Breakaway. Railway Accident. Sydney
A railway smash caused by wheat trucks breaking away occurred near Careoar yesterday. The damage is estimated at about £3000. The trucks…
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Accidents, 1917
394 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 6 of 20
Motor Fatality. One Killed, Three Injured. Sydney
A motor lorry on the Bombala-Delegate road got out of control, with the result that the driver, Burns, was killed, and three others injured…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Drowning a Forest. £2,240,000 in Timber. Destruction Possible
On the site of the Chichester dam, which is to provide the city of Newcastle with, water, there is estimated to be nearly enough timber to pay for the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Broadstairs Bombed. a Woman Injured. London, Thursday Night
The Press Bureau states: A hostile aeroplane bombed Broadstairs this morning and slightly injured a woman…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Racecourse Accident
While at work on the South Grafton track yesterday morning, Noble Claris, ridden by Harold Atkins, collided with a calf when going at a good gallop, and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Collision. at Binna Burra. Lismore
A railway collision occurred at Binna Burra last night between some trucks of a goods train bound for Lismore and the engine. The train had been divided for…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →In the North Sea. Transport in Collision. Many Natives Drowned. London, Friday Night
The Admiralty reports that the transport Mendi, 4230 tons, belonging to the British and African Steam Navigation Company, carrying the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Casino News. a Fatal Accident. Casino
A lad named Ernest Ambrose Foster, 14, was accidentally killed near Mallanganee some time on Friday evening. He was driving a horse and cart from…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Colliery Accident. Man Killed Instantly. Sydney
While repairs were being effected to the roof of a mine at Coaldale colliery to-day, a quantity of stone came away. One man, Patrick Kelly, was killed…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Motor Accidents. Young Woman Seriously Injured. Sydney
While a motor car, driven by Henry Flegg, of College-street, Sydney was proceeding along the Bunnerong-road, South Kensington, to-day, a tyre blew…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Motor Somersaults. Five Persons Injured. Sydney
A motor car was on the road at Kensington at an early hour yesterday morning, containing two men, three women and the driver, J. Glennan,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Racing Smash. Four Jockeys Injured. Sydney
Four jockeys were injured when the racehorse Circumspect was killed through colliding while running in the Shamrock Handicap at Tamworth on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motor Fatality. Car Owner Committed. Sydney
The inquest concerning the deaths of Frederick Piercy and Minnie Hooper, who were killed in a motor accident, was concluded to-day. The Coroner committed…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Fatality. Shocking Occurrence Near Bourke. Sydney
On Saturday night, near Mooculta Siding, 21 miles from Bourke, a picnic train overtook and ran down a railway tricyele, on which were Alfred Mutton, his wife…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Vigilancia Sinking. Seven Americans Drowned. New York, Tuesday Night
Seven Americans were drowned in the sinking of the Vigilancia, which foundered in seven minutes…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Motor Fatality. Grafton Girl Killed
Word reached town this morning that Miss Ruby Amos, 17 years of age, the youngest daughter of the late Edward Ames, of Grafton, had been…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motor Fatality. Maclean Girl the Victim. Lismore
After attending a picture show at Lismore last night Ruby Amos (19), a resident of Maclean, who was visiting her sister (Mrs. Campbell), at Dunoon,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Train Accident. Telegraph Pole Strips Engine. Sydney
The train from Sydney to Nowra struck a telegrah pole which was hanging across the line at a sharp curve near Helensburgh this morning. The top of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Collision in the Harbor. Three Men Drowned. Sydney
The N.C.R.N. Co's. steamer wollongbar. from Byron Bay, collided with a skiff in the harbour last night, off Fort Denison. Three men were…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Gun Accident. Young Boy Injured. Melbourne
Matthew Mosbey, aged 12, resident of South Melbourne, was admitted to the hospital to-night suffering from a serious gunshot wound in the head, accidentally…
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