Fatal Scalding Accident. Forbes
Whilst working in the kitchen of her home on Januar[?], 2, Elizabeth Helena Payne, widow, aged 74 years, slipped, and in falling backwards, pulled a pot of boiling water over…
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Hoodoo Hovers Over Ballots Only Three Big Models Made Meet With Accidents Allan Cooper's Faith Still in Them
The crashing of Allan Cooper's 38 h.p. Ballot racing car on the Maroubra (Sydney) Speedway the other…
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Mrs. Maud Davitt, with two children, was walking along the Collie-Narrogin lino today, and, hearing a train approaching, put down two suit-cases…
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CESSNOCK.--An inquiry was held at Cessnock Court-house into the death of Albert Colgate (28), who was killed by a fall of coal at Aberdare…
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The body of the boy who was drowned in the Mowbray Park Baths yesterday has been identified as that of James Davis, aged 14, whose parents reside at…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fell From a Tram Woodworker Injured
Richard Gray, 30, a woodworker, of George-street, Leichhardt, fell from a tram in Henderson-road, Alexandria, inst night. He was taken to the South…
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Gladys Sinclair, aged 16, fell down a flight of steps at her home in Moorhead-street, Redfern, yesterday afternoon. She was severely injured internally, and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Thrown From Horse Sydney Jockey Injured Bathurst
Frank' McLean (18), Jockey, formerly of Sydney, lies in the Bathurst District Hospital in, a serious condition as the result of a fall from…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fractured Skull Accident in City Hotel
A man whose name so far is unknown to the police, fell down a flight of steps at Bateman's Hotel, George-street, city, yesterday afternoon. His skull was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →An Act of Fate Dying Man Frees McCarthy of Blame Car Smash Was Accidental
"I'M done. It couldn't be helped. It was an accident !" So moaned Thomas Brunton as he lay dying in Day-street, a…
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While playing on the road in Flinders Street, near Albton Street, yesterday William Short, 6, was knocked down by a motor car…
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A motor car containing seven persons, including two children, collided with a motor 'bus at the intersection of Port Hacking-road and Sydney-road, Hurstville, yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Enveloped in Flames Mechanic Badly Injured
While Bert Baker, mechanic, of Liverpool-road and Avoca-street, Banks town was filling a car with be[?] to-day the spirit caught slight…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Three Men Injured Cycle Strikes Pole
WHILE attempting is avoid collisien with a motor car in Spit Road, Mosman, on Saturday afternoon, a motor cycle and…
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Two sisters. Hazel and Beryl Lapwood, aged 17 and 15, while paddling on a sandbank at Walkato, stopped over the ledge into deep water, and…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →After Three Years "Drowned" Woman Seen? London
When the underclothing belonging to a wealthy Welshwoman, Mrs. S. Hughes Bevan, a resident of Cwmllynfell, near Swansea, was found on the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Both to Blame Sequel to Collision Shanghai, January 16
A naval court of inquiry into the collision between the C.P.R. passenger liner, Empress of Asia, and the coastal steamer Tungshing, found the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →In Sight of His Wife Fisherman Drowned Melbourne
Godfrey Dowling Hindmarah (28). of Leveson Street, North Melbourne, was drowned in eight of his wife, who had been fishing…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Two Drowned Heroic Rescue Attempts Died to Save Mate Wellington (N.z.)
Yesterday in the river at Tewhitl two members of a picnic party were drowned. Stanley Richmond, 17, farm hand, went in to bathe. He was a poor…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Fell 60Ft. [?]Ead, Other Escapes N.Z. FATALITY 2 Mile Crawl for Help Auckland
A shocking fatality occurred at Russell Eric Brownlee, aged 18, Frank Clow, aged 22, were climbing the cliffs, and they rested against the branch of…
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