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  2. TRAGIC HAPPENINGS OF THE WEEK.

    Mr. Thomas Ely (69), a fisherman, was found dead in bed at his residence, Church-street, Port Adelaide, at 6.30 a.m. on December 20. The City Coroner deemed ...

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  3. A SYDNEY TRAGEDY.

    Sydney.—The city coroner began an enquiry into the circumstances of the death of Earnest Dunham (28), who was Shot dead during the lunch hour in ...

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  4. MR. ALLERDALE GRAINGER.

    Mr. Henry Allerdale Grainger, a former well-known South Australian legislator, died in England on December 19, after a long and painful illness. A quarter of ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  5. A MOTOR ACCIDENT.

    Mr. Peter Brown, of May's Hill, Parramatta, was riding a bicycle along Burch-road, Parramatta, when he came into collision with a motor car. He ...

    Article : 63 words
  6. LORRY AND TRAM COLLIDE.

    A collision between a motor lorry belonging to Mr. R. J. Williams, of Fitzroy, and a Kingswood tram carrying about 30 passengers occurred at the intersection of ...

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  7. MOTHER AND DAUGHTER DROWNED.

    Swan Reach.—Mounted Constable Fitzgerald, of Blanchetown, drove his wife and little daughter Sheila in a motor car to the punt on Monday, and ...

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  8. HORSE SHIES AT A MOTOR CAR.

    On December 21 on the Port-road, Hindmarsh, a horse drawing a dray belonging to the Waterworks shied at a stationary motor car, and collided with a ...

    Article : 80 words
  9. A MOTOR SMASH AT MOUNT GAMBIER.

    Mount Gambier.—A shocking motor accident, in which one person was killer end another seriously injured, occurred here on Monday, ...

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  10. A BOLTING HORSE.

    A horse attached to a trolly, the property of Messrs. Graves & Co., bolted in Franklin-street about noon on Saturday, and crossing the road struck a standing ...

    Article : 87 words
  11. BABY IN 4 SUITCASE.

    Sydney.—At the Central Criminal Court, before Mr. Justice Gordon, Sarah Boyd was charged with the murder of her baby girl, whose body was washed ashore in a ...

    Article : 313 words
  12. HORSES BOLT WITH A BINDER.

    Alma.—Mr. P. S. Smyth, a resident of the district was using a binder on his farm when the horses were startled by on object in the crop. The driver was thrown ...

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  13. A CANNIBAL FEAST.

    Sydney.—A shocking story of an attack by blacks, followed by a ghastly cannibal feast, has reached Thursday Island from Mcrauke, Dutch ...

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  14. A SULKY CAPSIZED.

    Alma.—Mr. James Day, late of Kadina, was returning in a sulky from Owen, when his horse got into a deep hole in the road caused by the recent heavy rains. The ...

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  15. FIRE AT THE CONVENT OF MERCY.

    The Fire Brigade was called to the Convent of Mercy, Angas-street, about 9.30 a.m. on Monday. A wire had fused. between the ceiling and floor of the second ...

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  16. SUICIDE NEAR HENLEY BEACH.

    Walking along the beach towards Grange on Saturday afternoon, Mr. Tom Preston, of Large Bay, discovered the body of a man about half a mile from Estcourt ...

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  17. KNOCKED DOWN BY A DRAY.

    While crossing the Port-road at Hindmarsh about 6 p.m. on Monday Mr. Charles George Voege (32) was knocked down by a horse and dray, the property ...

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  18. A POISONING CASE.

    Suffering from the effects of poisoning, Mr. Edgar Clements (24), a married man of Birkenhead, was admitted to the Port Adelaide Casualty Hospital at 11.30 p.m. ...

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  19. FIRE AT RENMARK.

    Renmark.—The garage, recently enlarged, with the stables attached, newly erected at the Renmark Hotel, was found to be on fire about 11 p.m. on ...

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  20. THROWN FROM A SULKY.

    Mypolonga.—Mrs. G. Weidenhoffer, whilst driving round the Cliff-road, was thrown from her sulky and badly shaken. The horse bolted ...

    Article : 70 words
  21. A RAILWAY ACCIDENT.

    Quorn.—There was a narrow from a serious railway acicdent on the Quorn and Port Augusta line on December 20 when the 6.25 p.m. down mixed train ...

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  22. ACCIDENTS AT MINNIPA.

    Minnipa.—Whilst Mrs. A. Yates was engaged in cooking she accidently knocked over a saucepan of boiling water and severely scalded her foot. ...

    Article : 66 words
  23. OFFENCE AGAINST A. GIRL.

    Sydney,—In the Central Criminal Court Mr. Justice Gordon sentenced John Moore (18) to 10 years' imprisonment for an assault upon a girl of 12½ at West ...

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  24. A HEAD-ON COLLISION.

    Sydney.—A collision occurred on the Braidwood-road, near Pelican Inn in which Mr. Rutledge, M.L.A. for Gou[?]burn, had a narrow escape. A car, driven ...

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  25. A BOY'S LEG BROKEN.

    Edithburgh.—While playing on the barley, stacks on Saturday last a boy, E. Cloy jumped off one, and caught his foot in a hole. He was thrown heavily forward, ...

    Article : 64 words
  26. STEEL OFFICE FURNITURE.

    Melbourne.—The chief officer of the Metropolitan Fire Brigade (Mr. Lee) says the best concrete buildings are not fireproof when they have ...

    Article : 84 words
  27. COLLISION ON A RAILWAY LINE.

    Riverton.—The Chief Commisioner of Railways (Mr. Webb) and others were travelling to Clare in a service car this morning. When about ...

    Article : 117 words
  28. ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.

    Sydney.—Grace Mays (19) was found in her room at Kurri Kurri on Saturday night with a bullet wound in her left breast. There was a revolver by ...

    Article : 62 words
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  30. A RAILWAY TRAGEDY.

    Sydney.—Edward Wilkins has succumbed to injuries received in a railway collision which occurred on the Molong-Dubbo railway, near Yeoval. He was one of ...

    Article : 83 words
  31. RAILWAY ARBITRATION.

    The Australian Railways Union, representing from 90,000 to 105,000 workers, has decided to make an appeal to the Commonwealth Arbitration Court for an award for ...

    Article : 101 words
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  33. A MOTOR CYCLIST KILLED.

    Death came suddenly to a young man, Mr. Percy James Spehr, on Christmas Eve. He was riding on a motor cycle along the Main ...

    Article : 124 words
  34. PASTORAL RAINS.

    Messrs. Dalgety & Company have received a telegram from Messrs. Hayes and Sons, Undoolya and Maryvale station, near Alice Springs and Charlotte ...

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