A Fatal Fall. A Little Girl's Accident at Pennant Hills
Mr. H. S. Hawkins, one of the coroners now acting in Sydney, held an inquiry on Wednesday afternoon into the cause of the death of a little girl, Vera Connors…
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The Cumberland Argus AND Fruitgrowers' Advocate, with Which Are Incorporated The Cumberland Mercury, River Times, Weekly Advance, Cumberland Free Press and Ryde Electorate Press. Parramatta, January 25, 1908. Current News. Pea Rifle Accident
On Tuesday last Miss Maud Skipper, of Woodville-road, Guildford, whilst hurhiedly proceeding to get a shot at a hawk hovering about the fowl runs, lost hor…
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The death of Edward Smith, 45, foreman chipper, in Balmain Cottage Hospital, as the result of being knocked down by a tram on Saturday, 11th inst., in…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Railway Accident. Twelve Persons Injured. London, Friday Afternoon
At Wimbledon, seven miles southwest of London, an express train dashed into a local train in a fog, twelve persons being injured…
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The Water Police yesterday morning received intimation that a man named George Williamson was missing from his home, 12 Brougham-street,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Steamers in Collision. Missing Boat Safe. London, Friday Afternoon
The boat containing 21 passengers and seven of the crew of the Great Eastern Railway Company's steamer Amsterdam, was rescued by a…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Religious Mania. Blind Vicar's Heroic Attempt to Rescue His Drowning Daughter. London December 22
The sad death of Miss Catherine Florence Owen, daughter of the Rev. H. T. Owen, rector of Trevor, near Llangollen. Wales, was the subject of an inquest on…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Railway Smash Near Stanwell Park. Woman Killed. Several Injured
A serious railway accident, resulting in the death of one woman and injuries to other persons, occurred near Stanwell Park yesterday afternoon…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Serious Assault Hoodlums at Ashfield a Man Seriously Injured
A middle-aged man named Henry Stewart, 55 years of age, a resident of Abercrombie-street, Redfern, was seriously injured just before, midnight, by being…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Railway Smash at Stanwell Park a Carriage Overturned One Woman Killed Several People Injured Stanwell Park, Saturday Night
A sensational railway smash occurred at Stanwell Park a fow minutes before 4.30 this afternoon, and resulted in one woman being killed and a number of other persons…
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A serious motor-car accident occurred at the Bong Bong bridge, between Bowral and Moss Vale, as the result of which, three Sydney residents are inmates of the Bowral Hospital…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Sport and Tragedy Strange Accidents on the Hunting Field
Sport, as a rule, is remarkably free from tragedy, but there are occasions when lives arc lost. In the most remarkable manner. A Frenchman; named Lecorbec, came to his…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Drowned in Woolloomooloo Bay
The body of a men named George Williamson was recovered, from the waters of Woolloomooloo Bay on Saturday. Williamson left his home in Brougham-street in the morning to go to…
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Stanley Jacobsen (19), who lived with his guardian, William Hancock, at North Ryde, was drowned in a waterhole at Williams Creek, Longueville, yesterday. With a younger lad, Horace…
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A little girl named Irene Crome, aged 2 years, was found almost dead in the bath this afternoon, at her parents residence, "The Terrace," Birchgrove Reserve, Balmain. The…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Bondi Breakers. Narrow Escapes From Drowning
The Bondi Beach was the scene of some smart rescue work yesterday morning. In the instance a Mrs. Moore was observed to been caught by the undertow. Mr. Jeoffrey…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Condition of the Injured
It was learned last night that Mrs. Ward was doing as well as could, be expected in the trying circumstances, seeing that her age is between 77 and 78 years. She is experiencing…
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Mrs. Emily Morris, of Wollongong, killed. Jessie West, 8, granddaughter of the above, same address, injuries to knee and head. Mrs. Ward, 183 Glebe-road, Glebe, fractured…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Tasmania. Drowned in the Tamar. Hobart
The body of Mrs. Scott, who bad been missing from her house in Invermay-road, Launceston, since Wednesday last was recovered on Saturday from the Tamar by Sub-Inspector…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Serious Railway Accident. Carriage Overturned. One Woman Killed, Several Persons Injured. Trouble at the Points
Through the overturning of a railway carriage at Stanwell Park on Saturday afternoon Mrs. Emily Morris, a resident of Wollongong, was killed and several persons injured--one of them…
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