Fell Asleep and Dropped Into Water Buy's Lucky Escape From Drowning
WOLLONGONG, Friday.--Mr. W. Puckeridge was fishing off a high wall at Wollongong Harbor at 11 o'clock, last night, when he heard a splash,…
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Lad Drowned In the Nepean Long Search for Body
Michael John Joseph Toohey, 19 years of age, was accidentally drowned in the Nepean River on Saturday. A long search for the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Man Injured When Tyre Bursts Adelaide
William Wilson, aged 51, a laborer of Renmark, staying at 15 West terrace, Adelaide, was admitted to the Adelaide Hospital to-day suffering…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Team Drowned Slip at Crossing Plunge Into Current Rockhampton
A REMARKABLE accident occurred at Calliope Creek yesterday, when a team of 14 horses attached to an empty woggan slipped over Rocky…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Three Injured When Car Hits Fence Wagga
Three persona were admitted to Wagga District Hospital alter a motor car got out of control and dasted into the fence on the southern side of Best…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Diving Accident
Ernest H. C. Holle, 14 years of age, residing in Railway Street, when diving into South Creek last Saturday, struck a snag and his forehead was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Salutaris Fall Was Accidental Melbourne
The R.C. stipendiary stewards decided to-day that the mishap to Saturday in the Epsom Purse on January 12 was accidental. They heard…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Saved Drowning Girl Grafton
Alderman E. G. Grainger, deputy[?]mayor of Maclean, was leaving the baths at Maclean after a swim when a child was reported missing. He saw…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Man Injured Still Unconscious
James Murphy, aged 45, of Alexander-street, Paddington, was assaulted and rendered unconscious in Rennie-street, Passington, last night. Central District…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Riders Fall Injured in Velodrome Smash
DURING the running of an amateur event at the Canterbury Velodrome yesterday afternoon, five young men skidded and crashed and had to…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Accidental
An inquiry into the cause of the interference to Retrospect in the Nursery Handicap was found to be accidental. Retrospect was a hot favorite, and was last…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Crossings Are Sources of Accident in America
Faced by alarming level crossings statistics, the Ameriane Automobile Association, like our own motoring organisations, has found urgent need for…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Five in Smash Velodrome Accident
Five cyclists figured in a nasty smash at the Velodrome yesterday afternoon during a practice ride. All were taken to Western Suburbs…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Drowning Accident at Wagga. Fourth in a Fortnight
James Herbert Williamson, aged 16 years, was drowned in the Murrumbidgee River, near Wogga, last night. This is the fourth drowning within a fortnight…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Cyclists in Collision
While riding a motor cycle along Trafalgarstreet, Petersham, shortly after 7 o'clock last night, Harry Slater, aged 19 years, of Darkbrook-road, Auburn, came into collision with…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Yachtsman's Peril. Saved From Drowning
A young yachtsman had a narrow escape from drowning on Saturday afternoon. He it as Alan Field, 20, of Watson-street. Neutral Bay, and after his rescue he was…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Three Persons Injured
Three persons were injured in n motor accident on the Princes Highway, near Engadine, early on Saturday morning, when the car in which they were riding overturned. The car…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Windsor Aeroplane Fatality. Windsor
The Coroner (Mr. H. S. Johnston) has fixed February 4 as the date for the inquest concerning the death of Albert Charles Smith, farmer, of Windsor, who was recently killed…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Seizure in Water Wagga Drowning Wagga
JAMES WILLIAMSON, 17, a son of James Williamson, of Ganmain, was drowned in the Murrumbidgee River at Wagingober[?], about 35 miles from…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Cyclists Injured. Falls at Velodrome
Five cyclists whs were engaged in a practice ride at the Velodrome, Canterbury, on Saturday afternoon, were unseated when the leader's machine skidded and capsized. Four…
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