Girl Drowned
PERTH, Sunday.--Florence Mannering (11), the daughter of a Fremantle printer, with a younger sister and a boy cousin, while bathing in the Swan River at Mount Lawley got into a…
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Fatalities and Accidents. French Sailor Drowned
The body of Jean Dangay, one of the crew of the French barque Eugene Pergeline, which is now lying at the wheat wharf, Darling Harbor, was found on Saturday morning floating off…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Newcastle. Racecourse Accident. Two Jockeys Injured
When running in the Plattsburg Handicap at the Wallsend races on Saturday the horses Atta and Coruens fell, their riders, W. Walton and P. Maher, being injured. The field had just entered the straight when Atta…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Man Drowned at Woolloomooloo
Senior-constable Beattle of the Water Police, found the body of a man named William Carr, aged 63, a shore donkeyman, floating in the waters of Woolloomooloo Bay early on…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Man Drowned in Darling Harbor
About ton minutes to eight o'clock on Sunday morning the body of a man was found floating near the Federal Wharf, Darling Harbor. The discovery was made by Walter…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →A Music Teacher Injured
Annie Costello (36), a music teacher, residing in Leicester-street, Paddington, was admitted to Sydney Hospital on Saturday by Dr. Tansey, suffering from a wound in the throat…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Casualties. Woman Injured by Motor
At lunch-time on Saturday Mrs. Jane Carr, of 8 Darley-street, Darlinghurst, was knocked down by a motor car in Oxford-street, Paddington. She was driven to St. Vincent's…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Too Soon After a Meal. Machinist Drowned
MELBOURNE, Sunday.--Edith May Williams (18), a machinist, was drowned while bathing at Hampton this afternoon. Mrs. O'Leary, a and Elsie Tait. who were also bathing at…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Falls From Trams. Four Persons Injured
Between Saturday evening and 11 o'clock this morning four persons were treated at the Sydney Hospital for injuries received through falling from trams in the city. In all the cases…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Methylated Spirits Explode. Boy Killed; Two Others Injured
TAMWORTH, Saturday.--A burning, fatality, caused by the explosion of a tin of methylated spirits, occurred at Dungowan Hotel, on Thursday afternoon, and as a result a boy lost his…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Nearly Drowned. Trouble in the Harbor. Narrow Escape of Frolic's Crew
The squally, southerly weather on the harbor on Saturday afternoon and night was responsible for many capsizes of sailing craft, and boats, which had sheltered in the various…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Electrocuted. Fate of Three Men. Twenty Others Injured. Madrid, Sunday Evening
Fatal results followed upon a fire which [?] out in the electrical works at Gundola[?] a town [?] miles north-east of this city. Three of the employees who were in close…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Trams Collide. a Peculiar Accident. Melbourne
Owing, it is believed to an excrescence on a newly-spliced cable, three trams crashed together on Princess Bridge about half-past 5 o'clock this evening, each being considerably…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Engines Collide. Accident at Hornsby
Two "S" class engines, Nos. 806 and 804, came. into collision in the Hornsby goods yard on Saturday afternoon. It appears that a signal was given, and each driver…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Tram Accidents
Rose Dell, aged 47, of 55 Union-street, Erskineville, fell from a moving tram at Wilson-street, Newtown, this afternoon, and landed on the crown of her head. The local…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Last Year's Accidents. Remarkable Increase. London, Sunday. 11.20 p.m
The fatalities resulting from street accidents are shown to have increased from 172 in 1905 to about 500 in 1912. Of last year's accidents 130 were due to…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Only One to Finish. of Twenty-three Starters. Inter-state 18-Foot Handicap a Chapter of Accidents
The inter-State 18ft. carnival of 1913 will be long remembered, not only by the competitors but by the onlookers, as two of the most disastrous days on the waters of Port Jackson…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The Blasting Accident. Men Progressing Satisfactorily
BRISANE, Sunday.--Several of the men injured in the blasting, accident, on Friday, who are now in the hospital, are progressing satisfactorily…
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A motor driver, Leslie Tuckett, was lives in Alfred-street, [?] Point, met with an extremely painful accident at Redfern this morning. His left hand was jam[?] between a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway Collision at Hornsby
During the fire on Saturday, when clouds smoke enveloped the town, two railway eng[?]came into collision in the Hornsby goods yard. The drivers, Messrs. Carter and Barker,…
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