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  2. ATTEMPTED TRAIN WRECKING.

    Melbourne.—A determined attempt was made one evening last week to derail the Melbourne to Adelaide express. It was only the vigilance of a railway ganger, ...

    Article : 109 words
  3. TRAGIC HAPPENINGS OF THE WEEK.

    When a live horse team drawing a heavy load of timber was about to cross King William-street from Waymouth-street to Pirie-street on July 3, one of the ...

    Article : 76 words
  4. A BROKEN COLLARBONE.

    Riverton.—During a football match on Saturday on the recreation ground, between Riverton and Saddleworth, G. Hudson, of the local team, broke his collarbone through ...

    Article : 62 words
  5. A WHARF LABORER INJURED.

    The Port Adelaide police on July 4 were notified of an accident at Ocean Steamers' wharf. The citizens' ambulance being absent in adelaide, ...

    Article : 110 words
  6. MOTOR STRIKES VERANDAH.

    When a car driven by Mr. B. L. Patridge, of Ballara-street, Mile-End, struck a verandah post of Mr. August F. H. Gehlert's bakers' shop in Gouger-street, at ...

    Article : 140 words
  7. A FINGER COT OFF.

    Tanunda.—Mr. Ernest Schrapel, of E. Schrapel & Sons, was attending to a plane buzzer when one of his fingers was cut off. This is the third finger of the ...

    Article : 45 words
  8. FALL FROM A ROOF.

    While employed in pie demolition of a house on Goodwood-road, Goodwood, Mr. H. Dew had a painful accident on July 3. Mr. Dew was at work on the ...

    Article : 80 words
  9. FOUND DEAD.

    Murray Bridge.—Mr. Colin Hugh Say (67), a dairyman of Long Flat, was found on July 3 lying alongside horse and dray in a paddock. He had been out for a load ...

    Article : 108 words
  10. A TRAM AXLE BROKEN.

    At 4.7 p.m. on Tuesday the front axle of a tram bound from Fullarton to Winchester-street, Payneham, broke just before the vehicle reached the intersection of ...

    Article : 59 words
  11. SUDDEN DEATH AT CROYDON.

    While running to catch a train at Croydon railway-station at noon on Saturday, Mr. Richard Hourigan, a railway employe, Of Robert-street. North Croydon, ...

    Article : 63 words
  12. A SHIPYARD ACCIDENT.

    While working at Messrs. Poolo and steele's shipping yards on July, 3. Mr. John Price, of Semaphore, was Injured through a steel plate falling on ...

    Article : 67 words
  13. MISHAPS AT OWEN.

    Own.—Mr. W. Spells, a leading player for Port Wakefield, received a dislocated kneecap while engaged in a football match on the local ...

    Article : 88 words
  14. DOWN A LIFT WELL.

    Melbourne.—Miss E. Lindell fell 30 feet down a lift well at Harley House on Saturday, and the cage followed her down, preventing her escape. It seemed as if it ...

    Article : 206 words
  15. KICKED BY A HORSE.

    Yorketown.—Mr. R. Clifford, of Cape Spencer, was handling horses, when one of the animals kicked him on the right thigh, causing severe injuries to the ...

    Article : 48 words
  16. TRAIN SERVICE DELAYED.

    The train Her rice was greatly delayed on the Port line on Saturday on account of the failure of the engine of the 5.30 Henley Reach train. As a consequence down traffic ...

    Article : 73 words
  17. BODY FOUND IN A WELL.

    Men employed cleaning a disused well in the Tanunda churchyard on July 3 found human remains at the bottom, and as it [?]as apparent that death had happened ...

    Article : 79 words
  18. CHARGED BY A BULL.

    Yorketown.—Mr. Herbert Johnson, of Warooka, had a very narrow escape. He was driving cattle, when one of the animals charged the horse he was riding. Mr. ...

    Article : 49 words
  19. A MOTOR CYCLIST INJURED.

    While Mr. A. P. Myers, of Light-terrace. Thebarton, was riding a motor cycle along West-terrace, Adelaide, about 6.30 on Saturday night, he collided with a pony ...

    Article : 78 words
  20. THE PERTH MURDER.

    Perth.—After a trial extending over nearly four weeks, George William Auburn was on Saturday found guilty of the murder of ...

    Article : 126 words
  21. FIRE AT YORK.

    Prompt work by the Woodville District Volunteer Fire Brigade saved thousands [?] gallons of oil at Crompton's skin yards, York, where a fire broke out in the ...

    Article : 73 words
  22. FINGERS CAUGHT IN COGS.

    Cowell.—Laurence, the 10-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Alex. Berry, of hundred of Solomon, was assisting his father at chaffcutting, when his fingers were caught in the ...

    Article : 75 words
  23. A DERAILED TRAMWAY SPRINKLER

    A tramway sprinkler, at the corner of Flinders and Pulteney streets, on Sunday night got across both sets of rails. That made it necessary to ...

    Article : 62 words
  24. A FATAL FALL.

    Perth.—The story of a tragic accident following domestic infelicity was unfolded in the Coroner's Court at the inquest into the death of Jenny Stevens, wife of ...

    Article : 184 words
  25. THE BUTE TRAGEDY.

    Wallaroo.-H. A. Harvey, who was admitted to the Wallaroo Hospital from Bute, suffering from the effects of gunshot wounds, is reported to be progressing ...

    Article : 39 words
  26. FOUND IN A WELL.

    The Tanunda Fire Brigade last week overcame the difficulty of recovering the body of Mr. B. Biar, which was seen recently at the bottom of an old well. They ...

    Article : 74 words
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  28. FATHER AND SON DROWNED.

    Hobart.— The ketch Mystery, 12 tons, when coming to Hobart from the channel ports, capsized and sank. The vessel was in charge of Alfred Sproule ...

    Article : 71 words
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  30. MOTOR CARS IN COLLISION.

    The driver of a Rugby car, owned by H. C. Richards, Ltd., had a surprising escape from serious injury on July 4. He was driving along King William-street ...

    Article : 119 words
  31. FOOTBALLER'S LEG BROKEN.

    While playing for Hyde Park, at North Adelaide on Saturday, Jack Strang, secretary of the Hyde Park team, broke his leg in two places, and was removed to the ...

    Article : 36 words
  32. DEATH FROM HEART FAILURE.

    The City Watchhouse reported that Mr. Albert Hall (24), of High-street, Kensing. ton, had been found in the Trades Hall[?]ane, at 11 p.m. on July 4 by Sergeant ...

    Article : 73 words
  33. A CHILD SCALDED.

    The 17-months-old son of Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Brown, of Charra, on July 4, upset a teapot, and his face and parts of the body were badly burnt. He was taken to ...

    Article : 42 words
  34. MOTOR BUS AND CAR COLLIDE.

    A motor hue and motor car collided head on at the intersection of poolcstreet and Brougham-place, North Adelaide, on July 4. The bus, which was ...

    Article : 111 words
  35. AN ELDERLY MAN INJURED.

    Mr. Heinrich Hell, 77, of West-Thebarton-road, Thebarton, was knocked down at 11.30 on Monday morning by a horse attached to a laundry dray, which was ...

    Article : 64 words
  36. CHILD KNOCKED DOWN BY A CAR.

    While crossing King William-street, in company with his mother, on Saturday afternoon, Thomas Pain, aged 6, stepped in front of a motor car driven by ...

    Article : 77 words
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  38. FALL THROUGH A TRAPDOOR.

    Mr. John Powell (50), married, residing at Walker-street, Birkenhead, wan admitted to the Port Adelaide Casualty Hospital on Monday guttering a scalp wound ...

    Article : 81 words
  39. SHIP'S ENGINEER INJURED.

    Shortly before 11 p.m. on Sunday the chief engineer of the collier Komura, which is berthed, in the Basin at Port Adelaide, found the third engineer, Mr. W. G. ...

    Article : 107 words
  40. DEHYDRATER BURNT.

    Cadell.—The dehydrater belonging to Mr. A. B. Hoff, in which fruit was being dried for Mr. J. A. Williamson, was totally destroyed by fire. Some drying trays ...

    Article : 59 words
  41. SUDDEN DEATH OF AN INFANT.

    Constable Moore, officer in charge of the Rosewater police-station, reported on Tuesday, that the seven months' old infant of Mr. J. C. Christiansen, of Ottaway, had ...

    Article : 103 words
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