Fatal Ploughing Accident. Singleton
An inquest was held by the coroner (Mr. H. Pinchin) to-day concerning the death of John Co[?]dy, 33 years of age this morning at the Danger Cottage Hospital. The evidence…
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Fatalities and Accidents. Over the Cliffs. Widow's Remarkable Fall
Mary Jones (53), a widow, residing at 169 Oxford-street, Waverley, fell a distance of 70ft. over the cliffs at Coogee yesterday, and escaped practically uninjured…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →A Double Fatality. Drowning Case at Cobar. Cobar
A double drowning case occurred last night at 8 o'clock, when Mrs. George Harris and her brother-in-law. Mr. William Harris aged 19, were drowned while swimming in…
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COBAR, Wednesday.--A very sad drowning fatality occurred last night at one of the Great Cobar mine tanks, it appears that at about 7.30 a number of women went in tho tank, In…
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BULLI, Wednesday.--A case of drowning happened off the Bellambi Beach last evening, when a young man, Joseph Hawkins, lost his life to the surf. He and a brother went to bathe, and…
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On Tuesday night Joseph Hawking (20), accompanied by two other young men, was bathing in the surf when he was carried out bu the undercurrent and drowned. Strenuous efforts accompanied made to rescue him,…
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Loslie Wallace Coatee, aged 16 months, met with fatal injuries in front of his parents' residence, in Ralan-street, Manly, yesterday evening. The' mother of the child…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Accidents at Wagga. Cyclist Struck by a Cab. Boy Shot While Duck Shooting
WAGGA, Thursday.—A young man named Walter Bishop, a resident of Wagga, met with a serious accident while returning from the Highland sports late last evening. He was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Circular Saw Accident
George Walker, 17, was working with a circular saw at Messrs. Goodlet and Smith's timber yards this morning, when he had two fingers of his right bond severed. The…
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The City Coroner (Mr. S. Murphy) inquired at the Kogarah Police Station yesterday into the circumstances connected with the death of Ernest Johnston, who died in St. George…
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Yesterday, at about 7 p.m., three members of the Bellambi Surf Life-saving Club, named Joseph Hawken, Charles Hawken, and Watson, went bathing on Bellambi Beach. One of the…
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PERTH, Thursday.--Two barmen, William Cranlie and Patrick Dwyer, hired a boat this morning for the purpose of bathing in the river near the swan Brewery, Subsequently a man…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Serious Motor Accident. Collision with Telegraph Pole. Hobart
A motor-car accident happened outside the Maypole Hotel, at the intersection of Main and Risdon roads, Newtown, yesterday, Mr. Garnett Hope, the solo occupant ot the…
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The postal authorities intimate that much trouble is caused the department, through the use, by some members of the public, of bent coins, for the purpose of paying for…
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The postal authorities intimate that much trouble is caused the department through the use, by some members of the public, of bent coins for the purpose of paying for conversations through the public telephones. Such coins,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Veterinarian. Foot Injured When Ploughing
Whitton has a three-year-old horse which was injured on the coronet by being trodden upon by another horse while ploughing. For a long time it was very raw looking, and…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →A Unionist Injured. Shot in the Legs
ADELAIDE, Thursday.--The Commissioner of Police (Colonel Malley) has received the following telegram from Corporal Gibbons, in charge of the police at Renmark:--…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Boating Accident. Skiff and Eight-oar
Mr. Edward Craddock, an inspector of the Bank of New South Wales, met with a strange accident yesterday afternoon (says Thursday's Melbourne "Argus"). He had been out…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Revolver Accident. Lower Jaw Shattered
Early yesterday morning James Knox, aged 22, a carpenter, accidentally shot himself in the jaw in the Volunteer Hotel, George-street West, where he had been…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Horrible Accident. Mining Engine-driver Decapitated. Cairns (Q.)
News has been received of a terrible accident at the Molloy mine. Brief particulars only are so far obtainable. It is stated that an engine-driver named Jas…
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