A Boy Bather Drowned
A young lad, whose identity was not then established, was drowned while bathing in Hen and Chickens Bay. Sydney, on Saturday. The body had not…
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Drowned in the Darling
William Williams, the five-year-old ton of Mr. T. Williams, of Wentworth (N.S.W.), was drowned in the river on Wednesday. The boy and his sitter were…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Peculiar Train Accident. School Teacher Seriously injured
A remarkable accident happened to Miss Ellen Laycock, teacher at the Wallumbilla (Q.) State school on Sunday. While travelling by train from Roma to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →An Infantryman Injured
Mervien Cork, aged eighteen years, one of the infantry guard at Fort Scratchley, Newcastle (N.S.W.), after bathing in the ocean baths on Thursday, slipped on the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Pea-rifle Fatality. a Boy Shoots Himself
A fatal shooting accident occurred at Tyalgum (N.S.W.) on Friday, when Victor Southwood, a lad aged fifteen years, went out with the intention of setting…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Collision in Harbor. Skiff Overturned. No Lives Lost
The crew of a 16ft skiff had a remarkable escape from drowning in the harbor this afternoon. The Manly Ferry Company's steamer…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fell 90 Feet. Man Injured at Theatre
Falling from a height of 90ft on the the stage at the Little Theatre yesterday afternoon, Rees Barker, 35, an electrician, residing at 106 Cooper-street, Surry Hills,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Surf-bathing Fatality at Thirroul. to the Editor of the Herald
Sir,—Being a witness of the sad bathing fatanlity that happened on Thirroul beach on Sunday morning, I feel quite certain if members of a properly-organised surf club had…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Scene at Hartlepool. German Ships Broadsides Fired Into the Town. Dead and Injured. Nine Men Killed by One of the Shells
The bombardment of [?]pool by German [?] at two to [?]at a quarter [?] The ships were never [?] visible from the [?] and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Accident on the Harbor. Sailing Boat Cut in Halves
A sixteen-foot salling boat was run into by the Manly Company's steamer Bin[?] off George's Head, shortly after 4 o'clock this afternoon. The smaller boat was cut in…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A Blasting Accident
While blasting operations were being carried on in the vicinity of the Temye (Sydney) tramway depot on Friday morning, one of the charges caused a great…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Motor Accidents. Victims Old and Young
Kate Maddocks, need sixty years, on the night of the 9th inst., while crossing George-street, Sydney, stepped in front of a moving motor-car, and sustained…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Railway Guard Killed. a Fly Shunting Accident
Ronald Fagan, a guard in the employ of the Queensland Railway Department, was killed about noon on Friday at Normanby, near Brisbane. He was engaged…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Many Mishaps The Chapter of Accidents One of a Shooting Party Fails to Return
As a results of being separated from his friends at Greendale, about eighteen miles from Camden (N.S.W.), on Sunday, John M'Farlane, who lives in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Bogantungan Accident. The Body Identified
The body of the man who was killed on the railway line near Bogantungan (Q.) on December 11, has been identified as that of Thomas Tierney, about fifty…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fatal Burning Accidents
Catherine Muir (34), living in Kopos Street, Redfern, was working at a copper at her home yesterday, when her clothes caught fire, and she was badly burned. She died at Sydney…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fatalities and Accidents Body Recovered
The body of the boy who was drowned Hen and Chickens Bay, Five Dock, on Sunday, was washed up on the shore yesterday morning, and identified as that of William Jenkins…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Seaman Drowned
NEWCASTLE, Tuesday.--George Cooper, an ordinary seaman, 17 years of age, was drowned in the harbor early this morning. He was leaving the steamer Williamston, berthed at the dyke…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Tram Accident. Newsboy Injured Seriously
Amos Smith (11), living at 30 Hay-street, Randwick, while selling papers at the Darley-street stop this morning, fell off a tram and revived injuries which necessitated his…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Boy Injured
The axie of a greengrocer's cart broke when the vehicle was opposite the railway station at Erskineville yesterday, causing the occupants of the cart to be thrown into the…
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