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MELBOURNE, Thursday.--The Coroner (Dr. Cole) expressed an opinion to-day that swimming should be included in the curriculum of State schools. The Coroner made this remark…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Another stage in the litigation between two well-known shipping companies, having reference to the Tavlunl-Nera collision in Sydney Harbour, was reached yesterday, in the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →There was a thrilling race for a few hundred yards oh the harbor between two ferry boats yesterday. The regulations do not permit of two…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A double drowning accident, attended by a rescue of a third boy, occurred at St. Kilda at 9 o'clock to-night. Four lads, of whom one only could swim,…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Through going to the assistance of a casual acquaintance, who was having a had time at the hands of a gang of larrikins, late on Thursday, afternoon, a laborer, George pinnock who…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →MELBOURNE, Thursday.--Clyde Stevens and Ewart Parker, both 16 years of age, were drowned off St. Kilda bench to-night." In company with, Lawrence Wrigley and…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →A motor car, the property of Mr. K. J. Callen was destroyed by fire. The owner was in the motor garage doing some soldering round the radistor, when, without a moment's…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Mr. James Muir, Drummoyne Council engineer, and Mr. Charles Andrews, when driving in a sulky yesterday, met a three-horse waggon laden with coke, near the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Frank Keen, aged 35, a carpenter, who lives in Moore-street, Balmain, fell 40ft, down a shaft at the mine, of the Sydney Harbor Collieries, Ltd., Birchgrove-street, Balmain,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Over a thousand bags of wheat were spilt into Darling Harbor early yesterday morning by the capsize of a lighter. The grain had just been placed on board, and the lighter was waiting for…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →HELENSBURGH, Thursday.--While returning to his camp at Cawley late last night, with two companions, Walter Spearing (21) was fatally injured through the horse and sulky going…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →William Walters (13) was admitted to the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital yesterday, suffering from injuries to the head, which were received while he was diving in a waterhole…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →John William Jowett (47), lately living with his wife and family of six in Church-street, Parramatta, committed suicide at an early hour yesterday by shooting himself with a gun…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A double drowning case occurred at Henderson (N.Z.). Mrs. Wright, a farmer's wife, and Miss Parkinson, losing their lives. Both were bathing in a creek, when Miss Parkinson…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →On Tuesday morning, Mr C Neclan, goods porter at Penrith Railway Shed, had the misfortune to have one of his thumbs injured by a truck door…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The British steamers Auckenarden and Labranca came into collision during a thick fog on the Mersey River. The former vessel sank, but the Labranca succeeded in rescuing the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Two members of the Phillip Lytton Theatrical Company were seriously injured at Bulli on Thursday night, as the result of a gas explosion. They were engaged in fitting up an…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →WEST WYALONG, Friday.--A Ford motor car, the property of Mr. K. J. Callen, was destroyed by fire yesterday afternoon. The owner was in the motor garage doing some soldering…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →The body of a young Dane named James Peter Nellsen, aged 30, was recovered from a deep hole known as one of the fish ponds, In a rocky sully near Hornsby, on…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →BRISBANE, Friday.--The Weather Bureau has issued the following special advice:-- "According to this morning's telegrams, conditions on the sub-tropical coast have greatly…
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