Two Sisters Drowned. Auckland (N.z.)
Two sisters, Hazel Lapwood, aged 17, and Beryl Lapwood, aged 15, were drowned while bathing near Tuakau. They fell off a sand-bank into deep water, and were carried away…
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Cars Collide Three Injured Wentworth Falls
A serious collision occurred between two motor cars at the junction of the Main Western Load and Boonara St. yesterday…
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Discovered lying in a doorway in Campbell-street early yesterday morning, James Burns, of Goulburn-street, was taken to Sydney Hospital…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fatal Shunting Accident. Porter Run Over
WHILE engaged in shunting operations at Darling Harbor last night, Sydney Matcham, 29, a porter of Belmore-road. Penshurst, was run…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Wall Collapses. Workman Killed. Accident at Windsor
Fatal results attended the demolition of an old two-storied house at Windsor yesterday, when Alfred Banks, aged 50 years, a married man, of 32 Cowper-street, Glebe, was killed…
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GRIFFITH.--Robert M'Intosh, of Griffith, who had climbed to the top of a shed at Darlington Point, to secure a tennis ball, was jumping down when…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Riding Fatality. Lithgow
Dragged by his horse for about 350 yards along the road, James Crawford, of Ben Dullen, sustained fatal injurien. William Lonomgan was motoring into Caportee, when…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Elderly Woman Drowned Casino
At Greenbridge, near Casino, Mrs. Amy Gooley, wife of Mr. J. Gooley, wandered from home, and when a search was made her body was…
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Two cars came into collision at the corner of William and Underwood streets. Paddington, to-day, and the occupant of one of them. William…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wholesale Murder Drowned Converts During Baptism Capetown, Wednesday Evening
THE FIRST of a series of the most amazing trials of modern times in Africa began to-day at Broken Hill, Northern Rhodesia, when 27…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Crash of Coal Hooker Injured Newcastle
James Franklin, 27, of Lambton road, New Lambton, had a miraculous escape from death to-night. Employed as hooker-on at the…
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A. Orrell, the rider of Rock Queen, who was injured in the Welter Handicap yesterday, is not in a serious condition-- though it was thought at…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Amazing Murders Drowned in Baptism Rhodesian Fanatics Capetown, Wednesday Night
The first of a series of the most amazing,murder trials in the history of the African natives, began today at Broken. Hill, when 27 natives, of a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Speedway Fatality Coroner's Finding. Condition of the Track. "N0 Evidence of Defect."
"There is no evidence before me that this unfortunate occurrence was due to any defect in the construction or maintenance of the track. Perhaps it will never be known…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →20 Injured Explosion in Redhead Mine Rush to Scene Four Ambulances From Newcastle Newcastle
About twenty men were injured in an explosion at the Red Head mine, near Belmont, Lake Macquarie, at 1 p.m. today. Four ambulance cars have been despatched from…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Terrific Explosion in Redhead Colliery One Dead, Twenty Injured Plucky Manager Braves Fumes in Search for Stricken Miners
IN A TERRIFIC EXPLOSION at Redhead Colliery this afternoon, twenty miners were injured. Fifteen of them are being rushed to hospital in ambulance waggons…
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Crossing Chaurch-street, Parramatta, to take his seat in a Sydney-bound motor 'bus, Thomas A. Fayburn, lately resident in Vista-street, Saas Souel, was knocked down by a motor…
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LITHGOW.--Owing to the engine back-firing a commercial van containing a quantity of soft goods, was totally destroyed by fire a few miles…
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Edward W. Dwyer (60), a drover, was mustering cattle on Toornmbee Station, Upper Macleay, when his mount crashed into a rock and fell…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Warning to Parents Drowning Fatality
The District Coroner, Mr. P. S. Poolman, held an inquiry at Liverpool on Saturday, January 16, into the circumstances. surrounding the death of Erie…
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