Drowned in Dam
WEST WYALONG, Sunday.--The body of Leo Sylvester Fitzsimons (24), engaged in sharefarming with his brother on Treasure's farm, Wollongough station, Ungarie, was found in…
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Motor Fatality. Driver Acquitted
Gustav Herman [?] appeared at the Central Police Court this morning to answer the charge of killing a man, whose name was unknown…
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In our account of a drowning fatality at Gore-hill in Saturday's paper it was stated that the waterhole in which the accident occurred was situated in Wilson's brick pit. We have…
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Percy Miller, 15, was drowned in a waterhole at Wilson's brickworks, Goro Hill, on Friday afternoon. With some other boys he had been…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Clergyman Drowned. Deniliquin
On Friday night the Rev. F. A. Wenborn, of St. Paul's Church, who had been an inmate of the hospital, suffering from pneumonia, was drowned. About 10.30 p.m., during the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →A Boy Drowned. Harden
A laC named Carney, 15, was drowned in the Murrumburrah Creek dam on Now Year's Day. It had been arranged to hold a swimming carnival on the creek, and at about…
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The Sydney Marine Underwriters and Salvage Association have received the following cable from London: — "Steamer Star of Scotland has been…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Boy Drowned. Waterhole at St. Peters
While fishing in a waterhole In the yard of the old Jubilee Brickwords, off Barwon Parkroad, St Peters, this morning, Frederick Claude Hardy, 3 of 34 Pleasant street, Ers…
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Two women were heroically rescued from drowning at Narrabeen shortly before sunset yesterday. The Narrabeen lakes, which are a favourite…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Bolt at Balmain. Two Men Injured
A horse attached to a greengrocer's [?] bolted in [?] a few minutes after 10 o'clock this morning, the two occupants being thrown out and injured…
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LONDON, Saturday.--The steamer Star of Scotland, outward bound for Australia and New Zealand, collided with a tug and hopper on the Thames…
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Following is a copy of a London cable received by the Sydney Marine Underwriters and Salvage Association on Saturday:—"Steamer star Scotland has been in collision—damage all above water-line port…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Soldiers Killed. Military Train Smash. Collision with Standing Car. [?]
A railway accident took place near [?] to-day, as a result of even soldiers were killed and twelve [?] injured. The smash [?] through a military train…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Boy Drowned. Fishing at St. Peters. a Dangerous Waterhole
Waterholes have claimed a number of victims of late, and another [?] this morning at a waterhole [?] St. Peters at a spot where the old Jubilee…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A Child Killed. Retaining Wall Gives Way. Fatality at Paddington
Three children, Jack Wishart (4½), David Halley Wishart (3), of No. 30 Gosbell-street, Paddington, and another child whoso name is unknown were playing near a retaining wall…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →164 Drowned. Big Shipping Disaster Off China Coast. Coolies Rush Life Boats
The E. and A. mail steamer St. Albans on Saturday brought particulars of the loss of the steamer Tak Yai, which ran upon a submerged rock near Port Arthur, and foundered,…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Surf Tragedies. Man and Woman Drowned. Would-be Rescuer Loses His Life
MELBOURNE, Sunday.--After a terrible struggle with the breakers and a fight for life, extending over half an hour. Miss Ray Hunter, of Malvern, and a young athlete, W. Seabrook,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Surf. Two More Persons Drowned. Disaster in Victoria. Gallant Rescuers. Melbourne
A drowning accident occurred on Back Beech at Point Lonsdale yesterday afternoon. In the heavy surf driven upon the beach by a southerly wind, two bathers, a young…
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Two Swiss boys, aged 6 and 14 near [?] after taking £7 from their father's house set out lately to cross the Panix [?] for the canton of [?] on the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fatalities and Accidents Run Over by Cab
Alexander Osborne (4), was run over and killed by a cab on the Corso, Manly, on Saturday afternoon. The child was watching a band passing t the time, and stepped on to…
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