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  2. THE WEEK'S MISCELLANY

    A terrible collision occurred on the Midland railway near Hawes, Yorkshire, between the express to Glasgow and two light engines. Five hundred passengers were aboard the ...

    Article : 757 words
  3. HANGED HIMSELF IN GAOL.

    Tommy Hoy, 32, a Chinese fruiterer, who was under committal for trial on a charge of maliciously wounding Lois Dagmar Mathews, aged 20, hanged himself in a cell in Albury Gaol early on ...

    Article : 259 words
  4. Advertising

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    Advertising : 224 words
  5. SHOT HIS BROTHER.

    A shocking family tragedy occurred at the Glebe early on Sunday morning. A quarrel between two brothers, Dennis James and William Arthur Wellman, culminated in the latter, in ...

    Article : 676 words
  6. HOUNDSDITCH SHOOTING CASE.

    Detectives raided lodgings in Stepney, which they discovered to be those of Goldstein, who was one of the murderers of the police at Houndsditch, and who was himself fatally wounded. His ...

    Article : 277 words
  7. A FAMILY WIPED OUT.

    A dreadful tragedy occurred in a two-storey house in Carlisle-street, Glanville (S.A.), between midnight and dawn on Wednesday. Two lads passing the place noticed a fire in an upper room, ...

    Article : 473 words
  8. BOLTON COLLIERY EXPLOSION.

    Queen Alexandra has given £100 to the relief fund in connection with the disaster at Pretoria pit, Bolton, Lancashire. It is estimated that there are 1500 ...

    Article : 353 words
  9. BUILDING COLLAPSES.

    A house in Gomera, in the Canaries, collapsed in a storm. Twenty-two lives, mostly of children, were lost. ...

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  10. SMALLPOX IN NEW ZEALAND.

    The steamer Knight of the Garter arrived at Lyttelton, N.Z., on Friday, from Shanghai. The chief officer is suffering from smallpox. ...

    Article : 25 words
  11. TECHNICAL EDUCATION.

    Your special of December 14, giving Mr. Turner's opinions on the advance and future of technical education in New South Wales, is very interesting reading. ...

    Article : 830 words
  12. FOUR DROWNED.

    A sad drowning disaster occurred on Monday at Moonee, a holiday resort between Woolgoolga and Coff's Harbor. A number of pleasure-seekers were bathing in the breakers, when the undertow ...

    Article : 314 words
  13. PICNIC DRAG OVERTURNED.

    A party of 30 picnickers had a sensational experience at Tallangatta (Vic.) on Tuesday. They were being driven along a narrow path at a precipitous part of the journey from Tallangatta to ...

    Article : 211 words
  14. THREE MEN BURIED ALIVE.

    David Heferen, contractor, was working at the gravel pit near Boolooroo Bridge, with a number of men, where there was a face of 20ft. which resisted, all attempts to break it. Picks were ...

    Article : 115 words
  15. AERONAUTICS.

    Mr. Archibald Hoxsey, an American aviator, made a world's record for height at the Los Angeles meeting. He reached a height of 11,474ft, and received an ovation from 80,000 people who ...

    Article : 295 words
  16. FISHING RESORTS.

    Morning. Afternoon. Sunday, January 1 .. .. 8.40 .. 8.55 Monday, January 2 .. .. 9.16 .. 9.36 Tuesday, January 3 .. .. 9.58 .. 10.2 ...

    Article : 752 words
  17. BRITAIN AND AMERICA.

    Commander Sims, of the United States fleet, at a banquet at the Guildhall, spoke of the readiness of Americans to shed their blood for Great Britain if the Empire was menaced. ...

    Article : 85 words
  18. THE WEST AUSTRALIAN SENSATION.

    STANDING IS THE MURDERED WOMAN, ETHEL HARRIS, AND SEATED IS ALFRED WILLIAM SMART, WHO IS NOW CHARGED WITH THE MURDER OF THE WOMAN. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 28 words
  19. CLERK ROBBED OF £10,000.

    M. Worms, a Parisian banker, entrusted £10,500 to M. Loeb, a clerk, to convey to London. Two English fellow-passengers, named Liman and Thomson, induced Loeb to confide the money into their ...

    Article : 62 words
  20. EIGHT SUICIDES IN ONE DAY.

    Eight cases of suicide occurred in Naples in one day. A cavalry officer blew his brains out, and a youth committed suicide, after attempting to ...

    Article : 85 words
  21. BLACK DAMP IN WEST AUSTRALIA.

    The first fatalities from black damp in a colliery in West Australia occurred at the Wallsend Proprietary Mine colliery on Tuesday, when W. D. Bedlington (manager), O. Baird (underground ...

    Article : 172 words
  22. MAN'S REMARKABLE ACT.

    Late on Christmas Eve, Ernest Knight, a bottle-washer, was walking across the reserve opposite East Brunswick (Vic.) Police Station, when he came across a man lying in an ...

    Article : 228 words
  23. LEVEL CROSSING FATALITY.

    An express train dashed into a carriage containing nine people at a level crossing at Chateaudun (France), and six of the occupants of the vehicle were killed. ...

    Article : 31 words
  24. KILLING NO MURDER.

    Francois Medaille, an artist, who shot his wife outside the Palace of Justice after the Court had granted his wife custody of their daughter, has been acquitted of the charge of murder, but has ...

    Article : 60 words
  25. ADVERTISING AUSTRALIA

    Mr. Alexander Knox, a Sydney business man, who recently toured the world, spent much of his spare time in advertising Australia. From the Commonwealth ...

    Article : 91 words
  26. "BLACK CHRISTMAS."

    So many tragedies occurred in Great Britain during the week that Christmas this year has been named "Black Christmas." ...

    Article : 21 words
  27. "Ivory Tips soft to the lips."

    Quality is the great feature of Vice-Regal Cigarettes and ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 25 words
  28. POISONED IN CHURCH.

    An elder of a Lutheran Church in Peterhof, in mistake, poured a mixture of sulphuric acid and chromate of potassium in a chalice used at the Communion service. Thirty-two partakers ...

    Article : 45 words
  29. Advertising

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    Advertising : 21 words
  30. SUFFRAGETTE DIES SUDDENLY.

    The death is announced of Mrs. Mary Clarke, sister of Mrs. Pankhurst, the well-known suffragist. Death was due to heart disease. Mrs. Clarke was released on Friday from her ...

    Article : 48 words
  31. Advertising

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    Advertising : 120 words
  32. £607,000,000 FROM TOBACCO.

    In the century since Napoleon created the tobacco monopoly the profit accruing to the State from it has amounted to £697,000,000. ...

    Article : 25 words
  33. FIVE KILLED IN EXPLOSION.

    An explosion of powder occurred in a slag pile of a smelting company at El Paso, on the Mexican border. Five people were killed, and fifty others were injured. All were Mexicans. ...

    Article : 37 words
  34. STREET CARS COLLIDE.

    A fatal street car collision occurred in Kansas City, Missouri. Two cars met on a viaduct, and the panic-stricken passengers fought to reach the exits. Several fell over the viaduct into the ...

    Article : 51 words
  35. TRAIN DASHES INTO CHILDREN.

    A terrible accident happened at Bolsover, Derbyshire. While a party of chidren was crossing the Great Central railway line, after a ...

    Article : 42 words
  36. STREET FLOODED WITH BURNING LIQUID.

    A keg of benzine fell from a cart in Catania, in the south of Italy. The explosion which followed lighted six other kegs, and the burning liquid, flooding the street, set fire to houses on ...

    Article : 52 words
  37. UNITED STATES IMMIGRATION.

    The report of Mr. Nagel, United States Minister for Commerce and Labor, recommends the alleviation of harsh conditions for the admission of aliens into the United States. ...

    Article : 47 words
  38. ITEMS OF INTEREST.

    The cats kept at the warehouses of the Port of London Authority cost £800 a year to feed. "What Every Woman Knows" : That ...

    Article : 88 words
  39. DEFALCATIONS TOTAL £400,000.

    Twelve directors of the Portuguese Land and Mortgage Bank have been arrested, also the trustee of the bank, Senor Luciano Castro, leader of that Progressissta party. ...

    Article : 114 words
  40. PARRICIDE KEEPS POLICE AT BAY.

    A terrible parricide was committed at Macon, capital of the Department of Saone-et-Loire. Jean Tallemard wounded his wife and murdered his father, aged 77 years, on Christmas Eve. He ...

    Article : 51 words
  41. PLUCKY POLICEMAN.

    Charles Arthur was detected burglariously entering a public-house in London. Constable Hay-treat chased him and arrested the man after a hand-to-hand struggle, despite the fact that Arthur ...

    Article : 72 words
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