Double Drowning. Deniliquin
Richard H. Wilson lost his life while endeavoring to rescue Elizabeth Jean Kelly, 17 years of age, from drowning. Wilson was camped on the river bank…
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Motor Fatality. West Maitland
A motor car, owned and driven by Mr. Arthur Hampton, a well-known Cessnock hotelkeeper, plunged off the pant into the river…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Injured by Detonator. Adelaide
Alexander Burke, 12, while playing with several other boys, found an unexploded detonator. They struck it with a hammer and Burke received…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Boy Drowned at Woy Woy. Sydney
A lad named Robert Leslie Hamilton Pascoe, of Newcastle, aged 15 years, collapsed while swimming in the Woy Woy public baths and was drowned…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fighting in Ireland. More Ambushes. Constables Killed and Injured. London
A patrol of 10 police was ambushed at Midleton, county Cork, last night. One constable was killed and three seriously and two slightly injured…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fatalities and Accidents Found Unconscious. Junee
James Jones, employed by Mr. Joseph Langtry, was found on the Merulebale Marrar-road by Mr. J. Langtry, junr. Jones had been thrown from his horse,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Boy Drowned. Sydney
Arthur Reid, aged 12, was drowned while bathing in Cook's River yesterday afternoon. His brother dived for him many times but…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Shot Gun Accident. Orange
Charles Parker, 11 years of age, engaged in a cherry orchard on the Bathurst road, went with an elder brother to a shed to obtain receptacles…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Shocking Railway Accident. Melbourne
An elderly woman Elizabeth B. Prinn, aged 72, attempted to cross the railway line at Glen Huntly-road crossing, Elsternwick railway station…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fatalties and Accidents Laughing Dislocates Jaw. Rockhampton
Charles Chubb, a resident of Walton, burst into such hearty laughter that he found it impossible to get his jaw back to a normal position. It…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Accident to Melbourne Express. Driver and Fireman Injured
The passengers by the Melbourne express, which left Sydney at 7.50 on Friday night, had an exciting experience between Douglas Park and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Drowned in Lagoon. Hillston
On Sunday morning Arthur, Smith aged 14, was drowned in a lagoon of the Lachlan River near Hillston. He war unable to swim and was bathing…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Tragedy Follows Orgie. Christmas Happening. River Drowning Case
A quiet bend of the Murrumbidgee River, about two miles below the village of Darlington Point, was (says the Narrandera “Argus”) during the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Jockey Gorie Injured. Sydney
George Gone, a jockey, was schooling a hurdler at Randwick this morning when the horse stumbled and fell. Gone was thrown heavily to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway Accident At Woy Woy Four People Killed SYDNEY
Four people were run down by a train near the Way Woy railway station last night and killed. Their names were:…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Accident at Galong
Seventeen trucks of a goods train which left Goulburn at 1 p.m. yesterday were derailed at Galong, according to information received by the Railway…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fatalities and Accidents Shooting Affray. Two Men Wounded. Sydney
Alfred Davoren, aged 21, and Christopher Smith, aged 31, walked into the Sydney Hospital at an early hour[?]on Sunday morning, and on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fatalities and Accidents Young Man Drowned. Father Swims Ashore. Sydney
Frederick Adam Fletcher, aged 60, and this son, Prederick Charles, left Kurnell for Sandringham in a rowing boat, but the boat capsized. The…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mother and Children Drowned. Adelaide
Fred Marshall, with bis wife and three young children, was crossing the flooded Walloway Creek in a trap on New Year's Day after attending…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Drowned in Lagoon. Boys Attempt a Rescue
On Sunday morning at 7 o'clock Arthur Thoodore Smith, 14, was downed In a lagcon off the Lachlan River, six miles below Hillston. He was…
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