Head Before Wicket Batsman Injured Melbourne
While playing cricket at Kensington this afternoon Harry Marsh, 25 was hit on the head with the ball and knocked unconscious. He was…
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Fight to Die Desperate Man's Grim Struggle with Constable Razor Flash Attempt at Drowning Followed by Cut Throat
Thwarted by Constable McMaster in a desperate attempt to drown himself, William James Clark, aged 45, drew a razor across his throat in the Sydney Domain yesterday afternoon…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Day of Thrills Accidents and Capsizes on the Harbor
YESTERDAY was a day of thrills on the harbor and the stiff nor'-east breeze and ebb tide found out many weaknesses on the part of the skippers and those who attended to the rigging of the boats…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Son Offers Blood Licensee's Accident Jest Nearly Tragedy
Full of health and spirits, Mr. John Furlong, licensee of The Oaks Hotel Neutral Bay, made a joking remark to a friend on Friday evening. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Many Accidents Hospitals Kept Busy Not Speedway--tram
The casualty wards of the Sydney hospitals had a busy time yesterday. John O'Brien, aged 36, of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Tram Collision. Four Persons Injured. Melbourne
Four persons were injured when an electric tram going to Coburg crashed into the rear of another electric tram in Lygon-street, Carlton, on Saturday night. One tram, which…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Tram on Fire Collision and Panic Four Injured Melbourne
A passenger's mistake in boarding the wrong tram indirectly caused a sensational smash in North Carlton last night. Two cars collided,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Chinese Injured
Gee Goon. 59. Chinese gardener, of Moxham-road, Parramatta, was knocked down by a motor cycle on the Windsor-road early to-day. His…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Motor Fatality. Melbourne
Frank E. Williams, of Ballarat, was killed and his wife and three childreu were injured when a motor car in which they were driving overturned and rolled down an embankment…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Yacht Sinks After Collision
Late yesterday afternoon a yacht foundered after a crash with another near Bradley's Head. Last night Mr. H. T. Stafford, of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Boy Drowned. Meadowbank Baths
A drowning accident took place at Meadowbank Baths on Saturday afternoon, when Charles William Patterson, the five-year-old son of Mr. Charles Pattterson, of Colane-street,…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Injured in Smash
Sir James O'Grundy, Governor of Tasmania, whose dogs were cut when the car in which he was rising to Launcaston on…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Car and Cart in Collision
When his cart came into collision with a motor car in Forest-road, Bexley, on Saturday afternoon, William Witts, of Roberts-street, Petersham, was thrown on to the roadway and…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Rider Injured. Melbourne
H. Bennett, rider of Jaso in the Stanley Steep[?] chase at Caulfield on Saturday, sustained concussion and a bru[?]sed back when that horse fell at the first fence. Bennett was admitted to the Alfred Hospital…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Man Drowned Teaching Boys Brisbane
Justin Sarsfield Dillon (20), assistant chemist, was drowned in a swimming pool at Dalby on Saturday. Dillon, who was a strong swimmer, was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fell From Launch. Man Believed Drowned
A fatality is believed to have attended a motor launch outing on George's River yesterday. At dusk a party was preparing to return from a picnicking ground known as the…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Determined to Die Saved From Drowning: But Cuts Throat
William James Clark. 45, determinedly death in the Domain on Saturday afternoon. Frustrated from drowning himself…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Linesman Drowned Resident of Rozelle Narrabri
Albert Charles Nicholls, aged 36, was drowned in Narrabri Creek on Saturday night. The deceased went for a swim, and it is thought he…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Vice-regal Party. in Motor Accident. Sir James O'grady Injured. Launceston
On Saturday afternoon, when his Excellency Sir James O'Grady was returning to Launceston from a visit to the North-cast, the motor car swerved suddenly to one side of the road…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Railway Employee Fatally Injured. Bulli
While engaged in shunting work in Thirroul railway yards, Jack Rooke was knocked down, and so seriously injured that he died a few hours later in Bulli Hospital. He was…
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