Holiday Accidents in Australia.
' .-t":? .'■■ ■■'■- -• ■ .sy/.iKi^lP'iSbM'PreßS A«ifloclatl6n.) , : pVi:sfiSif r <f%i-^;f-;SYDNEYi', December 29.. ii-' ; ;^;The holiday' 7 season 'was productive of gcthV;-usual 'list of fatalities. A platelayer |,'swa% jSuitßipjepes by a traiiin Sydney ; a^ miner" was ttLrown from a horse and killed ' >h > ;at^d,e^qng;; "iwp,,boya ; were .drowned at >: i^Waggaianother at Newcastle, and a fourth ,; at Carrathool, while bathing; a seaman, ■.celebrating Christmas too 'freely, was Jldrpwned m Sydney harbour ; the body of T ;a-,n»o]:w.aß'lbnnd i in -tKe'river'ac Tuinnr; of Hook wood Aaylum,' hear v Sydney i destroyed himself ;by opening the veinsof Wa arm. ,■ .,,;"« ,:••:'/■■' " "-, '■'-'■' ■ -t ' In Victoria the list, included eight cases '.. of drowniDg in different parts of the . colony. A miner ,waa killed at Burrumi'y b«t'rfi(^ ; y»dtigK . a"- pbDy. 1 ; colliding with , another horse; 'Thewueora miner threw herself into the sea "at "Anderson's inlet ; and Boublicanin West) Melbourne banged i^Mmwß.^0 1 ;- ■■-.•' .;••■ \. _ . , ; - In South Aoatralia a boy was drowned "'JiniheTilrr^i.nyef.. * - . ' • ; At Brisbsine two diowninga and one > ' suicide helped to swell the list.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XXX, Issue 307, 30 December 1896, Page 3
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161Holiday Accidents in Australia. Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XXX, Issue 307, 30 December 1896, Page 3
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