Boy Accidentally Shot NEWCASTLE
While Lyall Meyers (10) was handling a shot gun of 44 calibre, at Wallsend, this afternoon, it was accidentally discharged, causing the death of Thomas…
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Shooting Accident Boy Loses Left Hand Casino
A boy named Leslie Raynor, 13, left his home with a shotgun, in search of game. The gun became fast in a hollow stump, and exploded while the…
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NEWCASTLE, Sunday. --Edwin Bartle, a resident of Young Wallsend, was found drowned in the Salty Creek this morning. He was in the habit of bathing at night and went to the…
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On Friday afternoon Louise Isle, a widow (59), residing at Wanneroo, l8 miles from Perth, was preparing tea when he hair caught fire and ignited her clothing. She received…
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PERTH, Sunday. --A shocking burning fatality occurred yesterday, thirteen miles out, on Wanneroo Road. Louise Isele was alone when her hair caught…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Plucky Boxer Fights With injured Arm LONDON, January 9
Walter Ross and Robert Wastillon fought a draw over 15 rounds at the Holborn Stadium last night. The Frenchman partly lost the use…
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An accident occurred at Baulkham Hills, resulting in the death of an infant and serious injuries to the mother. Mrs. T. R. Crutcher, who resides at…
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A man named Thomas Bryant was killed at the South Goulburn (N.S.W.) wheat-stack on Thursday last. Bryant, who was employed at No. 2 cleaner…
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A man named Edwin Burtle was found drowned in the Salty Creek, near Newcastle (N.S.W.) on Sunday morning. He was in the habit of bathing…
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The two-year-old child of Mr. and Mrs. Francis, of Tumbulgum, Murwillumbah (N.S.W.) was drowned on Thursday last. Mr. Francis left the…
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Mrs. T. R. Crutcher, a widow, who lives at Baulkham Hills, was driving in a cart towards Parramatta, accompanied by an 18-months-old child, when the…
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After the half-past 6 train from Sydney to Bankstown had pulled out of Sydocham, last night, a boy was noticed lying in a pool of blood on the rails…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Woman Killed Fatal Country Accident WAGGA
Mrs. Holonan, 77, died early this morning as the result of a driving accident near Gobbagumblin, about 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon. James Holohan left…
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James Rendall, 14, of Frederick-street, St. Peters, who was seriously injured at Sydenham railway station on Monday night, died at the Prince Alfred Hospital a few hours…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Our Newcastle Letter. Wallsend Races. Boolaroo Next Saturday.—jockey Orrell Injured.—tatt's Club.—paltry Prize Money.—ladies' Sculling Championship.—boxing. Swimming, &c. Boolaroo Races. Newcastle
On Saturday next, the [?]th inst., the flags will again be flying at Boolaroo, the prettily-situated course on the banks of Cock[?] creek. Mr. Phil…
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On Friday forenoon a sad fatal accident happened on the Model Farms Road, when a child named Mervyn Robe, aged about two years, was killed, and Mrs. Annie…
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A fatality occurred at Crow's Nest, about 28 miles from Toowoomba, shortly before 8 o'clock this morning, when Gladys Brisbane,11 daughter of Police…
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Mr. V. P. Taylor, the Sydnoy aviator, who was in Sydney Hospital, suffering from the effects of a 150-feet fall, with a parachute, at Coogee, on Boxing Day, has been…
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A. Orrell, the well-known lightweight jockey, met with a serious accident at the Wallsend races on Saturday. He was riding Gar[?]us in the Final…
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MELBOURNE, Wednesday.-- At Flinders Street railway station, shortly before 6 o'clock last night, William Cummings(16), of Ngarveno Street, Moonee Ponds, was fatally injured in…
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