Miners' Accident Fund
NEWCASTLE, Thursday.--At to-day's meeting of the delegate board of the Colliery Employees Federation several applications were received on behalf of widows whose husbands died from…
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Sad Fatality
On Friday afternoon of last week, a tragic accident occurred at Woy Woy Railway Station, on the Northern line, resulting in the death of Mr. Geo…
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Herbert George Hunichen, 28, blacksmith's striker, on the 15th inst, alighted on the wrong side from a tram near the railway, and was struck down by a passing tram. He…
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WELLINGTON, N.Z., Friday. -- Herbert M'Lean a native of Melbourne, who is a traveller for Griffin's, Nelson, was drowned while surfing at Gisborne. He was engulfed by a…
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The body of Thomas Sotheran, 80, was found floating in Mulwarree River this afternoon. He had been missing for a day or two. It is surmised that he was strol[?]ing…
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The inquest in connection with the recent fatality on the trans-Australian railway [?] was resumed yesterday. Sydney King, engine-driver, who has had 29…
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VIENNA, Friday. -- An Austrian airman ascended at Przemysl (Gailcia) in an endeavor to carry despatches to headquarters. Russian aeroplanes chased the Austrian,…
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A Vienna message says an Austrian airman ascended at Przemysl in an endeavour to carry despatches to headquarters. Russian aeroplanes gave chase, and the…
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While surf-bathlpg at Gisborne, H. M'L[?]nn, a commercial traveller, was drowned. Deceased was a native of Melbourne…
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The ordinary express from Sydney ran into a Louvre van standing on the main line at the local station this morning. The van was smashed, and two trucks loaded with lu[?]erne…
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Lillian Quinn (16) was bitten on the ankle by a snake near the Rifle Range at Randwick yesterday. Her condition is not serious…
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WELLINGTON, N.Z., Friday. -- While a train of open trucks and one passenger car was proceeding from Taringamutu to Waituhi, on the Taringamutu Timber Company's private line,…
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One of Alderman D. M. Anderson's sons, a lad about 10 years of age, met with a painful accident in a quarry at Ryde on Tuesday a stone rolling on to…
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Amongst the casualties attended to at St. Joseph's Hospital during the week were the following:—Mabel Higginbotham (5), Parramatta-street, Granville, injury…
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At the inquest, at Goulburn yesterday morning, on Thomas Beresford Southeran, 80, whose body was found on Friday in Mulwaree River, a verdict of death by drowning was recorded…
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A shocking tram accident occurred in the city about 10 minutes to 10 last night. As a result, William Lloyd, aged 29, a french polisher, is lying in Sydney Hospital with his…
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A lady of 60, Martha Green, residing at 37 Burrum-strect, Erskineville, was surfing at Coogee last evening when she received a fractured knee cap owing to a man who was riding…
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Wm. Lloyd (39), residing at Golding-street, Summer Hill, attempted to board a moving tram in Pitt-street last night, when he slipped and fell. The back wheel of the car passed…
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A boy, whose name is unknown to the police last evening, was drowned while bathing in Hen and Chickens Bay yesterday. The body had not been recovered at a late hour…
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A man, whoso name is not known, was drowned yesterday morning in Hen and Chicken Bay, Parramatta River. The body has not yet been recovered…
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