Fatal Motor Accident. Death of Mr. Rust
Mr. Cecil Rust, one of the victims of the motor smash, which occurred at the corner of William and Young streets, Darlinghurst, about 1.30 on the morning of February 19, died…
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Casualties. Accidentally Choked
PARKES.—Mrs. Hawthorn, aged 77, an old resident, was found dead in a small cottage on the Forbes road. She bad apparently been dead for at least two days,…
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William Frawley (92) sustained concussion of the brain through falling in Sussex Street, city, yesterday afternoon. The Civil Ambulance removed him to Sydney Hospital, where he was…
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Three men, Alfred Hutchings, a resident of Balmain, Herbert Johnson, of Glebe, and John Cookson, of Saratoga, were out [?]ing near the bar entrance at Broken Bay yesterday…
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GOSFORD, Thursday. -- Alfred Hutchings, a boller-maker, employed at Mort's Dock, and residing at Balmain, was drowned yesterday while fishing at the bar near Wagstaffe Point…
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Lord Willingdon, Governor of Bombay, was thrown from his horse while hunting. He sustained severs concussion of the brain…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Risks of Duck-shooting. Two Men Drowned
A young man named John Frederick Manus, aged twenty-eight years, was drowned at Tomkin's Tank, eleven miles from Shuttleton (N.S.W.), on Saturday,…
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NEWCASTLE, Thursday. -- Richard Edwards, a mould cleaner at the steel works, was killed instantly to-day. He was struck on the head by an ingot of cold steel, weighing about 3…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Well-borer Drowned. a Remarkable Coincidence at Mandurama
Last wednesday week a man named George Pickering, aged thirty-five years, left the boring plant camp on Mr. Robert Connolly's estate, near Mandurama…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →"Goodbye, Old Fellow." Boating Fatality at Woy Woy. GOSFORD, Friday Morning
As the result of a boating accident yesterday, Alfred Hutchings, [?] a boilermaker, employed at Mort's Dock, and who lived at Balmain, was drowned at Woy Woy…
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Continued on Trove, page 5 →Misadventures a Farmer Accidentally Killed. Kicked by a Horse
A farmer named William Eaglestan, aged forty years, of Gumble (N.S.W.), was killed instantaneously by being kicked by a horse on Saturday, Deceased…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Pea Rifle Toll Another Boy Dead Accident at Normanhurst
A fatal shooting accident occurred at Normanhurst yesterday evening. A lad named Roy Rae, aged 13 years, who was visiting Mr. Wyatt's place was fatally…
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On Thursday evening Roy Rae, aged 13 years, and Norman Ashurd were playing with a loaded j pen-rifle at Normanhurst. The cartridge expioded, and the bullet struck Rae in the right…
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A serious accident happened to an assistant guard named George P. Benson, early on Wednesday. Benson was engaged shunting at Wentworthville, when he was…
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Further particulars are now available of the fatal motor accident in which Miss Ivy Allen, the talented Parramatta violinist, met her death. She had been engaged…
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Lord Willlngdon, Governor of Bombay, was thrown from his horse while hunting. He sustained severe concussion of the brain, but is progressing towards recovery…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Law Report. in Banco. (Before Mr. Justice Pring, Mr. Justice Sly, and Mr. Justice Ferguson.) Moulding Machine Accident. Smith v Barrett and Son, Ltd. (cross appeals)
Cross appeals from the verdict in a case tried before the Chief Justice, Sir William Cullen, and a Jury, in December last, were brought by the plaintiff, Harold Joseph…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Fatalities & Accidents. Killed by a Falling Thee
WOLLONGONG. Friday.--George Henry Keene, an axeman, employed at Jackson's sawmill. Thirroul, was killed through a tree falling upon him while he was felling timber…
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An accident, attended with fatal consequences, occurred at Wentworthville early last Wednesday morning to Mr A Benson, a railway guard,…
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