Two Men Drowned From Capsized Skiff
While returning from a fishing [?] off Williamstown (Victoria) on Sunday, a party of three, when between Williamstown and Port Melbourne, saw an overturned skiff with three…
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Boat Overturned. Two Men Drowned. Melbourne
A small Halting party of three were saifing home from a fishing ground off Williamstown to-day when half-way botnecn Williamstown and Port Melbourne they saw an…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Explosion at Pyrmont. Man Seriously Injured
An explosion occurred in the City Council's sub-station in Little Mount-street, Pyrmont, It seems that Thomas Edgar Wearne (38), an electrician, who resides in Fraser-street,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Run Over by Motor Car. Redfern Boy Injured
[?] who lives with his parents at in Bernitt-street, Redforn, was knocked down by a motor car on Saturday afternoon and Severaly injured…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Accidents to Servants. Employer Liable. the New Compensation Act
G. F. S writes:— in view that the [?] Act comes into four on July [?] employer and employee [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Accidents in City and Subuses
While Bernard [?] at 195 Youngster [?] off a lorry at the [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Man Killed. Motor Car Accident
The overturning of a motor-car, which he was driving, resulted in the death on Saturday afternoon of Henry Beckett, for many years stevedore for Messrs Dalgety and Co.,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fatalities & Accidents. Fall Over a Balcony
On Saturday John Nightingale (2), living at 103 Union Street, Erskineville, fell over the balcony at his parents' home, a distance of 30ft. The Newtown District Ambulance took him to…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Treble Drowning Fatality. Father, Son, and Daughter
INVERELL. Monday.--Mary Ann Hanshaw (18), and her brother, Frederick (9), went into the Macintyre River on Sunday afternoon for a swim. Miss Hanshaw, who could not swim, got…
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A fatality occurred at Canterbury yesterday, when a boy named Thomas Arthur Richmond, son of F. R. Richmond, of Redman-street, Canterbury, was drowned…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Casualties. Driving Fatality. Berrigan
Ernest Stephen Nott, an employee of Mr. Gordon Anderson, a carrier of Cobram, accompanied by Harold Douglas Page and W. Sharples, left Berrigan with a load of empty…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A Man Drowned in Sydney
A man named pump [?] at Homebush (Sydney), was drowned in the Domain Baths the water with a friend, George…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Kogarah Boy Injured by Fall
While leaving a train at Kogarah station on Monday afternoon, [?] who lives with his [?] in High-street, Carlton, [?] and fall to the platform. He [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Scalded and Burned. Shocking Fatality at Cudgera
Mr. Patrick McCarthy, a middle aged man, living alone at Cudgera (N.S.W.), was lifting a tin of boiling water from a fire when he slipped and fell into the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Collision Case. Damages Assessed at £2,300
The case of the Belfast and Koroit Steam Navigation Company; owners of the steamship Casino, against the Melbourne Harbour Trust…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Bathing Tragedy. Father, Son, and Daughter Drowned. Inverell
A drowning tragedy took, place at Red Rock on the M'Intyre River, two miles below inverell, yesterday. A family named Handshaw visited the locality for a picnic during…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Motor Car Owner Injured. While Trying to Save Car From Flames
While [?] to [?] a fire which [?] in a motor [?] at the rear of be [?] street, Red[?] on Monday night, [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Mysterious Shooting Injured Man in Street Walks Up and Tells Policeman
With a bullet in the lower part of his abdomen, a man who subsequently, in the casualty ward at the Sydney Hospital gave the name of William Bruce, walked up to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Fall From a Balcony. a Two-year-old Boy Seriously Injured
A two-year-old boy named John Nightingale was playing on the balcony of the home of his parents at Erasineville (Sydney) on Saturday, when he overbalanced…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →District Court. (Before Judge Docker and a jury.) Tram Collision. Winning v R. and T. Commissioner. Midson v R. and T. Commissioner
John Osborne Winning, of Milner-road, Guildford, miner, claimed £200 from the Chief Commissioner for Railways and Tramways in connection with a collision between a…
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