Accident
Herbert Wilkinson a Harris Park resident employed at the Clyde Works was runch cut about the face on Monday by the piece of work on which he was…
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Carriage-builder Injured
At about 10.15 a.m. on Tuesday Frederick Howell, carriage-builder, residing in Holdenstreet, Ashfield, was working in the Meadowbank Manufacturing Company's works, when…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Another Bathing Fatality. Hay
A sad drowning accident occurred in the Murrumbldgee River on Monday, by which Perey Nicol, 19, son of Mr. Andrew Nicol, tailor, and a pupil teacher in the Hay…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →A Fremantle Fatality. Jury and Fire Brigade
PERTH, Wednesday.--Great interest. was shown in the Inquest on Mrs. Muriel Selwood, of East Fremantle, who was thrown out of a sulky, and after considerable delay taken to a…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Nearly a Collision. Coastal and Ferry Steamers. a Close Shave
According to statements by passengers, an incident occurred on the harbor directly opposite Circular Quay last evening which put fear into the minds of a good number…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Run Over by a Cart. Boy Seriously Injured
Sydney Adams, aged 12 years, living in Bridge-road, Glebe, was knocked down and run over by a cart in Rowntree-street, Balmain, this morning…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Pate of the Pinnace. Story of the Harbor Collision. Captain Hansen's Crossexamination
The Inquest Into the circumstances attending the death of 15 members of the crew of H.M.S. Encounter, drowned as a result of a collision between a pinnace and the steamer Dunmore in…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Dreadful Accident at Wallendbeen. Train Smashes Runaway Sulky. Containing Three Children
WALLENDBEEN, Thursday.—A goods train this morning from Cootamundra ran into a sulky containing three school children, at Stockinbingal level crossing. One little girl named…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fatal Mining Accident. Brisbane
At Charters Towers Henry Mower, a tributer at the Victoria-Caledonia Block, fell down the rise 100ft, and was killed. He was a widower with three children…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Fatalities and Accidents. Suicide at Waverley
The adjourned inquest concerning the death of Alaric Eugene Fairburn (21), a clerk. who was found on December 31 by his father in his bedroom' with a pad of wool bound over his nose…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Rock Chopper Injured
While working in a tunnel at the corner of Erskine and Clarence streets, city, this morning, John Blake, a rock chopper, in the employ of the City Council, drove a pick into a toe of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Casualties. Newsagent Injured
At 5.30 o'clock this morning Charles Kennan, 72 living in Clarence-street, was walking along Essex-street when he slipped on the footpath and dislocated his left hip. On…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Boy Drowned. Broken Hill
Harold Furier, a lad of 15, living at South Broken Hill, while with other lads catching yabbies (small crayfish) in the Imperial dam this afternoon, got out of his depth and was…
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BROKEN-HILL, Thursday.--A drowning fatality occurred this afternoon at the Imperial Dam, a couple of miles out of town. A lad, Harold Furler, with others, was crayfishing in…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →District Court (Before Judge Murray.) Damage by Collision with a Tram
Porter v Chief Commissioner of Railways and Tramways. Hamilton v Same. Mr. Windeyer, instructed by Messrs. Shipway…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Severe Burning Accident. Parkes
A girl, Eileen M'Guiness, was placing meat on the stove when a plece of burning wood fell out, igniting her clothing. The girl was fearfully burned about the body. She was…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Dreadful Railway Accident. School-children Mangled at Crossing. One Little Girl Killed. Wallendbeen
A fatal accident occurred here to-day at the railway crossing on Stockinbingal-road. A goods train ran into a sulky containing three children. One little girl named Molly…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A Painful Accident
John Blake, 45, a rock chopper, employed by the City Council, and who lives in Coolan-street. city, was digging in the excavations at the corner of Erskine and Clarence…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fatalities and Accidents. Dead Man in a Tank
The dead body of Thomas Bryan (75), an engineer, was found by the police in a tank, in which he had been living, near Bay-road, North Sydney. It is supposed that death was due to…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Horsemen Injured
Three young men named C. Cottier, H. Dixon, and H. Thompson, employed as drivers at the Duckenfield colliery, were injured whilst riding from the colliery to the…
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