up. Bulgars Killed and Injured London
News comes from Athens that a Bulgarian powder factory north of Ghievgheli, beyond Salonika, has been blown up. Thirty soldiers were killed,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Cetigne Reported Injured. Sydney
Rumors were current after the Rosehill Races on Saturday that Cetigne had been rather severely injured as a result of a kick at the start of the April…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Zeppelin Campaign Three Raids on England. Harrowing Stories of Death and Mutilation. the Second Visit. 16 KILLED; 100 Injured. Wrecked Airship at Sea. London
It is officially reported that another raid was carried out by Zeppelins on the North-east Coast of England on Saturday night. Two machines were engaged and caused…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Burning Accident at Boree Creek
Mt H. Sanderson, of "Wynola," Boree Creek, writes to say that both Mrs Sanderson and himself greatly appreciated many kindnesses they…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Eastern Front. Flooded Out. Many Germans Drowned. Petrograd
The "Novoc Vremya" states that a thaw flooded a wide expanse of country occupied by the Germans on the Baltic front, and scores were drowned…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Submarine War. Loss of Simla. P. AND O. Liner Sunk. Eleven Lascars Drowned. London
The news that the P. and O. liner Simla (5884 tons), built in 1894, has been sunk in the Mediterranean, is confirmed by a report. Eleven of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Accident on Bridge
Two men in a sulky were driving over the Wollundry Bridge about 5.30 o'clock last evening, when, it appears, the horse shied at a little girl riding a bicycle…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Vehicular Accident
A man named Bert, Williams was driving along Baylis-street just on six o'clock last evening when his hat blew off. Williams alighted to recover it and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Turkish Submarine Mined. the Chew Drowned. London
A Turkish submarine has been destroyed by striking a mine off Trebizond. The crew were drowned. A Hague dispatch says it is known…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fatal Biplane Accident. London
Lieutenant Reddick flew an army biplane from Beaulieu to Bourmouth. When returning the machine fell and was wrecked. Lieut, Reddick was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Two Girls Drowned
At a Sunday; school picnic near Taree, two girls, Kitty McCauley, aged 19, and Elsie Hooper, about the same age, were…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Girls Drowned
At a Sunday School picnic near T[?]ree, two girls, Kitty McCauley, aged 19, and Elsie Hooper, about the same age, were drowned while…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Motor Car Fatality. Sinn Fein Victims
A motor car jumped over a bridge into the River Laune, near Killorghin, 12 miles west of Killarney. Three passengers were drowned. Two of the bodies were recovered and on being searched ammunition, revolvers…
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