Tramway Fatality. Adelaide
A shocking fatality occurred at Moonta [?]ay to-night, when Cecil Bl[?]e. 14 years old, was accidentally killed. Two tramears were being shunted from a siding on to a stand,…
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Drowned in the Yarra
MELBOURNE, Friday.--A boy, Roy Comden, was drowned in the Yarra at Spotswood yesterday. He was rowing with another lad, Edward Stone, when the boat struck on a partly-sunken…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The Hornsby Fatality. The Inquest
The inquiry into the death of Thomas Smith, who was run over by a train near the Borowra railway station, was resumed on Wednesday afternoon, at the…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Remarkable Result of Street Collision
A collision between a motor and a cab outside Temple Station (London) resulted in the complete wrecking of the lat ter. How thoroughly the cab was smashed the illustration of the fragments will show…
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Roy Gerrard, aged 11, son of Mr. John Gerrard, of Barmedman, was drowned this morning in the Murrumbidgee River whilst bathing in company with his father and uncle…
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Harold Taylor, son of a local resident, had a narrow escape from drowning. While bathing at the weir he got beyond his depth and sank twice. A boy named Stain went to…
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An act of vandalism at the Do Burgh Bridge, Lane Cove River, yesterday very nearly resulted in loss of life. Several young men were bathing In a deep and reputed…
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A party of picnickers, consisting of Mr. H. R. Ives and his family, and Mr. Chinnery and family, were spending this afternoon at Shelly Beach, Warrnambool. Mr. Ives was…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Mysterious Drowning Case. the Stationmaster and the Splash. Corpse Identified by Vanman's Badge
About 10 minutes past 5 o'clock on Friday morning Mr. William Webb, assistant stationmaster at Darling Harbor Railway Station, heard a great splash n the water close to the Pyrmont…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →"Tobacco Heart" Is Health Injured by Slow Smoking?'
Deaths from. "tobacco heart" are stated by doctors to be increasing every year, and men are warned that it is not the quantity of tobacco they smoke, but the way they…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Trains in Collision Guard's Van Smashed by the Adelaide Express Melbourne
A collision occurred last night between the Adelaide express and the Buninyeng train. About, hafl a mile on the Melbourne side…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Motor Car Accident. Tourist's Narrow Escape at Manly
A motor car accident happened at Sheep Station Hill, near Manly, which resulted in the narrow escape from death of four occupants of the car. The meter was ascending the hill at a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Ozone Accident
MELBOURNE, Friday.--George Davis, seaman on the steamer Ozone, who had both his legs severed below the knees on Wednesday at Mornington, died in the Melbourne Hospital…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Fatalities and Accidents. Phosphorus Poisoning
Minnie Brigden (26), a tailoress residing at Francis-street, Glebe, was taken to the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital by the Civil Ambulance Brigade last night, and admitted, suffering from…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →A Strange Accident
A lad, about seven years of age, Living with Mr. Yates, of Phillip-street, Parramatta, had to go to Dr. W.S.Brown on Thursday morning. He had been…
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Mrs. Earls (sister of Mrs. Lloyd, the wife of on official, who fell over the cliffs in Dublin Bay a few weeks bach) has been found drowned in the River Dodder. The first story was that someone…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Train Collision Near Ballarat Melbourne
A collision occurred last night between the Adelaide express and the Buninyong train. About half a mile on the Melbourne side…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A Shooting Fatality Young Man the Victim
The Newtown police received a notification last evening that a young man named Heir, who, it is understood, lately lived at the corner of Campbell and Hutchinson streets,…
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NARRANDERA, Saturday.--Roy Gerard, a boy of 13, who was on a visit to Narrandera, was drowned yesterday in the Murrumbidgee…
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On Saturday morning the Water Police recovered the body of a man from the harbor near Pyrmont Bridge. Subsequently It was identified as being that of Benjamin Charles Walters,…
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