False Rumor Punt Accident Denied
Insistent rumors through the city, and which spread as far as Nowra, resulting in anxious inquiries from that town, claimed that there had…
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Jockey Drowned Fatality at Bega Bega
William Gardiner, a well-known country jockey, was drowned yesterday while swimming a racehorse in a river near the town…
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The body of the man, which was found floating in the water at Maroubra, has been identified as that of Ernest Hilmer, 35, a tailor, of Narrandera. Hilmer had…
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Doll's Point, Sandringham, was the scene of two bathing accidents during the week-end. one man being drowned and another having a narrow escape. In the latter case the man…
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Stanley John Shaw, 20, a tramway employee, residing at Church-place, Paddington. was-drowned in the Hunter River at Morpeth yesterday…
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Esther Peterson, 39, of Edward Street, Marrickville, was knocked down by a bather on Bondi Beach yesterday. She suffered a fractured right leg, and…
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While C[?]istable James William White or the Rurnsby Station, was returning [?]ome party yesterday morning, the motor cycle he was riding come into collision…
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DAVID M'NAMARA. 14, an [?]uprenties of Middle-street Kensincton, was thrown from a racehorse in Wansey[?]d Randwick to-day The Eastern…
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Early yesterday morning William George Pott was driving a motor car towards Sydney near the Prospect reservoir, when the vehicle went over a bank on the roadside. The car was…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Week-end Toll of Accidents Young Man Killed When Car Turns Over Unknown Man Drowned
There were a number of accidents at the week-end, the most serious beirig at Prospect, where one man was killed and two were…
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Henry Johns, 24, gardener, of Malakoff Street. Marrickvllie, was drowned at Doll's Point, Sandringham on Saturday afternoon. Johns, who arrived…
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Falling from his motor cycle in Beauchamp-road. Matraville, yesterday morning, Alfred Cooper, aged 17, lay helpiess in the path of a following motar car…
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William Hessian, 24, a heavily-built man, was found dead underneath a bridge at the Hume Weir works yesterday morning…
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Hairy Baxter, 35, of Victoria Avenue Chatswood, was fatally injured when a motor car skidded and overturned on the Western Road. Prospect, yesterday…
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A picnic train from Mount Gambier, carrying 150 passengers, was derailed near Beachport at noon to-day. Charles Clifford' sustained broken…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →WARATAH'S WIN..-a on Heavy Ground. A. Tancred Injured. BBISTOL, December 31
The Warataha gained another fine victory to-day, defeating combined Gloucestershire and Somersetshire by 13 points (3 tries, 2 goals) to 4 points (a field goal). The matib…
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ALFRED COOPER, 46, and Alfred Cooper, 17, figured in a strange motor accident in Beauchamp Street, Matraville. Five…
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Alice Peterson, 39 years of age, of Edwards-street, Marrickville, met with a peculiar accident on Bronte beach yesterday. She was knocked down by a bather who had just…
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Leinert, the human cannon ball, who, cussed in an air uniform and a crash helmet, was projected from…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Car Collision. at Sutherland. Ten People Injured
Eight members of two families, besides two others, were injured yesterday, when motor ears collided on Prince's Highway, Sutherland, yesterday afternoon. Lucy Robinson, aged 3…
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