A Fatal Collision. Motor Cyclist Killed. Sydney, Sunday Night
Clarry Vembrick, while riding a motor cycle on the Bathurst Road at Katoomba yesterday afternoon, collided with a motor car with terrific…
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Accidents, 1915
346 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 1 of 18
A Terrible Ordeal. Starving Men Nearly Drowned. Melbourne
While engaged in salving the wrecked steamer Norfolk on 90 Mile Beach, a gale came up and the men on board had a terrible experience…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Two Boys Drowned. Playing in a Dam. Melbourne
Two sons of James Draper, a farmer at Mornington, aged 11 and 1[?] while playing in a small dam, both drowned…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Two Brothers Drowned. Brisbane
Two brothers, John and James Ryan, were attempting to swim a river at Texas yesterday when one one carried down stream. The other…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Double Drowning Fatalities Washed of a Rook. Melbourne
Miss Isaqel Hossack and Ernest Neville were washed off a rock at Cowes yesterday and both were drowned…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sixteen Million Channel Tunnel. Will Take Four Years to Build Accident-proof Tubes. Food Supply Safe in War
All the fascinating details of that big project, the tunnel between England and Franca, have been given to a meeting of the Franco-British…
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The Rev. Father O'Regan met with an accident on Boxing Day which resulted in the breaking of a leg. He was trying a young horse…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Runaway Fatality. Young Man Killed. Brisbane, Sunday Night
Through a horse attached to a cart bolting at Newmarket yesterday a young man named William Cameron was thrown out and killed…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Late Wires. a Surfer Drowned. Body Rescued From Sharks. Sydney
Francis Long, 68, residing at Balmain, was surfing at Narrabeen yesterday when he was carried out by the undertow and drowned. Life-savers…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Elderly Pair Knocked Down. Woman Killed; Man Injured. Sydney, Sunday Night
Mrs. Wood, an elderly woman, was crossing the intersection of Barlow and George Streets. Haymarket, last night arm-in-arm with Frederick Hope…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Girl Fatally Poisoned. Verdict of Accidental Death
A girl named Laura Margaret Robertson, aged 17, living with her parents at the Coldstream, died at the home on Saturday, at 11 p.m…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Drowning Near Copmanhurst. Nude Stranger's Death
On Monday at noon, while Mr. Peter J. Lollback was searching for a missing calf at Wingrove, 7 miles from Copmanhurst, he came across…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Shocking Mining Fatality. Miner Blown to Pieces. Perth
A shocking accident occurred at the Golden Horsehoe Mine, Kalgoorlie. Joseph Turja, a miner, with another Italia, was working at the 1600ft…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Appalling Horror. Italian Towns [?]iped Out in Mammoth Earthauake. 12,000 Killed. 20,000 Injured. (By Telegraph.) Sydney
One of the most fearful earthquakes in the history of the world occurred in Italy, [?]tended by appalling loss of life…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Workers' Accidents. Zam-Buk Needed to Prevent Blood-poison and Skin Disease
Every worker should always keep a pot of Zam-Buk within easy reach. Cuts and bruises are a daily occurrence, and unless they are dressed with Zam-Buk there is…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Shocking Railway Fatality. Guard Cut to Pieces
A shocking accident occurred at the Hawkesbury railway station on Sunday afternoon, when George. Quinn, guard of a stock train, was run over…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Injured Number 50,000. ROME
The number of dead and injured in the Italian earthquake is now estimated at 50,000. The King of. Italy has contributed…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Collision in a Tunnel. a Miraculous Escape. Sydney, Thursday Night
Later particulars show that the collision occurred in the Number One Tunnel (the longest in the State) and the impact was so severe that the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Late Wires. Railway Smash. Empty Stock Train Derailed. the Guard Injured. Sydney, Thursday Night
A railway smash occurred between Cowan Creek and Boronia South signal box, on the main Northern line, early this morning, when an engine,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Another Surf Victim. Young Man Drowned. Sydney
While surfing at Thirroul (near Bulli) yesterday, Albert Guest, 24, was carried cut by the undertow and drowned…
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