ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.
A FATHER AND TWO DAUGHTERS DROWNED. United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright. SYDNEY, January 1. Two girls named Jameson paddling in tho river near Gundagai, when they got out of their depth. The father went to their assistance. All were drowned. [Pek Pbess Association.] WELLINGTON, January 1. A locomotive fireman, named Alexander Allen, employed by the Government, met with a shocking accident at Petonc. He was picking up a couplinghook, when he slipped off the footboard, and one of the wheels of tho engine passed over his right foot, completely, severing it at the ankle. A three-year-old child, named Leutliwaite, Avas admitted to the Hospital early yesterday morning, suffering from a fractured jaw. The injury was caused by a kick from a hors© at Cheviot, on Saturday morning, and although the case was treated locally, pending removal to the Hospital, the case is very painful, the face having been badly out.
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Lyttelton Times, Volume CXIV, Issue 13947, 2 January 1906, Page 4
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153ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES. Lyttelton Times, Volume CXIV, Issue 13947, 2 January 1906, Page 4
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