Casualties. Burning Accident
The Window curtains at W. Braitling's residence, Kingston-street, Haberfield, caught fire on Wednesday, night through coming in contact with the gas. Mrs. Braitling was burnt…
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Fatal Accident on the Seydlitz
An inqucat was opened on the body of William Henry Martin, who was killed on the German mail steamer Seydlitz. Evidence as to identification having been given, the inquest was adjourned…
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An inquest was held yesterday on the body of William Henry Chamberlain, 46, a painter, lately living in Henderson-road, Alexandria, who fell from a ladder in…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fatalities and Accidents. Child Trampled to Death
Josephine Rowe (3½),. who resided with her parents at Cronujla, was trampled on by a horse from a dairy adjoining their residence. The child was taken to St. George Cottage Hospital,…
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The following method of results [?]ating the apparently drowned has been adopted by several life-saving societies. Promptly loosen…
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An inquest was held by the District Coroner ([?]. Malone) at Woodside on Thursday into the death of Harold G. Hepburn, a State child, aged 8 years, who was drowned while…
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Instinctively I held my arms out for the dive, and while still falling I heard the cry ring out, "Man overboard" . Down, down, I sank, for the fall was from…
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LONDON, Friday Evening.—While M. Latham was making a flight at Cairo the monoplane fell from a height of 150 feet. M. Latham was uninjured, but the monoplane was smashed…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Cootamundra Accident. Train Smash. Flood and Loss of Life
Up to the present the terrible floods in New South Wales hare not been responsible for serious accidents on the railways through washaways. But the authorities have had to…
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BATHURST, Saturday.—The derailment of a truck of cattle, resulting in three bullocks being killed, took place near Bathurst Saleyards. A local batcher named J. P. Ryan, sen.,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fatalities and Accidents. Ex-jockey Found Shot
William Watham, who some years ago was a prominent jockey, was found dead in Centennial Park yesterday morning. Near his hand was a small revolver, and there was a bullet wound in…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →Lorry Accident at Coogee. Driver Seriously Hurt
About 7.30 p.m. last night George Thomas Shannon (52), of "Avoca Cottage," Carrington-road, Coogee, was driving a pair of horses attached to a lorry'…
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George Thos. Shannon (52), a carrier, living at Carrington-road, Coogee, met with such injuries on Saturday evening as resulted in his death in Sydney Hospital yesterday…
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Sir,—Two, if not three, of the respective companies of passengers on the three steamboats which so nearly collided near Bradley's Head recently must at the time…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Struck by Lightning. Two Men Injured. Wagga
Violent thunderstorms broke over Wagga on Friday night and Saturday morning. One hundred and forty points of rain were registered. Two men, John White and William Earle,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Railway Smash. Brighton to London Express. Seven Killed; Twenty Injured. a Bystander's Ill-luck
LONDON, Sunday.--While the Brighton to London express was travelling at the rate of 40 miles an hour, a coupling broke at Stoats, the next station to Croydon…
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George Thomas Shannon, 52, residing in Carrington-road, Randwick, was driving a pair of ho[?] attached to a lorry in Allison-road on Saturday evening, when the horses…
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BRAIDWOOD, Saturday.--A son of Mr. Wm. Minton, of Major's Creek, had driven a horse in a dray to the racecourse with some material for a fruit stall. He delivered this, and was…
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The Sydney Marine Underwriters' Association has received a cable stating that the steamer Kent, bound from Sydney to London, arrived at Port Said utter having been in…
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