A Riding Fatality
BATHURST, Sunday.--On Thursday night a fatal riding accident occurred at Evans' Plains. W. Maher, son of Mr. James Maher, of that place, went with others for a ride in the bush, and when…
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A Police Officer Drowned
Constable Timothy Scannell, aged 44, was drowned while bathing at the South Melbourne Baths this morning. He went off duty at 5 o'clock, and before leaving the barracks…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A Burning Fatality. Temora
A dreadful burning accident, which had a fatal termination, occurred oarly on Friday morning at Erinvale, 15 miles from Temora, the residence of Mr. Thomas Fitzpatrick, M.L.A. From the scanty…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The Sailing Fatality. Story Told at the Inquiry
When the body of Mrs. Sarah Jane Leigh, who was drowned on Sunday, the 11th instant, by the capsize of a sailing boat near the Heads, was found on Friday at Manly, it was removed to the…
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Mr. J. J. Allen, the general manager for Australasia of the Ocean Accident and Guarantee Corporation, is in receipt of cable information advising the results of the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A Tram Accident
David Noble (7), residing In Little Cumber land-street, was taken to the Sydney Hospital, on Saturday evening, suffering from severe bruises on the back, causing through being knocked down…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A Pistol Accident
A newsboy named John Weldon (14), residing in John-street, Surry-lillls, was, with another boy, playing with a toy pistol yesterday afternoon, when the weapon went off. Weldon received…
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WAGGA. Monday.--Mrs. Wright, a resident of Tootal, near The Rock, was drowned in the river here this forenoon. She was seen by two men to walk over to the bank, which is very steep at this…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A Disastrous Collision
The passengers by the homeward bound Orient liner Ormuz, which arrived in the Thames on Saturday last, had an unpleasant experience early In the morning of their last day at sea…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Shooting Accident
A lad named Alfred Childs has been admitted into the Auburn Sanatorium, Auburn, suffering from a bullet wound on the left side of the temple. The lud, it appears, was shooting with a pea rifle, and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Strange Fatality. at Broken-hill
BROKEN-HILL, Tuesday.--A shift boss, Henry Wheare, employed at the Junction mine, met with his death in an unaccountable way at one o'clock this morning. He got in the cage at…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Country News. Mining Fatality. Broken Hill
Henry Wheare, shift boss at the Junction Mine, was killed early to-day in an extraordinary manner. The knocker line, which consisted of a steel fencing wire, broke away, and at the 450ft. level Whears…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Strange Mining Fatality Killed in a Cage
BROKEN HILL, Tuesday Afternoon.—A shift boss named Henry Wheare, employed at the Junction Mine, met his death in an unaccountable way this morning. The knocker line in the shaft was…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Serious Shooting Accident. Near Bankstown
The old story of the boy and the pea-rifle has to be repeated again, the victim in this instance being a lad named Alfred Ernest Childs, son of Mr. W. Childs, of Green Hills, Moorbank. On…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Shooting Accident at Bankstown
A boy named Albert Charles, residing with his parents at Bankstown, was brought to the Auburn Hospital on Sunday evening, suffering from the effects of a bullet in his head. He had…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Accident at Cricket
Whilst engaged in a game of cricket in the Washington H. Soul competition on Saturday last, a Union B. player named Peter Smith had tho misfortune to have…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Peculiar Accident
CAPTAIN'S FLAT, Wednesday.--Arthur Hutton, a boy about 15, employed at the Lake George Mines Company's cyanide works, fell into one of the vats containing cyanide solution. He was…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A Painful Accident
John Culbert (12), residing at 9S George-street, Camper- down, was admitted to Prince Alfred Hospital yesterday by Dr. M'Kenzie, suffering from a burnt eye. He was moulding bullets, when a quantity of the lead in use…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Sensational Shooting Affair. a Constable's Chase. a Runaway Injured
At an early hour yesterday morning Constable Hamilton, while on duty in the vicinity of Margaret-street and Wynward-square, was approached by a man, whose face was all cut and bleeding,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Victoria. Shooting Fatality at Penshurst. a Father Killed by His Son. Melbourne
A shooting fatality occurred this morning at the Gums station, Penshurst, resulting in the death of Wm Ross, a well-known resident of the district and formerly a member of the…
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