Latest Telegraphic News. Motor Boat Overturns. One Man Drowned. Sydney
Whilst three men were fishing in a motor launch near Day at the entrance to Broken Bay the boat overturned, and one man named…
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Accidents, 1918
387 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 6 of 20
A Shocking Affair. Man and Three Children Drowned. Sydney
Ernest MacLean, 46, farmer, of Fernleigh, Richmond River, went with his three young children (aged 10, 8 and 6) to bring in the cows on Saturday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Dragged by a Tram. Young Woman Injured. Sydney
A young woman named Harrison was alighting from an electric tram when her dress caught and the tram dragged her for thirty yards, almost severing…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Soldier's Hard Luck. Accidentally Shoots Himself. Attacked by a Fox
A returned soldier, William A. Robinson, who is at present an inmate of St. Vincent's Hospital, furnishes an unusual hard-luck story…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Riots in Galway. Police Injured with Stones. London
At a Nationalist meeting at Clifden, Galway, called to promote the acquisition of small farms, the Sinn Feiners were ejected owing to their…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Explosion in Munition Factory. 2 KILLED; 4 Injured. London, Tuesday Night
The Press Bureau reports: A slight explosion occurred at munition works in South Wales. Two were killed and four sustained burns. The damage…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Drowned in a Well. Father and Three Children. Strange Occurrence Near Bangalow
Mr. Ernest McLean, a well-known farmer of Fernleigh, near Bangalow, and three of his children—Annie, Alice May, aged 10, Ernest William Alan, aged 8, and…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Collision at Randwick. Sydney
While galloping on Randwiek track this morning the gelding Joy Gun collided with St. Atty. Joy Gun evidently broke his neck, as he dropped dead just after…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Telegrams. Missile Thrown at Train. a Boy Injured. Shot Fired at Western Mail. Sydney
While a Parramatta train was passing through Petersham yesterday afternoon a piece of metal was thrown at it, presumably by boys. Harry Tovey, 17,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Tidal Wave at Fiji. Six Indians Drowned. Sydney
Very heavy rains have fallen in Fiji, and the whole of the canefields are flooded. Six Indians were drowned. A tidal were 12 feet high visited the west…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Air Raids. On London and Paris. Civilians Killed and Wounded. Raid on London. Under Cover of Darkness. Eleven Killed; Forty-six Injured. Others Still Buried. London
Although the German air-raiders prefer the moonlit nights' for their attacks on London, they occasionally make raids in the dark. Last night was an example…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Car Accident. Miraculous Escapes. Sydney
A motor car containing two men and two women and a baby got out of control at Manly yesterday. The brakes refused to act and the driver endeavored to turn…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Chapter of Accidents. Melbourne Tragedies. Melbourne
C. Gaskill, a messenger at Federal Parliament House, was yesterday knocked down by a motor-car at Parliament House, and died in the Melbourne Hospital…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Double Fatality. Mother and Child Killed. Brisbane
Catherine Lusk, 28, married, residing at Alderly, and her infant daughter were killed this evening as the result of a sulky accident. She was driving along the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Horse Bolts. Two Persons Injured. Sydney
A horse attached to a cart bolted at Erskineville this afternoon, and knocked down two persons, Mrs. Calder and Alexander Edge. The former was severely…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Drowned Baby. an Arrest Made. Sydney
The police to-night arrested May Miller, (25), on a charge of feloniously slaying Rita Roberta, a baby, 2½ months old, whose body was found floating in the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Train Accident
The train from Lismore to Grafton yesterday left the line at a point about 3½ miles on the Grafton side of Lawrence Road station. The mishap occurred at 5…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Another Railway Accident
For the second time within a few weeks the train on the Grafton-Lismore service yesterday left the rails and treated the passengers to a severe…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Queensland Cyclone. Nine Lives Lost At Innisfail. Over 300 Injured. Huge Loss of Sugar. Sydney
As a result of the Queensland cyclone, the death roll at Innisfail now numbers nine. The flood waters are ten feet over…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →General War News. Collision in Irish Sea. 26 Persons Missing. London, Saturday Night
The steamer Rathmore, with 640 passengers, has been in collision with a naval vessel in the Irish Sea. There are twenty-six persons missing…
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