Sad Burning Fatality. Sydney
A burning fatality occurred at Powell Park, about 7 miles from Crookwell, the victim being an old resident of the. district, Mrs. Mary Wetherspoon, aged 70. The fire broke…
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Accidents, 1916
331 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 2 of 17
Thirteen Bombs Dropped. 7 KILLED; 22 Injured. London, Sunday Night
The Zeppelin dropped thirteen bombs on Paris. Nine houses were wrecked and seven persons were killed and 22 injured…
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News has been received of a collision some distance from the South Stack lighthouse, Holy Island, Wales. The steel ship Ben Lee, bound, from Liverpool to Sydney, collided…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Zeppelin Raid on Paris. Numbers Killed and Injured. Buildings Demolished. Paris
In the Zeppelin raid on Paris 13 bombs were dropped. Fifteen persons were injured and seven killed. Nine houses were wrecked and other damage done…
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The sailing ship Ben Lee, which collided with the American liner Philadelphia, was afterwards towed to Holyhead, where sap heeled over and sank in five fathoms of water…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Disastrous Railway Collision. London
Travellers from Germany report dreadful railway catastrophe on Saturday. The Cologne express collided with a hospital train full of wounded men; 47 men were fearfully mangled…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Soldier Fatally Injured. Attacked by Roughs. Sydney
Private Walter Brook, aged 43, died at his residence, city, this morning, from injuries alleged to have been received on Monday night through being set on by a number of…
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The British steamer Silver Shell and Japanese steamer Takata Maru collided 200 miles south-east of Cape Race, at the southeastern extremity of Newfoundland. The…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Zeppelin Raid on Paris. Numbers Killed & Injured. Paris
In the Zeppelin raid on Paris 13 bombs were dropped. Fifteen persons were injured and seven killed. Nine houses were wrecked and other…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Storm at Military Camp. Clerical Volunteer Kiled. Several Others Injured. Sydney
A thunderstorm burst over the military camp at Maitland Showground. The lightning killed Private Wilkins, a Methodist clergyman, who joined…
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A magisterial inquiry was held at the Court-house yesterday before Mr. McDougall, P.M., respecting the death of George Freeman Ward, who some days previously met his…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Shooting Accident at Nymboida. Inquiry Into Ward's Death
An inquiry was held by Mr. H. A. Macdougal, P.M., at the Court House, Grafton, yesterday morning as to the cause of death of Mr. F. Ward, aged…
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Private Walter Brook, aged 43, died at his residence, Sydney, on Wednesday morning, from injuries alleged to have been received on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Many Civilians Killed and Injured. London
Further details of the effect of the Zeppelin raid revealed that at the inquests on the bodies of the victims one of the jury viewed the bodies of five women, a girl, and four men. The dead included the family of a soldier returned on furlough on Tuesday last to find his home wrecked, his wife, boy and girl…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Serious Accident at Copmanhurst
Word reached Grafton on Thursday night (as briefly reported in Friday's issue) that a serious accident had happened to Mr. H…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sad Drowning Fatalities. Sydney
George Crump, a farmer, of Lara Lake, and his daughter Ruby, 7 years of age, were drowned in company at Austin's private baths, Avalon. The family had driven to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Tramcar Accident. Sydney
About 7 o'clock to-night a tramcar in Elizabeth-street, Redfern, caught fire through the overheating of the controlling gear box. Miss Sullivan, aged 19, was severely cut about the…
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On Friday evening last Mr. R. C. Bray [?] lost his little eon, Athl and 2 years, by drowing. The little [?] was playing with…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Telegrams. Accident Through Bomb Bursting. Sydney
While, a number, of military men were at Dulwich Hill military miniature rifle range witnessing a demonstration of an explosion of fuseless bombs, which S. G. Pluncknett…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Two Boys Drowned at Rappville
There was a distressing tragedy at Rappville on Thursday afternoon, resulting in the deaths by drowning of two young boys, Keith Mackenzie Beadman, aged 11, son of the…
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