Ferry Pontoon Sunk. Collision at Cremorne
Shortly after noon yesterday the steamer Port Darwin, 10,365 tons, from Port Said and Colombo, while being moved from her moorings in midstream to Woolloomooloo Bay,…
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Cycling Accident
While riding his bicycle along Elizabeth Street, near Campbell Street. City, yesterday afternoon. Frederick Cherry (22), a cabinetmaker, living in Enmore Road, Marrickville…
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A 5-year-old lad, named Ferguson, died in the Coledale Hospital from the effects of injuries received through pulling a pot of boiling water over himself…
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A young man named William Siemsen, employed by Stockmann and Kleinig, fell from a haystack and broke both his arms and sustained many bruises on his face…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Bathurst. a Fatal Accident
The accident on the Molong-Cumnock road to a motor lorry, owned by the Country Freezing Company, when Mr. Brydon, 45, manager of the freezing…
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Beatrice Victoria Counsell is was accidentally drowned in the Kiewa River. She came from North Melbourne to spend the holiday with a friend, Mrs…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Killed on Xmas Day Haberfieid Motor Fatality Doctor Denies Allegations
Giving evidence to-day at an inquiry into the death of a schoolboy, Robert Ernest Windschuttel (10), which took place in Lewisham Hospital, from…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Schoolboy's Death. Leichhardt Motor Accident. Doctor and His Car
Mr. H. S. Hawkins held an inquest at the City Coroner's Court this morning on the body of Robert Ernest windschut[?] of George-street. Leichhardt…
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Mr. John Russell, a councillor of the Highland Society of New South Wales, was knocked down while crossing the track during a heat in the mile cycling handicap yesterday. He was…
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A boy of six years. Norman Crocker, who lives in Abercrombie-street, Red-fern, was knocked down and run over by a cart at the corner of Meagher and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fatal Accidents a Child Drowned in Waterhole at Waterloo. Playing with Other Boys
At Waterloo (Sydney) last week, George, the five-year-old son of Mrs. Grattepin, was drowned in a waterhole at the works of Messrs. Burroughs and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →270 British Sailors Drowned. Tragedy Off Scotland. New York, Jan. 1
It is reported that 270 British sailors have been drowned off the Scotch coast. The victims were sailors on leave, and were aboard the yacht Io[?]re, which was wrecked…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →270 Sailors Drowned. Yacht Strikes Rock. All Officers and Crew Lost. Montreal
News has been received from London that 270 British sailors have been drowned off the Scotch coast. The victims were on leave aboard the yacht Iolaire. The yacht struck a rock off Stornoway (one of tho Outer Hebrides)…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Killed by a Log. Accident at Narrabeen. Trying to Salve Floating Timber
The beach at Narrabeen was the scene of a fatal accident this morning the [?] being james Davidson [?] carter, of Stewart-street, Narrabeen…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Iron Monarch in Collision. Sustains Only Slight Damage
The steamer Iron Monarch, of the Scott Fell Line, while being taken from the steel works to No. 7 crane, in the Basin, shortly before three o'clock on…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fatality on Narrabeen Beach. Man Crushed by Floating Log
James Davidson (73), a carter, living in Stewart Street, Narrabeen, was killed on the beach yesterday morning by a floating log. Deceased saw a log about 30ft. in length and 3ft…
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Late yesterday afternoon Frank Brander (9), living in Camperdown, ran out of The Hub Picture Show, in King Street, Newtown, and as he was crossing the road was knocked down…
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Christmas Eve at Liverpool was ushered in by an accident remarkable for the escape from shocking injuries of Mr. John Pascoe, of Castlereagh-street. Liverpool…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Unknown Man Drowned In Centennial Park
Mr. M. s. Hawkins, the City Coroner, held an inquest at the City Coroner's Court, this morning, on the body of an unknown man, which as found in the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →300 Drowned. the Stornaway Disaster. London, Jan. 2
The death-roll of those lost aboard the Iolaire is 300, including the officers and crew of the yacht. Only 40 were saved, of whom many were mangled as they were dashed…
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