Two Injured In Oxford-street Accidents
A boy and a girl were injured in accidents in Oxford-street last night. Gladys Jakeman, 6, of St. James-road Waverley was crossing Oxford-street…
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Lift Crashes. Man Killed; Another Injured
A lift, containing a motor chassis weighing about five tons, crashed to the ground floor at the premises of Samuel Wright, coach- builder in Harris Street. City, yesterday,…
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SEYMOUR (Vic.), Thursday. --Bert "Wilson (12) was drowned on, Tuesday afternoon in the river. He went with his father and two other men in a boat, which struck a snag and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Drowning Fatality Mishap at Sandringham
Mrs. May Crump, of Seaforth street, Bexley, was accidently drowned at Sandringham on Saturday afternoon last. Shortly…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Boating Fatality. Boat Capsises in Gawley Bay
On Saturday afternoon a 16-ft. skiff containing eleven boys was overturned and swamped in Gawley Bay, near Tom Ugly's Point…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →What Happened? Hunter's Hill Fatality Christmas Eve Disturbance
The story of the disturbance which occurred in Ryde-road, Hunter's Hill, on Christomas Eve, and which resulted in the death of Frederick William Baptiste…
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WELLINGTON, N.Z., Friday.--Two motor cars, each travelling about 25 miles an hour, collided at the intersection of the cross roads at Wallacetown and Southland…
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Whilst bathing at Sandringham on Saturday, Mrs. May Crump, of " Vuambi," Seaforth-street, Bexley, got out of her depth and was drowned. Two men…
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A married man, Frank Saimi; 41 years of age, seaman and a native of Finland, who resided at 11 Bunn-street, Pyrmont, fell from a moving train while travelling to…
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A 16ft. skiff containing eleven boys, capsized in a squall at Gawley Bay, on Saturday last, with the result that Ernest Fenning, 18, of Shepherd-street,…
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While in Ryde-road Hunter's Hill, on the night of Christmas Exe, Frederick William Baptiste aged [?] received injuries which resulted in his death at the Balmain Hospital the following day. The Acting…
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Five persons were injured in a collision between two motor cara in New Zealand. The cars were travelling about 25 miles an hour, and collided at the…
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MELBOURNE, Friday.--The Melbourne "Herald" newspaper aeroplane met with disaster at Mornington to-day, shortly after five o'clock over a five acre paddock, where parcels were…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Casualties. Cyclist Fatally Injured. Rroken Hill
Stanley Vivian Backhouse, who was injured on: Tuesday night while riding a motor cycle which collided with a sulky, died in the hospital this morning. Backhouse was a motor…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Damaging Storms. Heavy Rains in Queensland. 40 Head of Cattle Drowned
BRISBANE, Friday.--A message from Toogooloowah states that thunderstorms occurred on Thursday afternoon and evening, yielding 151 points. Other falls were, Blarra 155 points,…
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Mr. Jas. Goodman, carter for Mr. Henderson, Church-street, Parramatta, had the bad luck the other day to fracture a bone in one of his arms and to get hurt…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Woman Killed City Tram Accident Body Mutilated
There was a shocking fatality at the corner of Hunter and Elizabeth streets, City this morning, when a women was run over by a tram and her body…
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Have you ever given thought to the accidentalism of many great discoveries? The element of haphazard is generally combined with a series of coincidences…
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On Monday last, Frederick Fisher (15) residing with his parents at Russell Avenue, Dolls Point, Sandringham, was knocking berries off a bush at Taren…
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