A Carter's Death an Early Morning Fatality
While an all-night tram was coming to Sydney from Balmain, at an early hour this morning, the driver suddenly caught sight of a man lying on the track. He applied…
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Ice-coated Streets in Berlin. Many Pedestrians Injured
LONDON, Wednesday Afternoon.--The Berlin streets are a sea of ice. Hundreds of pedestrians have been injured by fulls, many of them seriously…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Knocked Down by a Team. Little Boy Seriously Injured
Cecil William "Lloyd,""aged 2 12, residing in Albion-street, Waverley, with his parents, was knocked down by a tram near Fern-street, on the Randwick extension line, yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Sulky Accident. Bathurst Lady Killed
ORANGE, Friday.—Mrs. Grace Clarke. 79, a resident of Batburst, met with a fatal accident yesterday afternoon at Lane's Soap Factory, Orange. With her grand-daughter she…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Serious Accident in George-street
Thomas Wilson, of Canley Vale, was crossing George-street, near the railway station at 8 o'clock yesterday, when he was knocked down by a cab. Ho was taken to…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Crushed by a Rolling Log. a Remarkable Accident. Sad Death of a Young Girl
TILBA TILBA, Thursday.--A sad fatality happened late yesterday evening at Woodlands, the residence of Mr. Henry Wright, by which his daughter, aged 12, lost her life…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Burning Fatality
A sad burning accident cost the life of a little lad, between two and three years of age—Andrew J. Buckley—son of Mr. Buckley, employed at Mr. F. D…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Forest Lodge Fatality
The man who was run over early yesterday by a Balmain tram has been identified as Augustus Fisher Oldfield, of 6 Pashley-street, Balmain. Deceased, who was married, was a…
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The body of the man who was struck by a Balmain tram during the early hours of yesterday morning, and whose back was broken, has been identified as that of Gustave Oldfield, a…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Drowned in the Harbour
The Acting City Coroner, Mr. Stephen Murphy, yesterday held an inquest concerning the death of the lad Hugh Lundie 5, lately residing with his parents in…
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NEWCASTLE, Friday.--A lad, George Jackson, who resided with his parents at Adamstown, was drowned in a waterhole at Waratah to-day, while bathing, if company with another youth…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Gallant Parramatta Lads. Rescue Drowning Ladies
A double drowning was narrowly averted at Barren Jack. Two young ladies, the Misses Newling and McIntyre, while bathing in the Murrumbidgee River got…
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A lad named George Mullen, employed as a messenger at the General Post-office, who resides in Clayton-street, Balmain, was removing a rope from a ferry steamer at…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Newcastle. Youth Drowned in a Water-hole. Newcastle
George Jackson, a youth residing with his parents in King-road, Adamstown, was drowned in a water-hole at Waratah to-day. He was bathing in company with another…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Italy and Abyssinia. Another Serious Collision. Big Battle with Raiders
LONDON, Friday.--A body of 2000 Abyssinians raided the Lugh territory in Italian Somaliland, killing and plundering, many merchants and traders…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Willis' Dummy. Accident to One of Willis' Bogus Squatters
Riding Willis' horse Swallow, at Bega Races, Patrick Rea, the dummy squatter used by Willis in one of his great…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Accident at Balmain. Man Knocked Down by a Tram. Dragged by the Cowcatcher
Shortly after noon to-day, Edward Smith, 45, a foreman chipper, was proceeding from his work at Morfs Dock. Balmain, to his home at 608 Dowling-street, Rozelle, when he was…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →A Double Accident
YASS, Saturday.—A painful accident happened In Mf. George Bush, of Jerawa, when the axe cat through a bough quicker than he anticipated, and struck him on the shin…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fatalities and Accidents. Crushed by a Ferry Steamer
George Muller aged 13½ years an employee at the General Post Office while removing a rope from a ferry steamer at Mart's Dock Wharf yesterday, slipped between the wharf and the…
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A report from Capertree gives particulars of a drowning accident at Cherry Tree Hill Leo Cecil Evans, the 17-months-old child of Mr. and Mrs. L. Evans. was Been by its mother playing…
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