Submarine Menace Another Hospital Ship Sunk. Mercantile Cruiser Torpedoed. Destroyer Sunk by Collision. London
The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 1 June 1917 · page 5
The Admiralty reports: The hospital ship Dover Castle was torpedoed without " warning at six o'clock on Saturday evening, in the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Telegrams. Fatal Motor Accident. Melbourne
Daily Examiner · Friday 1 June 1917 · page 3
As the result of a sensational motor accident near Melbourne last night, a discharged returned soldier was killed and two members of the A.I.F. severely…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fatality at Glenreagh
Daily Examiner · Monday 4 June 1917 · page 2
A well-known teamster, named Steve Parker, was accidentally killed at Glenreagh on Friday. It seems that deceased had unloaded a number of pine logs from…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Commonwealth Ship Injured. Crew on the Way Home. Melbourne
Daily Examiner · Tuesday 5 June 1917 · page 5
The Commonwealth Navy Office announces that the Commonwealth cargo steamer Talawa received extensive damage, which will take some time to repair…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Accident at the Gymkhana
Daily Examiner · Tuesday 5 June 1917 · page 4
There was a regrettable accident at the Motor Gymkhana at the Grafton racecourse yesterday--regrettable from two points of view. First that patrons…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Gymkhana Accident
Daily Examiner · Wednesday 6 June 1917 · page 4
Sir,--Kindly permit me, through the columns of your valuable journal, to reply to a statement which appeared in same to-day, under the heading "Accident at…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Accident at Gymkhana
Daily Examiner · Thursday 7 June 1917 · page 2
Sir,--As one of the onlookers at the gymkhana yesterday, I would like to draw attention to an article in this morning's issue of your paper headed…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motor Accident. Sydney
Daily Examiner · Thursday 7 June 1917 · page 3
A motor car, containing three passengers, suddenly swerved off the drive at the Willow-tree Pond, Centennial Park, and plunged into the water. The car was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railway Accidents. Forbes Mail and Empty Bathurst
Daily Examiner · Thursday 7 June 1917 · page 3
Between 2 and 3 o'clock this morning, the Forbes mail train dashed into two trucks and an empty carriage at the Bathurst railway station, with the result…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Strenuous Football. Twelve Players Injured
The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 8 June 1917 · page 6
Plenty of vim was put into two games of football at Dubbo on Monday. During the play the ambulance men were kept busy for about a dozen…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Floods in Victoria. Several People Drowned. the River Murray Rising. Railway Under Water. Melbourne
Daily Examiner · Saturday 9 June 1917 · page 4
Serious floods have occurred in many parts of Victoria, particularly in the Wangaratta district, where three men and a woman and her two daughters were…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Dreadful Accident. Man Caught in Machinery. Bathurst
Daily Examiner · Saturday 9 June 1917 · page 4
A sensational accident occurred at Tremain Brothers' [?]our mill at Bathurst, when Lawrence Beard, 22, received severe lacerations of the body, besides…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →West Australia. Fatal Railway Accident. Foul Play Suspected. Perth
Daily Examiner · Saturday 9 June 1917 · page 4
A locomotive on a timber railway at Jarrahdale, West Australia, capsized. A fireman named McNess was killed. The police report that the points were…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Two Brothers Drowned. Mother an Eye-witness. Sydney
The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 11 June 1917 · page 3
Two boys, brothers named O'Keefe, were playing in a motor boat on the Bremer River, Queensland, when one fell in. The other attempted to rescue…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Boating Accident. Man's Narrow Escape. Sydney
Daily Examiner · Monday 11 June 1917 · page 1
While, the ferry steamer Kuring-gai was proceeding down he harbor to-night, a passenger reported to the captain that behind seen a man floating in the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fatal Accident at Colliery. Sydney
Daily Examiner · Monday 11 June 1917 · page 1
Joseph Leach, employed at the Mount Pleasant colliery incline, was run over by a truckload of coal and practically cut to pieces…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fatal Railway Accident. a Boy Arrested. Perth
Daily Examiner · Monday 11 June 1917 · page 1
An 11-year-old by named Edward Kirchner, has been arrested on a charge of displacing railway points in West Australia, resulting in the death of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Queensland. Brothers Drowned. Brisbane
Daily Examiner · Tuesday 12 June 1917 · page 5
Two brothers named O'Keefe were drowned in the Bremer River yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Strange Accident. Young Woman Shot. Sydney
The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 13 June 1917 · page 2
At Kangaroo Valley, Annie Tap[?]er, 23, knocked over a dilapidated rifle, which exploded. The bullet went through her wrist, breast and jaw, but…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Another Munitions Explosion Many Killed and Injured. London
The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 15 June 1917 · page 3
In the House of Commons last night, Mr. Bonar Law announced that a serious munitions explosion had occurred at Ashton-under-Lyne, a number of…
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