Bathing Accident
A number of girls were bathing in the Wimmera near Horsham (Vic.), yesterday, when Ida Blake asked two of them to take her into deep water. Clarice Berry and…
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Railway Accident
A train of coal trucks was running down the gradient to the Adamstown Station yesterday afternoon when the brakes refused to act. The trucks jumped the runaway points…
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At about 4.45 yesterday afternoon Denis Garlagher (46), laborer, residing in Jenkin-street, North Sydney, fell down the hold of the French barque Le Tour a'Auvergne, which was berthed…
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This afternoon John Smith, a dealer, of Glebe, was riding along Hay-street, when his pony was struck by the runaway team of a lorry. Smith was thrown and rendered…
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A remarkable drowning accident occurred at Brisbane on the night of January 23, when three firemen --W. Martin, James Hill, and Ernest Soudell -- of the steamer Walpara, met their…
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Mr Stephen Murphy held an inquest at the City Coronel a Court [?] the death of Florence [?] which occurred at her home 4 Lord [?], Newton, on January 14…
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GRAFTON, Tuesday.--On Sunday the first accident at the municipal baths occurred. Henry Crosby, a bricklayer aged about 50, went with a mate to the baths for a swim. He dived in…
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A verdict of accidental death was returned by the City. Coroner yesterday at an in quest into the death of Florence Lasbury, a young woman, who was drowned in a bath…
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A verdict of accidental death was recorded at an inquest at the City Coroner's Court on Tuesday in the case of Florence Lasbury, who was drowned during an epileptic fit while…
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LITHGOW, Wednesday —A railway fences [?] received shocking injured [?] Esk Bank [?] stage this morning. However [?] on the railway line is no known,…
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The finding of the mangled body or James Mack on the railway track, near the Cloveland-street tunnel, on the night of January 14 last, was inquired into by the City…
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Further details regarding the collision which occurred between a passenger train and a coal train in the Rhondda Valley show that the disaster occurred near…
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A motor and cycle collision occurred at Killara, on the North Shore line, on Tuesday, and as a result Arthur Horace. a resident of St. Ives, is lying in a serious condition in the…
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VANCOUVER, Tuesday.--The Millard Hotel, Omaha, has been destroyed by fire. One man was killed and five seriously injured…
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The City Coroner devoted considerable time to-day concluding his investigation into the circumstances of the cab and tram collision which occurred in Pitt-street, near the…
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By yesterday's Canadian mall I re-ceived a letter from Tommy Burns, dated Seattle, Washington, December 17, from which the following extracts are made:…
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Mr. James Walker, of Dingo Creek, met with a painful accident near Wingham, while driving into the local butter factory. The wheel of the vehicle struck a stump, and upset. One…
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Mr. Fred. Surtecs, of the M'Combe Steam Vulcanising Works, Castlereagh-st., yesterday explained the motor-ear accident mentioned in Friday's "Sun." He said that he…
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At about 4.30 p.m. yesterday a man whose name has not been ascertained suddenly collapsed in Central-square, near the waiting-room. The Civil Ambulance took him to…
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