Compensation to Injured Seamen
MELBOURNE, Monday. -- During the first halt of last year £325 was paid by shipowners under the provisions of the Seamen's Compensation Act as compensation in respect of 57 accidents…
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Councillor Injured. Lismore
Councillor Elliott met with a severe accident on Saturday morning. He was riding after a horse that had broken away, when his horse fell. He was thrown heavily on to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Farmer Injured. Bowraville
A farmer named Joseph Butler, of Upper Taylor's Arm, while driving along a dangerous portion of the road met with a serious accident. His horse shied, and Butler…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Two Wharf Laborers Injured
An exciting accident occurred in [?] on Monday night, when two wharf laborers were injured. [?] a number of other laboreres, James Gowen was taken out…
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The danger arising from the crossing of the Manly and Cremorne ferry steamers, off Bonnelong Point, has been the cause of concern to officials and passengers. The manager of…
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Frederick Claude Hardie, [?] who lived with his parents in Pleasant-sreet, Erskineville, was drowned in a waterhole at the Old Jubilee Brick Works, Alexandria, on Monday week…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Learning to Swim. Sailor Drowned at Garden Island
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Continued on Trove, page 1 →A Picnic Party's Peril. Twelve Parsons Injured
While descending a rather steep slope on the road to Mount Cootha (Q.) on Friday afternoon, the brakes on a motor 'bus refused to act, and as…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Waterhole Peril. Fishing in a Brickpit. Another Boy Drowned
Everywhere in the suburbs has the danger to young life in the shape, of disused brick pits been made apparent lately, and the evidence given at the inquest this morning…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Theatrical Gossip Collision at Sea. Miss Grace Palotta's Adventure. Adrift In-an-open Boat
Shipwrecks are generally thought of by most people with a shudder but an experience which befel Miss Grace Palotta, who is playing one of the principal roles in "Aladdin", at the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Whirled to Death. the Botany Accident. Man's Terrible Injuries
An accident which occurred at Whiddon Brothers' January at Botany last Tuesday, and resulted in the death of William [?], a machine hand, through being caught in the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fatal Riding Accident. Goolagong
Yesterday a son of Harry Fitch, of Grenfell, was thrown from a horse while returning from church, and killed…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Serious Shooting Accident. Murwillumbah
George Keys, a dairyman in the Tyalgum district, met with a serious accident on Sunday afternoon while attempting to shoot an iguana. He was using a breech-loading gun,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fatal Trap Accident
BRISBANE, Monday. -- The Commissioner of Police to-day received news from Toowoomba of the death of Mrs. Williams, wife of a selector, residing 17 miles beyond Bell in the Dalby…
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ALBURY, Monday. -- Miss Florance Prichard, head nurse at the Albury Hospital, and a sister of the matron at that Institution, was driving on Sunday, when the pony bolted from the…
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The Coroner recorded a finding of accidental death by drowning at an inquiry into the death of Cecil Edward Newton, an A.B. on board H.M.A.S. Penguin. Newton's body was…
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The City Coroner recorded yesterday that Frederick C. Hardie, 8½, was drowned accidentally in the old "Jubilee" brick pit. off Barwon-road, Alexandria, on January 5. Evidance…
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An inquiry was held yesterday morning into the death of Frederick Claude Hardie, who was drowned in the "Old Jubilee" brick pit at Alexandria on January 5. The evidence showed…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Drowned in the Namoi
GUNNEDAH, Tuesday. -- While bathing at the railway pump house, in the Namoi, yesterday, Jack Kirkpatrick, a lad of nine, was carried away by the current and drowned. A younger…
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