Drowned at Coogee
The body of a woman, whose identity is not as yet known, was found in a pool of water at the foot of the cliffs on the northern side of Coogee Bay shortly after 11…
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Constable Injured
First-class Constable Mason was injured late last night whilst arresting a man in Woolloomoolo with two other policemen. A large crowd of larrikins collected,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Shooting Fatality. Grafton
Albert Rhodes, aged 28, was accidentally shot near Buccarumbi on Saturday, while duck-shooting, in Nymboida River. A charge from a single-barrelled gun deceased was…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Drowned in the Yarra
MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--The body of William Nelson, about 45 years of age, a resident of Carlton, was found floating in the Yarra to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A Mysterious Sickness. the Walpha Fatality. Walcha
Dr. Dick, Government Medical Officer for the Huntar River district, is at present making inquiries into the cause of the death of Mr. Fred. Hogno and his son, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Lime Charge Explodes. Two Men Injured
On Monday Wm. Heath, aged 42, of Chalder-street, Marrickville, and Wm. Finch, 28, of Victoria-road, Marrickville, met with a painful accident. They were employed in…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Mother and Daughter Drowned. Wellington, N.Z.
Mrs. Farmar, aged 37, her daughter Rona, aged 17, and Zita Shaw, aged 13, were drowned while bathing in the Opawa River near Mariborough…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Danger of the Tram Platform. the Moore Park Fatality
The circumstances attending the death of George Rogers. 39, who lived to Wells-street, Redfern,were Inquired Into by the Acting City Coroner…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fatal Tram Accident
A verdict of accidental death was returned at an inquest on the body of George Rogers, an ex-hotelkeeper, of 39 years of age, who died at St. Vincent's Hospital on Boxing Day…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fatalities and Accidents. a Groom Killed
Patrick O'Sullivan (45), groom, in the employ of Mr. M. A. O'Callaghan, of the Department of Agriculture, was killed in Centennial Park yesterday. He was exorcising a horse, when it…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Drowned at Coogee
The body of a woman, whose identity is not as yet known, was found in a pool of water at the foot of the cliffs on the northern side of Coogee Bay shortly after 11…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Accident to the Innamincka. in the Brisbane River. Brisbane
About 12.20 this morning the steamer Innamincka, bound for southern ports, went ashore on the rocks in the river at Toombul, Hamilton. The exact cause of the mishap so far…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Casualties. Cycling Accident
Robert Marshford, 25, a resident of Sutherland-street, Neutral Bay, who was injured in a bicycle race at the Highland Gathering, lies in St. Vincent's Hospital, where he was…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Invalidity and Accident Pensions
The Invalidity and Accident Pensions Act passed last session comes into operation on a day to be proclaimed, which will probably be during the present month. It will be needful…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Racing Casualties. Two Accidents at Bega
BEGA, Wednesday.--In the Opening Handicap at the Bega District Jockey Club's races today Myrtle Vale felt. The Jockey, Field, was conveyed in the ambulance waggon, which was…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fatalities and Accidents. Sports Accidents
Two or three mishaps occurred during the progress of the Highland fete on the Agricultural Ground yesterday. Early in the day, while the fourth heat of the half-mile, bicycle event was…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Shocking Drowning Accident. a Dreadful Experience. Narrabri
While out fishing at Tarriaro, near Narrabri, yesterday a sulky occupied by David Cody and his two-children, aged 7 years and 18 months respectively, was backed over the bank of the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fatalities and Accidents. Injured at the Highland Sports
The cyclist, R. Mashford, who was removed to St. Vincent's Hospital suffering from the effects of a fall in one of the bicycle races at the Highland Gathering on Wednesday, was not so…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A Plucky Rescue. Boy Saved From Drowning. Albury
At Nungabarecna a lad named M'Arthur, aged about 10, from Black Range, was paddling in the river, and got out of his depth. W. Carsens and Alf. Polkinghorne, both fully…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A Miner Injured. Kurri Kurri
David Wemyss, aged 30, a miner at the Hebburn colliery, sustained severe injuries— a broken collarbone and lacerated back— through a fall of stone. He was taken to…
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