Sydney Harbor Fatality. Wollongbar's Stopper Exonerated
The formal inquiry into the circumstances attending the charge of misconduct against James Hercules Hunter, master of the steamer Wollongbar,…
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Accidents, 1917
394 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 9 of 20
Shooting Fatality. Returned Soldier Charged. Sydney
Dorothy Willis, who was accidently shot at her home, Bondi, died yesterday morning. John Bennett (29) was charged at the Police Court to-day with causing her…
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A lorry crashed into two trams at Paddington this afternoon, and three men were seriously injured. The driver of one tram had a leg broken…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Domestic Tragedy. Father Fatally Injured. Adelaide
During an altercation between William Nicholas Kann and his son, aged 16, at Magill, South Australia, a shot gun was discharged, the father receiving fatal…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Train Collision. a Narrow Escape. Sydney
At 4.40 this morning a special train, travelling from Sydney to Melbourne, ran into portion of a goods train which was standing at a siding at Barnawartha…
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A verdict of accidental death was returned at the inquest surrounding the death of Catherine .Willis, the victim of a shooting fatality at Bondi…
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A goods train, travelling from Hamilton to Ararat (Victoria), collided with a miners' train, which was stan ling at Maroona railway station. The driver of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Shocking Fatality. a Child Decapitated. Sydney
Enoch Clark, aged 2 years, was running down a sandhill at Carrington, when he was overtaken by a train carrying sand. His head was cut off…
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Julian Jordan, about 55, was killed on the Common, just out of Casino, on Thursday morning. He had a pair of horses, one young, in a buckboard and…
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When alighting from a train in Oxfordstreet last night, Mrs. Biernoe and her 8 years old daughter were knocked down by a passing sulky. Both were taken to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Accidental Explosion. British Ship Returns to American Port. New York
With her flag half-mast high, a British liner reappeared in an American port after having sailed recently with an hospital unit for the war zone…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Shocking Accident. Man Caught in Machinery. Sydney
While Robert Harpur, aged 27, was oiling the shafting of the Machine Rope works, Waterloo, his shirt caught in the belt. He was dragged round the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Accident to a Fitter. Man Loses Both Legs. Sydney
Owing to a train backing on to him in the Alexandria railways goods yards this morning, Albert Smith, a fitter, had both his legs severed near the hips, and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Man Injured. a Woman Arrested. Sydney
David Gray Owen was conveyed to the hospital last night suffering from a broken neck and fractured skull. It appears he entered his home,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Serious Tram Smash. One Killed; Many Injured. Sydney
A tramcar, carrying hity passenger, was descending a steep grade at Onehunga (Auckland, N.Z.), when the driver fell off his seat, rounding a turn,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Collision. Launch and Ferry Steamer. Sydney
A motor launch collided with the ferry steamer Kanangra in the harbor yesterday. Five of the occupants of the launch swam ashore…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Shocking Tram Accident. Auckland
A tramcar, carrying fifty passengers, was descending a steep grade at Onehunga (N.Z.), when, on reaching the turn the motorman fell off his seat as the car…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fishing Accident. Rescue by Returned Soldier. Sydney
Two young men were fishing at Freshwater, near Manly, yesterday, when their craft swamped. A returned soldier took a lifeline and swam out to the men. He…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Motor Fatality. Motor Cycle Collides with Horse Sydney
About 5:30 to-night, Carmela Locantra, aged 16, residing at Raglan street, Mosman, was riding a horse along the street, when a motor cycle, ridden by Allen…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Late Wires. a Fatal Collision. Horseman v. Cyclist. Sydney
A motor cycle, ridden by Gordon Joule, 16, of Mosman, crashed into a horse ridden by Locarto Carmella, 17, ' of Mosman. Joule was killed…
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