Collision at Sea
A message from St. Johns (Newfoundland) says that a British warship has rescued from small boats 37 persons from a steamship which had been in a collision…
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Fireman Injured
A fire occurred early on Saturday morning at Leslic Smith's home, Carroll Street. Lidcombe. The place--a four-roomed weatherboard cottage--was destroyed, the occupants escaping in…
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A Madrid message states that a railway collision occurred yesterday between Barcelona and Lerida, 12 being killed and 32 injured…
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ST. JOHN'S (Newfoundland). Sunday. A British warship rescued from small boats 37 survivors from a steamship collision…
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This morning at the Paddington Police Court. Frederick Oswell Thorbeck was charged with having feloniously slain Louis Phillip Buchilly at Woollahra on January 22…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →South African Floods Three Hundred Drowned Capetown
Terrific rains in the Transvaal, Natal, and Mozambique are causing many washaways and the collapse of bridges. Tho Railway Department has received a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bathurst Railway Accident. Bathurst
An inquest was held yesterday before Mr. C. Jennings, district coroner, touching the deaths of Charles Bradley and Walter Hochkins, who were killed in the Bathurst…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Accidents to Shunters. to the Editor of the Herald
Sir,—Your journal of to-day reports in the Darling Harbour yards yet another accident to an unfortunate shunter. Cannot something be done to do away with the necessity of the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Fatalities & Accidents. Knife Wounds in Back
Mrs. Bridget Roach (36). of warwick street Stanmore, was taken to the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital by the Newtown District Ambulance, suffering from three knife wounds in the…
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A Madrid message states that a railway collision occurred on Saturday between Bareelona and Lerida, 12 persons being killed and 82 injured…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →University Professor Drowned. Wellington
Dr. H. D. Bedford, Professor of Economics and History in the [?] University, was drowned while bathing at Whangare[?] Deceased was a prominent prohibitionist, and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Soldier's Bride Drowned. Inve[?]ll
A young carried [?] Phyille Cross, [?] was [?] in the [?] River, near Cop[?]ton [?] Sunday afternoon, [?] had been pic[?] with [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motor Smash. Four People Injured
A motor party driving out from the city to Waverley met with a dreadful accident at 1.30 this morning. As a result three of the occupants are lying dangerously…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A Swede Drowned. Narrow Escape of Would-be Rescuer
A native of Sweden named Waiter Erickson, and a fisherman, fell overboard from a launch at Coff's Harbor (N.S.W.) on Thursday last. Erickson was seen…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Misadventures Man Drowned in a Dam at Cowra. a Fatal Swim
Night-officer Cecil Roofe, of Woodstock, was accidentally drowned last week while bathing in a dam close to Cowra (N.S.W.). He was in swimming…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Calm Londoners Dancing While City Bombed 27 KILLED, 41 Injured London, Monday Night
It is officially reported that six or seven aeroplanes carried out Sunday's raid. Only one penetrated London. It passed Thanet at 9.45, and following the course of the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →City Motor Smash. One Killed; Three Injured. Miss Egan's Story of the Event. Auto Fatalities Increasing
Motor car accidents in the metropolitan area are of increasing frequency. The death roll from injuries caused by meters…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Man's Arm Torn Off. a Shocking Accident at Temora
While at work at the Temora (N.S.W.) Roller Flour Mills last week, a man named John Suttle had one of his arms torn off. He fell on a belt while…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fatal Accident at Bboken Hill
A few days ago the circumstances attending the fatal accident to Ivan Vosileff, which occurred at the Junction North Mine, Broken Hill, on January 17, were discussed in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Motor Car Accident. Wellington (N.z.)
A motor car fatality occurred near Hawera on Sunday, as a result of which Stewart Monteith, a bank clerk, was killed, and John Lawson, a contractor, was taken to the…
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