Peculiar Tram Accident. Conductors Leg Broken
[?] the all night tram from Botany [?] was proceeding along[?] minus at along[?] that morning [?] collided with a [?]…
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Railway Accident at Mortdale
While alighting from a train at Mortdale station on Saturday evening, John Alexander Forbes, 60, slipped and fell on to the line, and was killed almost…
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William Andrew Reeve, an elderly nightwatchman, living in Bellevue Street, North Sydney, collapsed on the steamer Victoria at Mort's Dock on Thursday night. Reeve was…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Shooting Accident
A peculiar accident happened in Parramatta Park on New Year's Day. Besides merry-go-rounds and so forth, for the delectation of visiting youngsters that…
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Henry Land, employed at Meggitts Ltd Parramatta, and living at Sorrell-Street; met with an accident on January 4 and his injurious had to be attended to…
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Amongst the casualties treated at St. Joseph's Hospital during the past week are the following:— William Hiller (54), Gordon-road, Auburn, crushed hand…
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On Wednesday afternoon a serious accident happened at Maearthur-street, Newlands to Mr. Jas. Henry Crowgey, poultry farmer of Victoria-road…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Seven Bookmakers Injured Melbourne
Through one of the back tyres of their motor car blowing out when the car was swerved abruptly to avoid a collision with a car ahead of them seven bookmakers were…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Taxi Fatality Two Children Run Over—one Dead
About 10 o'clock yesterday morning two little girls, Marie Quinn (5) and Doreen Higgins (9), who lived in Darlington-road, came out from behind a tram near Newtown Station and ran…
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This afternoon Mrs. Alice Branscombe, who lived at Grafton-street, Woollahra, was killed instantly by a train at the Tascott platform, three miles from Gosford. Mrs…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bomb Outrage Explosion at Mosman German's House Damaged Nobody Injured
A large gelignite bomb which was thrown into a cellar basement, comprising portion of the foundations of Mr. Paul Schreiterer's home, "Bangoola," in Parriwi-street, better…
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Charles Samuel Leslie Bell, aged 37, who lived in James-street, North Sydney, was found drowned in Bell's private baths, at Blue's Point, North Sydney, this morning. He…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fatality at Newtown
As a result of a street accident at Newtown shortly after 9 o'clock on Saturday morning. Marie Quinn, aged 6 years, died from a fractured skull while being conveyed to the Prince…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Railway Fatality. Gosford
A railway fatality occurred this afternoon at Tascott, near Gosford, Mrs. Alice Branscombe being run over by a passing train. With her brother, she attempted to cross the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Newtown Fatality Taxi Driver Arrested
Following on the motor accident in Newtown on Saturday morning last, when a little girl named Marie Quinn was killed and another child seriously injured, the driver…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Man Drowned at North Sydney
Charles Samuel Leslie Rett Mr. of James-street. North Sydney was found drowned in Bell's private baths Blues Polis at about 20 o'clock this morning. The body was lying face…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Detonator Explodes Boy Seriously Injured
Owing to the explosion of a detonator this morning Boy M'Kinnerey, aged 9, living in Church-street, Canterbury, had three fingers and a thumb of his left hand blown off, his…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Killed at Bomb Practice Liverpool Camp Fatality
A bomb improvised out of a jam tin exploded unexpectedly at Liverpool Camp on December 22. As a result Private Alfred Lyons received injuries which caused his…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Girl Killed by Car. Another Seriously Injured
On Saturday moraine, as a taxi, driven by Charle Henry May, was proceeding to the city along Newtown Road, near Dr. Gordon Craig's surgery, two little girls suddenly…
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