Riven's Fall a Peculiar Accident
Riven's death was caused by a most peculiar accident. His forefeet slipped on a patch of hard turf in the centre of a crossing,…
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North Coast Drowning Fatality BRISBANE
Jean Degges, the eight-year-old daughter of a tailor residing at Maclean, was drowned to-day at Tumbulgum when bathing with an aunt…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Tram and Motor Collide Woman Seriously injured
Vera Filmer, 36, a resident of Miller-street, North Sydney, was admitted to the Sydney Hospital last night with a fractured skull, the result of a collision…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fight at Newtown Tram Men Injured Police Make Arrests
Two tramway employees, one attached to the Newtown depot and the other to Rozelle, were injured during a fight in the depot yards early last…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Revolver Accident at Newcastle' NEWCASTLE
Mrs. W. Newton was handling a revolver in her home at Barker-street, Newcastle, last night, when the weapon exploded. She was removed to the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Duewhy Fatality
The body of George Stewart Back, 11, who was carried out by the surf at Deo why on January 7, has not yet been recovered…
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On his way to work on Saturday Edward Smith (46), a pain or, living in Roslyn Street, Mascot, fell between the ferry steamer Kamaruka and No. 7 Circular Quay wharf. He…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Fatality. Woman's Leg Severed
Mrs. Harriet Hackett (60), a resident of St. Marys, had a leg severed below the knee, and died an hour later, in Parramatta Hospital, as a result of a accident at St. Marys…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Injured Jockey. Melbourne
The apprentice G. Brown, who was injured at Caulfield on Saturday, was removed from his trainer's residence to-day to a private hospital. He suffered severe injuries to the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Trams Collide Woman Injured
Owing to the presence of a place of wond of one of the ralls, a city bound tram was cred this morning near Enmore [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Cries for Help Man Drowned at Chowder
When Colonel Martin and Corporal Thornber, of the Submarine Miners, stationed at Chowder Bay, heard gurgling cries for help coming from the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Casualties. Fatal Railway Accident
An accident involving the death of a woman occurred at St. Marys railway station yesterday. In attempting to alight from a train, Mrs. Hariett Hacket, aged 60, fell between…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Drowned While Bathing. a North Coast Fatality
A little girl named Jean Degges, whose father is a tailor at McLean (N.S.W.), was bathing at Tumbulgum with her aunt on Saturday last, when…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →An Accidental Explosion. a Pea-ride Fatality at Coraki
While a boy named Leslie Payne was shooting birds at Coraki (N.S.W.) last week his pea-riffle accidentally exploded, and the bullet entered the lad's head…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Boy Drowned in Surf Within Yard of Rescue
The undertow in the surf at the north end of Cooge Beach yesterday, when the eleven-year-old boy Allan Sydney Thompson was drowned, is…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Carried Out to Sea. Boy Drowned at Coogee
Allan Sydney Thompson (11), residing at Mount Street, Coogee, was bathing at the north end of Coogee bench yesterday, when he was carried out by the undertow and lost…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Drowned at Coogee Boy Carried Out Attempted Rescue Fails
There was another surfing fatality at Coogee yesterday afternoon. Alan Sydney Thompson, 11, and his brother Keith, whose parents live in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Seven Hours Drag Man with Injured Limb DUBBO
A limb of a tree which Mr. Murray had been lopping for sheep fell on him while he was driving the sheep out of the danger zone…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →News of the Day From the Four Quarters Misadventures. a Woman Killed and Three Other Persons Injured. an Early Morning Smash
As the result of a motor-car overturning in Anzac Parade (Sydney) at an early hour on Friday morning, one of the occupants wan killed and three…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Accident at Prospect Child Killed by Father's Train
Elsle Waters, 12 who lives with her parents at Prospect Quarry, met with a shocking death yesterday afternoon lier fatter and brother were driving the…
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