Lightning Fatality
SYDNEY, Wednesday. — Harold Johnston, aged 26 single, left Winton on saturday to turn horses out of a reserve. He did not return, but yesterday his…
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Accidents, 1913
301 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 1 of 16
Coach Accident
SYDNEY, Wednesday. —A passenger coach capsized near Adelaide yesterday, Four lady passengers were badly injured, while a number of others were more…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Yamba Drowning Fatality. a Suggestion. (To the Editor of the "Argus.")
Sir,--The recent drowing fatality at Yamba emphasises the fact that something should be done to try and minimise the deplocable loss of life…
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While crossing in the punt from Brushgrove about 3 p.m. on Monday last, a daughter of Mr. W. Heaney, of Grafton, eight years of age, who…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Yamba Surf Fatality. Evidence at Inquest
The District Coroner, Mr. F. Schwonberg, J.P., conducted the above inquiry at the Police Office, Yamba, on Monday last…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Engine Capsizes Firemen Injured. Sydney, Thursday Night
fire engine bolted down [?]ill, Rose Bay, this after[?] overturned at the bottom. firemen aboard were pinned…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Peculiar Accident. Hydroplane Sunk in Harbour Sydney, Thursday Night
Reginald Holmes and Thomas Monks, while taking the new hydroplane, Rainbow, for a trial spin down the h[?]bour this morning, and…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.—The body of a man was seen floating in Gore Bay, Sydney Harbour, on Thursday morning but has not yet been recovered. The watchman…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—The members of the Departmental Board inquiring into the circumstances surrounding the tram smash, which occurred in King-street on…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—A sad drowning fatality occurred in the Hunter River, near Luskintyre Bridge, when John Grant, a young Englishman, 22 years of age, lost…
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A fatal accident occurred at Nymboida on New Year's Day, when a youth named Robert John McCaughey was kille [?] as a result of a horse-back accident. The…
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Harold (Percy Bailes, a youth, 15 years of age, from Esk, was admitted to the Ipswich General Hospital with a broken arm. On the morning of Christians Day, he was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Shocking Fatality. a Captain Decapitated. Sydney
John Roster, captain of the coasting steamer Wandra, was standing on the steamer's deck during unloading operations at Port Kembla on…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →More Surf Victims. Two Girls Drowned. Sydney
Two girls, Frances Wood and Helen Eastor were surf bathing at Warrambool (Vic.), when they were caught by the undertow, carried…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fatality at Broken Hill. a Miner Killed. Sydney
While working yesterday morning at eleven hundred feet level in the North Mine, Broken Hill, David Nicholson, aged thirty-two, received…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Collision in a Storm. One Steamer Sunk. Vancouver
During a terrific storm off the coast of Newport, United States, two steamers came into collision and one sank. Her captain, his wife and…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—Albert Leslie Cunnington, aged 5½ years, was accidentally drowned in a dam close to his home at Cleveland, Youngee Plains, 17 miles from…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Late Wires. Injured and Robbed. by Masked Burglars. a Shocking Outrage. Sydney, Tuesday Night
Two masked and armed burglars entered the residence of A. Trotter, a commercial traveller, in George street, Fitzroy, Melbourne, early thir…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday. — A motor car overturned at No. 5 dock this afternoon. Two motorists, Bates and Wood, were pinned beneath it. When extricated they…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Double Bathing Fatality. Two Women Drowned.. Sydney
Mrs. Wright, a farmer's wife, and Miss Patkinson were bathing in a creek at Henderson (N.Z.[?] Miss Parkinson stepped into a deep pool…
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