Fatal Motor-car Accident. Sydney
A motor-car struck a train at a level crossing at Nelson (N.Z.). The driver, Hallam, was thrown between two waggons over the couplings and landed on the other side…
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Accidents, 1916
331 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 4 of 17
Remarkable Railway Accident
A remarkable accident occurred on the northern railway line on Monday, when three trucks and a composite guards' van broke away from a goods train running downhill…
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A small fishing skiff capsized near Narrabeen yesterday, and one of the occupants, named John Holding, was drowned. Both men clung to the craft for over an hour, when…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Motar Car Smashed. Young Man Badly Injured. Sydney
A motor car collided with a tram opposite the university yesterday. Herman Eggers was thrown from the motor and badly injured. He was taken…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Late Wires. Sydney Tram Accidents. a Young Woman Killed. Jumped Out on Wrong Side. Sydney
A young woman who is as yet unidentified was run over and killed by a tram in Oxford-street yesterday, through hastily jumping from a tram…
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A young woman whose name is unknown met with a dreadful death last night. She was a passenger on a city-bound tram, when a fuse blew out, bringing the car to a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Local and General Sulky Accident
A horse attached to a bread cart belonging to the North Coast Bakery bolted on Saturday front Duke-street. It collided with a sulky, causing the pony in the latter to run away…
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Two men were out fishing with a party at Nowra early this morning. As a result of the boat capsizing they were drowned, while a third man swam ashore from the boat a…
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A collision of a rather serious nature occurred in Darling Harbor this morning between the steamer Tambar and the tug Champion. Both vessels were damaged and had to…
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Further particulars of the collision between the steamer Tambar and the tug Champion show that the latter received the full force of the impact amidships on the…
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A serious harbor collision took place on Tuesday morning off Darling Island Sydney, between the N.C.S.N. Co.'s steamer Tambar and the tug…
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An accident happened yesterday which might have been attended with more serious concequences. It appears that Mr. J. Lawrence, of Deep…
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Some months ago a collision between two motor cars, belonging to Mrs. Leonard (of Nambucca Heads) and Robinson Bros. (Kemp[?]ey), occurred near Macksville. At the…
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There were four accidents at Mullumbimby show on Thursday. A man named Schrader, competing in the woodchop, met with an accident, the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Drowned in the Surf. Sydney
Captain Arthur Gartrell, a returned soldier, who is on a visit from Adelaide, was drowned while bathing at Manly. When the alarm was raised a party made strenuous…
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While Mrs. Edith McKurty was attempting to cross a gully at Granville last night she slipped and fell 16ft. Her cries for help were not heard until this morning, when she…
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Some months ago a collision occurred between two cars belonging to Mrs. Leonard (Nambucca Heads) and Robinson Bros. (Kempsey) at…
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The Marine Court found thai the recent collision between the tug Champion and the steamer Tambar was an accident, for which no one could be held blamable. It was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Naval Accident. Forty-five Drowned. London
A distressing naval mishap occurred during Tuesday's blizzard. Although the storm was at its height, many naval liberty men took boats and returned…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Severe Burning Accident. Little Girl's Narrow Escape
One cannot but feel sympathetic toward the Mayor and Mayoress (Mr. and Mrs. R. D. Bawden) of South Grafton, who seem to have had more…
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