To Keep from Drowning
To keep from drowning it ia not necessary to know how to swim. In what follows the object is to show how drowning may, under ordinary circumstances, be prevented even in the case of persons…
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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Accidents
19 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers
To keep from drowning it ia not necessary to know how to swim. In what follows the object is to show how drowning may, under ordinary circumstances, be prevented even in the case of persons…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →FURTHER particulars are to hand respecting the death of Mr. Frank A. Forbes, of Na[?] Creek. It appears from the evidence adduced at an inquiry held before Mr. S. Buchan, J.P[?] on Monday,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →AN exhibition of the value of First Aids in Accidents with the "Loring Ambulance Kit" was given in the Town Hall, Melbourne. The designer of this kit is Mr. S. J. Lorlng, Dunedin, New…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →TENTERFIELD, TUESDAY.—A terrible railway accident occurred early this morning. Sella Brothers circus, after having performed here last night, left by special trains for Armidale, and a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →SYDNEY, WEDNESDAY.—A terrible railway accident occurred to a Western train when 20 miles from Sydney, where the side of the Bathurst rail gave way. A first-class sleeping car, mail van, and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →JUDGE DOCKER hes written a letter to his wife, in which he gives a very interesting description of what occurred, and commends the promptness with which the driver of the engine stopped the train—…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A TELEGRAM was received at Government House last evening by Mr. Goschen, announcing the death of the Earl of Ancram, (A.D.U. to the Governor) at Bibbenduke station, near Bombala…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →ON Tuesday an inquest was held at the Courthouse before Mr. A. L. M'Dougall, District Coroner, and a jury of twelve, on the body of a person unknown, found floating in the river that morning. The…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →MR. EDITOR.—In your last issue was an account of the accident which happened to a yoong man at Nymboida. That accident, and the contingencies thereof, have impressed on my mind very strikingly…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A DISASTROUS hurricane swept over the British island of Mauritius on April 29, destroying a third part of the town of Port Louis, with the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →PROFESSOR WILDER, of Cornell University, gives the following short rules for action in case of accident, which it will be found useful to preserve or remember:—…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →SYDNEY, MONDAY.—An accident happened to the Northern mail train on Saturday night near Carlingford, which narrowly escaped proving a fatal disaster. It occurred…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →On Saturday evening, as Mr. H. Priest was proceeding out of South Grafton, he fell from his horse, and was rendered unconscious by the fall. He was found lying on the road…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →LONDON, THURSDAY. — A Scotch express on the North-Eastern Railway, collided with a goods train near Thirst Junction, Yorkshire, early on Wednesday. Nine persons were killed and injured. After the Scotch…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Whilst engaged at his usual avocation yesterday, a small piece of steel flew up, and made an ugly cut under the left eye of Mr. Scott. Dr. Young was consulted, and he…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →We regret to learn that the late accident to Alderman Scott, of South Grafton, has proved to be so serious as to deprive him of the use of his left eye. On his arrival in Sydney he…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THE Economist says that West Australia is being unnaturally developed, and there are already indications of the results of too rapid borrowing…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →On Munday, the Coroner and a jury of twelve held an inquest at Cowper on the body of a Indian named Karapai, who was drowned the previous day while swimming the South…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →BOXING DAY in Sydney was unfortunately marred by a most saddening misadventure in the harbour, the half-decker Iolanthe, when being sailed in the vicinity of South Head…
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