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  2. BUSH FIRES.

    Bush fires surrounded Sydney on Saturday, and many of the outer suburbs were attacked by the flames. Fortunately the serious damages was done. The dropping ...

    Article : 255 words
  3. TRAGIC HAPPENINGS OF THE WEEK.

    The man found drowned near Menindie (N.S.W.) on Boxing Day was Thomas Ryan. The police have ascertained that he had been employed on ...

    Article : 127 words
  4. A FALL OF ROCK.

    About 50 tons of rock broke from the top portion, of the inner North Head, Sydney, and crashed with a terrible rumbling shortly after noon ...

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  5. AN EXCITING BOLT.

    Excitement was caused in Hindley-street on Monday morning by the sight of a splendid grey horse harnessed to the shafts of a trolly, which bumped at every stride ...

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  6. FATAL RAZOR CUT.

    While shaving before going to church on Sunday last, Mr. George Hamber, of Elizabeth-street, Richmond, Melbourne, accidentally cut his jugular vein. He ...

    Article : 65 words
  7. DRUGS PROVE FATAL.

    A man entered a room at Stanton House, Rawson-place, Sydney, and found Mr. Daniel Creedon sitting in a chair. A hypodermic syringe, a bottle of liquid ...

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  8. ELDERLY MAN FATALLY INJURED.

    In an endeavor to cross Elizabet-street near Flinders-lane, Melbourne, on Saturday, Mr. Duff Watt, aged 70 years, of Sandy Creek, near Wodonga, was knocked ...

    Article : 56 words
  9. A JOCKEY'S FALL.

    J. Rolfe, a jockey, was admitted to the Adelaide Hospital, on December 28 suffering from concussion of the brain and slight abrasions, sustained in a fall from ...

    Article : 38 words
  10. A SAD FATALITY.

    While playing in the kitchen of his home at Orroroo with other children, Guy Hamilton Gregurke (7) met his end under sad circumstances. The little ones ...

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  11. MOTOR CYCLIST DIES IN HOSPITAL.

    Mr. Frederick Ricardo (21), of Thornbury, died in the Melbourne Hospital on Saturday, as the result of Injuries received while riding his motor cycle in ...

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  12. DEATH FROM GRIEF.

    When the coffin of her son was being placed on a hearse to be taken to the Milthorpe (N.S.W.) Cemetery, Mrs. Whiley, of Forest Reefs, near Orange, collapsed ...

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  13. A MOTORIST KILLED.

    Mr. John Wall (52) was killed near Ondal (N.S.W. while motoring to Orange with his sister and brother-in-law. His hat blew off and he attempted, to alight ...

    Article : 64 words
  14. A CHAPTER OF ACCIDENTS.

    A painful accident happened to Mr. J. L. Rehn, of Cowell, on Christmas Eve. He was working a boring machine, which was driven by a motor engine. The little ...

    Article : 238 words
  15. FIRE AT A BRICK KILN.

    The Woodville district voluntary fire brigade received a call at 12.45 p.m. on Sunday to Mr. H. C. Freburg's brick kiln at Beverley. A roof-covering, which ...

    Article : 74 words
  16. DROWNED IN A WATER CHANNEL.

    Mr. George Hinchliffe, an elderly married man, who resided at Gunbower, Victoria, was accidentally drowned through falling into a water channel. This ...

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  17. THE BLUE MOUNTAINS ABLAZE.

    Bush fires continued during the weekend to threaten many beauty spots in the Blue Mountains (N.S.W.). Hills and valleys were covered with flame, and at night the ...

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  18. FATAL FALL "DOWN A SHAFT.

    Mr. Joseph Gorry (22) met with a terrible death at Charters Towers (Q.) during the holidays. He with his brother went into that town on Saturday night on a ...

    Article : 189 words
  19. TELEPHONE LINESMAN INJURED.

    Mr. Harry Studd, a telephone linesman, while lopping a tree near Mildura to clear a way for a telephone line, stood on a limb, which broke. He fell to the ground ...

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  20. DEATH FOLLOWS ACCIDENT.

    An accident which occurred at City Brick Works Glen Osmond, on December 8, resulted in the death at the Ru Rua Private Hospital on Saturday evening of ...

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  21. CHOKED BY PIECE OF BALLOON.

    While playing with toy balloons the five-year-old daughter of Mrs. Shannon, of Orange (N.S.W.), drew a piece of a balloon into her throat and was checked. The ...

    Article : 64 words
  22. AN AEROPLANE CRASH.

    An aeroplane belonging to the Australian Aircraft and Engineering Company at Mascot, with Pilot Barkell and a passenger, took off from Cronulla beach, Sydney ...

    Article : 121 words
  23. A JOCKEY INJURED.

    While riding at Kensington (N.S.W.), E. Henry, a leading A.R.C. jockey, met with a serious accident. He had a mount on the pony Bubbles, which fell during a ...

    Article : 62 words
  24. AN HOTEL TRAGEDY.

    The police investigations of the tragedy at Elaine (Vic.), whereby Michael Fahey was fatally shot, show that Fahey had been drinking at the Railway Hotel ...

    Article : 209 words
  25. SUPPOSED SUICIDE.

    On New Year's Eve James Blackburn, a resident of Wynnum (Q.) went out in a dinghy, ostensibly to fish. Later in the afternoon his body was found on the ...

    Article : 68 words
  26. A LITTLE GIRL HURT.

    While attempting to board a tram on the east side of victoria-square shortly before 10 a.m. on December 29, Majorie Cornell (13), of Jeffcott-street ...

    Article : 116 words
  27. A GAS WORKER KILLED.

    Mr. William McGeorge, a laborer, employed at the local gas works, died at Williamstown Hospital, Melbourne, on December 29. The previous afternoon he ...

    Article : 79 words
  28. MOTORING THROUGH A BUSH FIRE.

    While motoring between Salt Ash and Raymond-terrace (N.S.W.). Mr. M. Kennedy, of Cessnock, was attacked on each side of the road by a bush fire. Mr. ...

    Article : 93 words
  29. A SENSATIONAL BOLT.

    A bolting horse, dragging behind it a jinker, whose driver, unable to control the animal, swayed unsteadily in his seat, caused wild excitement as it swept over ...

    Article : 120 words
  30. A YOUTH DROWNED.

    Mr. George Forbes Angus (18), whose parents reside at Norwood-road, Burwood, was accidentally drowned in the Goulburn River, near Alexandra ...

    Article : 59 words
  31. A PAINTER ELECTROCUTED.

    While painting a telegraph pole in Garden-street, Daceyville (Sydney), Mr. Henry Buist (45), a painter, of Princess-street, was electrocuted. He died at the ...

    Article : 38 words
  32. A GUN ACCIDENT.

    Mr. Maxwell Whitelaw (20), residing at Bellerive, was admitted to the Hobart Public Hospital, suffering from a serious sunshot wounds in the right thigh. He ...

    Article : 54 words
  33. DEATH BY BULLET WOUND.

    Early on Saturday morning a constable on duty near Wickham Park (Q.) found the dead body of a man lying in the park between the gymnasium and the Trades ...

    Article : 99 words
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  35. HEART FAILURE.

    With her two young daughters and a neighbor Mrs. Sumner, widow (49), of Rose-street, Armadale, left home to-day to spend the day at the seaside. In the ...

    Article : 118 words
  36. Advertising

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  37. THE CORONER'S ENQUIRY.

    Mr. W. S. Arnott, coroner, conducted an enquiry at Goulburn on Monday, touching the death of a returned soldier, whose battered body was found on the roof of ...

    Article : 185 words
  38. HEAD INJURIES.

    Mrs. Annie Carter (63) of North terrace was admitted to the Adelaide Hospital on Tuesday evening, suffering from head injuries, caused by fall in the ...

    Article : 33 words
  39. LIGHTNING STRIKES HAYFORK.

    During the storm at Ballarat on Saturday evening, Mr. W. Gatman, representative of A.M. Greenfield & Co., was ing towards Dunstown when a flash of ...

    Article : 91 words
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