Electric Explosion. Electrician Seriously Injured. Sydney
A serious explosion occurred at the City Council's electric lighting depot sub-station at Pyrmont this morning. A fuse blew out and an electrician, Thomas…
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Accidents, 1917
394 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 5 of 20
The Bruges Raid. 70 Killed or Injured. Amsterdam
A message from Flushing states that 70 were killed or injured in Friday's air raid on Bruges, including many German soldiers and workmen…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Accident. Trainee Loses His Life. Sydney
A compulsory trainee named Smith was knocked down by a motor lorry at Newtown this afternoon and died in a few minutes. Deceased was 18 years of age,…
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A man named Mulholland, who had been sharpening an axe, tried the effect on a log, when it glanced on to his right leg, inflicting a serious gash…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Another "Accident." Huns Apologise to Holland. Amsterdam
Germany explains that the accident to the steamer Oldambt was the result of force majure. She regrets that a Dutchman lost his life, and undertakes…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →An Unpleasant Accident
During the stock sale by Mr. R. E. Alcorn at Kyogle on Thursday a cocked horn cow charged a bystander in the selling ring, and, inserting her hours…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Nasty Accident at Maclean
While a large number of school children were waiting at the N.C.S.N. Co.'s wharf at Maclean yesterday afternoon to bid farewell to their late head master…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Shunting Fatality. Young Man Crushed. Sydney
A young man named Boyd was crushed to death between two trucks on the line while employed wheat lumping at Bribaree Siding, Young…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Drowning at Inverell. Father, Daughter, and Son Lose Lives. Inverell
While swimming at Inverell, Mary Hanshaw, aged 18, got beyond her depth. She called to her father, who attempted to rescue the girl, who clutched him,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Driving Accident. and Its Sad Sequel. Sydney
Albert Hartwell, caretaker of Tupra Station, on the Murrumbidgee River, was driving near Oxley in a buggy with his five-year-old son when the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Tasmania. Shooting Fatality. Hobart
While Herbert Qualle, Bull Plain, Launceston was out shooting, his gun accidentally exploded, the contents entering his side. He died in the arms…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Serious Motor Accident. Many Passengers Injured. Hobart
A motor mail coach left Brown's River for Hobart (a 11-mile run) yesterday, but overturned down an embankment, fifteen feet deep, with over…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Washed Off the Rocks. a Journalist Drowned. Sydney
Thomas Burke Daly, a journalist, was washed off the rocks at MacKenzie's Point, Bondi, yesterday, while fishing and was drowned. He leaves…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Shooting Case. Strange Story by Injured Man. Sydney
Percy John-McBeth, aged 17, appeared at the Police Court, charged with shooting Edgar Cooper and Alfred Whitbred with intent to do bodily harm…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Pressman Drowned. Washed Off Bondi Rocks. Sydney
Thos. Daly, a well-known Sydney pressman, was washed off the rocks at Bondi and drowned…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Telegrams. Coaching Accident. Passengers Hurled Over Bank. Hobart
The mail coach which left Kingston (Tas.) for Hobart, with 20 passengers aboard, was overturned, and fell sideways over a 15ft. bank. Four…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Accident. Contractor Killed. Sydney
T. Fletcher, contractor, was removing a quantity of mining machinery to Nowr[?] when he was crushed to death by a bullock-waggon passing over his chest…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Boy Drowned. on His Father's Farm. Sydney
Clarence Bull has been drowned while bathing in a dam on his father's farm at Dunedoo…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Maddened Horses Bolt. Driver Terribly Injured. Sydney
William Robert Wilkinson was driving a vehicle and two horses at Liverpool this morning. The horses bolted and Wilkinson was thrown out of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fifteen Survivors Landed. Fifteen Injured. London, Monday Night
The latest news regarding the Laconia is that fifteen survivors have landed at Bantry. The bulk of the remainder are landing to-night. The…
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