Local and General. Nasty Accident
Ex-Priva[?] Harry French met with a painful accident on Boxing Day. He and his brother were out shooting. Harry was carrying his loaded rifle by…
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Fatality at Narrabeen. Old Man's Shocking Death. Sydney
James Davidson, aged 72, a resident of Narrabeen, was digging a channel on the beach this morning, when a log measuring 30ft, by 2ft. knocked…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Accident at Melbourne. Man's Shocking Death. Melbourne
Stephen Young, a lorry driver, while going to see his crippled brother off from Melbourne to undergo an operation fell under the train. Both…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Accident at Junee Yards
Mr. D. J. Dunn, a railway employee attached to the staff of the Junne railway station met a painful accident at 6 o'clock on New Years'…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Tram and Train Collide. Sensation at Rockhampton Many People Injured. Brisbane
A sensational collision between a tram and train occurred at Rockhampton late last night, as the result of which 14 persons were more or less…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railway Smash. Accident at Hurstville. Sydney
A number of railway carriages crashed into the buffers of a dead end at Hurstville this morning. The impact was so severe that the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Train and Cab Collide. Three Men Narrowly Escape Death. Level Crossing Accident at Wodonga
At about 8 p.m. on Tuesday a cab, driven by Mr. Stanley Young, and in which were seated his father, Mr. W. Young, and a man named James…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sulky Accident
On Monday last Mr. F. Edwards, who was accompanied by a Mrs. Gibson and a little girl, drove into Leeton. Going down the Avenue the pony…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Narandera Tragedy. Two Residents Drowned. Old Man's [?]
A terrible tragedy occurred at Narandera last evening at about 5.45, when two residents, Mr. Peter Sullivan, aged about 65, and Dorothy Robertson, aged…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Another Railway Fatality. a Cootamundra Man Cut Up. William Sam. Swan
It is our sad duty to chronicle the end of another railway employee, well known about Cootamundra as Sain," but among the railway comrades as…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Two Miners Injured. Explosion of Charge. Sydney
Two miners, working mates named Arthur Willmott and John Bland, were severely injured by the premature explosion of a charge in the coal face at…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Motor Accident
While Mr. Slade, senior inspector of silos, was passing through Wagga on Saturday in a motor car, on his way from Coolamoundra to Uranquinty and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Soldier's Ill-lock. Accident After Rescue. Melbourne
Private Gorman, aged 24, after being rescued from drowning in Melbourne yesterday, was being taken to the hospital in a motor ambulance…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Double Drowning Accident. Two Local Residents the Victims
There was much consternation here on Friday evening when it became known that the waters of the [?] river had added two more…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Shooting Fatality. Mans Tragic Death. Melbourne
A man named James Burdey, aged 59, residing at Flemington, returned home this evening and when his wife asked him to have dinner he…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Aries Injured. Sydney
Aries, favorite for the Challenge Stokes, wrenched off one of her [?]oreshoes while being exercised and injured her hoof to such an extent that it had…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Found Drowned. Well Known [?]man Man
On Saturday last the Temora coroner, Mr. Bradley, protected to Barmedman Station to conduct an inque[?]s touching the death of an elderly…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Motor Car Capsizes. Two Men Injured. Sydney
Through the capsizing of a motor car in the Glen Innes district yesterday Mr. M. M. Dunstan, District Grand Master of the Oddfellows, was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fight with Shark. Surfer Seriously Injured. Returned Soldier's Plucky Rescue
At about 3.30 p.m. on Friday Doug as Arkell, captain of the Newcastle Surf Club, 19 years of age, was attacked by a shark in the surf, as a result of which…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Surfing Fatality. Man Drowned at Collaroy Sydney
While bathing at Collaroy on Saturday evening, two surfers were carried out in the underlow, and one of them, James Frederick West, was…
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