Australian newspapers
1803 – 1954
Old Local Papers
Every story
read free on Trove

These are historical newspapers. Some stories use language and express views that are offensive today.

← Accidents, all years

Blue Mountains · Accidents

Accidents, 1917

4 stories in Blue Mountains's papers

Double Drowning Fatality. at Mt. Victoria

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 19 January 1917 · page 6

A sad drowning fatality occurred at Mount Victoria on Sunday last, which shrouded the township in gloom. From evidence gloom. From evidence given before Coroner E. P…

Continued on Trove, page 6 →

Coaching Fatality at Mt. Wilson. Lithgow Lad Killed

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 19 January 1917 · page 6

A sad accident, culminating in the death of William Laying, the 4-year-old son of Mr. Chas, Laing, of Oakey Park, occurred on Sunday last. It appears that…

Continued on Trove, page 6 →

The Gunpowder Plot. Accident or Design

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 9 February 1917 · page 5

Considerable excitement was caused in town on Tuesday by the discovery of a large quantity of C[?]worth compressed gunpowder and gollgnite, manufactured by the…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Shocking Fatality at Blackheath. Falling Tree Kills Two Women

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 21 December 1917 · page 4

Never was the Scriptural truism more fully borne out than last Sunday afternoon, when a happy party of picnicers met the grissly spectre of Death in a horrible form, and their…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →