Cyclist's Fatal Collision Adelaide
While cycling home at 9.30 last night, Mr. H. W. Chettle, second in command at the Adelaide Observatory, ran into a group of young men who were crossing the road at…
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Drowned at Merrylands Parramatta
A little lad named Rowland Wilson, aged 7 years, a son of Mr. Wm. Wilson, of Jersey road, Merrylands, was found drowned in a waterhole at the rear of his father's…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Another Mining Fatality. Broken Hill
J. Casey, a miner, unmarried, aged 30, was killed on Tuesday, afternoon in the Proprietary mine. Casey was working on the 800ft level, when…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Convict Mutiny at Dartmoor Warders Brutally Attacked and Injured Prison Doctor Savagely Assaulted
Dartmoor Prison was the scene on Sunday, January 5, of a succession of savage assaults upon warders. Under the Borstal system of treatment…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fatal Scalding Accident
An 11 months old baby named Jack Lambert Wilson, Whose parents, reside at Glenroy, Fernstreet, Randwick, died yesterday from the effects of scalds. On Tuesday the deceased…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Casualties. Accident at Kincumber
Ambrose Hampe, a boy belonging to St. Joseph's Orphanage, Kincumber, was pinned to the ground by the overturning of a dray he was driving on Tuesday afternoon. The…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A Cyclist's Accident
Frederick Morgan, a young man, residing in Market-street, Rozelle, was thrown from a bicycle in Elizabeth-street on Wednesday, and fell under a tram. He sustained wounds…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fatal Tram Accident
The Acting City Coroner (Mr. Stephen Murphy) held on inquest, at the Coroner's Court yesterday into the death of Frederick Dale, a middle-aged man. lately residing…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Accident in a Shaft
BROKEN-HILL, Thursday,--A mishap occurred at the Junction North shaft to-day, owing to a truck being insecurely fixed on the cage tearing out the runners and timbers…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Another Drowning Fatality. A Merrylands Case
On Wednesday a little boy, Roland Wilson, son of Mr. William Wilson, of Jersey-road, Merrylands, was accidentally drowned in a winter-hole about 20…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Railway Fatality
The dead body of H. W. Langton, an exsoldier, living with his brother in Cooper-street, Concord, was picked up on the railway line near Homebush station about 9 o'clock…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Fisherman Drowned
BRISBANE, Friday. -- A telegram from Rockhampton states that a fisherman, James Ludkin, was drowned near Yamba last night…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →A Distressing Fatality
The death from scalds of an eleven months old child named Jack Lambert Wilson, whose parents reside at "Glenroy," Fern-street, Randwick, formed the subject of an inquiry…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Drowned at Hay
HAY, Saturday Afternoon.—A young chiness named Tommy look, employed on Gunbar Station ws drowned in the [?] River at Wheal[?] while nothing…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Horse Drowned in Harbour
On Thursday a valuable horse fell into the harbour at Miller's Point, and was drowned. The animal, which was the property of James O'Connor, of Little…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Miners Injured. Wollongong
Yesterday, at the South Bulli mine, two men, a father and son, named Henry, were injured by a fall of coal. Henry, Junr., was more stunned than hurt; but the father,…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Magisterial Enquiry. A Lad Drowned at Prospect
On Wednesday afternoon a magisterial enquiry was held by Mr. E. L. Maitland, D.S.M.—Parramatta Coroner—touching the death of the lad John smith, who…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Heddon Greta Fatality. Victim's Fears. Kurri Kurri
The Inquiry into the Heddon Greta fatality, whereby Thomas Stark and George Cree lost their lives, was resumed this morning. Percy Creo, son of George Cree, stated that his…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Carrying a Spar. Two Seamen Injured
Charles Silverton, 25, and Frederick Gray, 26, a couple of seamen employed on the steamer Wauchope, lying at Alien Taylor and Company's Wharf, Pyrmont, stet with serious…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Concert Hall Calamity the Barnsley Horror Sixteen Children Killed--- Twenty Injured
Sixteen little-children were suffocated and over twenty were injured in a terrible crush which occurred on Saturday afternoon, January 11, at a cinematograph entertainment…
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