Pea Rifle Fatality. Boy Shoots Playmate. Melbourne
A boy named Walsh, aged 11, while playing with two other boys at his home was accidentally shot through the heart with a pea-rifle and died…
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Recent Collision and the Litigation London
In the Admiralty Court the owners of the Matatua claimed damages against the American merchant in respect to the collision…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Car Collision Case Settlement Come to Sydney
Gladys Moncrieff, the well known actress, brought a claim for £150 damages against Reginald Martin Macadam, as the result of a collision…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Adelaide's Death Trap. Man Killed and Women Injured. Adelaide, Holiday
One man was killed and three women injured in a collision between a motor car and train at the Goodwood, level crossing, Adelaide, on Sunday night…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Riot in Pentridge Prison Blue Metal Freely Used. Two Warden Severely Injured. SYDNEY
A Melbourne message states that a riot broke out in Pentridge Prison yesterday. It appears that a warder named Winter applied for…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Remarkable Fatality. Twins Killed on the Railway Sydney
A double fatality, with which was associated some extraordinary features, occurred on the main northern suburban railway to-night…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →South African Sensation Governor-general's Train in Collision. Brave Ganger's Sacrifice. Capetown
The Governor-General's train collided with a ganger's trolley near Germiston. No harm resulted to the royal party, which, on arrival at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wires and Cables This Afternoon Exclusively News Not Available Here by Amy Other Paper Till To-morrow 'Bus Overturns Many Passengers Injured Sydney
Ten people were injured when a motor 'bus overturned in Elizabeth street, City, just before eight o'clock this morning…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Railway Fatality. Two Ex-Gundagai Boys Killed
KEEN regret and much horror was felt among the many Gundagai friends of Mr. Percy Gilbert, formerly teacher of the North Gundagai…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Thames Side Collision
In the action brought by owners of the Matatua, which was sunk with loss of life, in the Thames, against the owners of the American…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Week-end Motor Accidents. Eight People Injured
A sensational motor, accident occurred at the foot of Brown's Gap, near Lithgow, on Friday, when a car driven. by J. W. Butler, through the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Badly Injured by Falling Tree
A rather peculiar accident occurred to a young nan named John Seberry at about 3.30 on Thursday afternoon last. He was walking at the head of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fires and Explosions Many Outbreaks. Boys' Camp Fatality. SYDNEY
Three boys were severely injured by fire at their camp at South Creck, Dee Why, last night. It appears that their tent caught fire, and it was with…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Lough Neagh Disaster. Pilgrims Drowned Through. Boat Capsizing. London
While a party of Belfast holiday makers was returning from a pilgrimage to Church Island, Lough Neagh, the boat capsized. A man, three…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Explosion at Bakery. Two Men Injured. Orange
A peculiar accident, as a result of which two men named Harn and Cumberland were injured, occurred at a local bakery to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Six Year Old Boy Killed. an Extraordinary Accident. Newcastle
Desmond O'Longhlin, aged 6 years, met his death last night in extraordinary circumstances. He jumped from his bed on to a spring couch and, as…
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At the Coroner's inquiry in Sydney into the death of Hans Hanson (65) evidence was given by Henry Gledhill that he was on the Auburn…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fisherman Drowned
Ernest Conriy, a young man, was washed off the rocks while fishing near the Blow Hole, Kiama, on Friday, and was drowned…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Korean Disaster. Many Schoolchildren Drowned. Shangai
A special message from Seoul reports the drowning, off Ryutobo, of a number of Korean school children who were taken off in a launch to visit a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →English Football Disaster Trains Crash in Tunnel. Four Cup Final Visitors Killed. Many Others Injured. London
England's great annual event, the Football Association Cup final, seems doomed to be attended by disaster. Last year occurred the disastrous…
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