Car Capsizes in a River. Three Persons Drowned. Auckland
Mrs. Thoms and her two young children were drowned near Te Kuti '(N.Z.) as the result of the capsizing of a motor car in a flooded river…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Accidents
Accidents, 1920
463 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 6 of 24
A Peculiar Accident. Orange
Mr. L. Lane, solicitor, of Orange, was driving a motor-car past a mob of horses when one lashed out, its heels going over the driving wheel and striking Mr. Lane…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →An Accident. Sydney
The stewards inquiry into the Novice Handicap accident at Gosford, resulting in the death of R. Walker, found the accident due to Linacre King getting on the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Shell Fatality. Sydney
While William Lang and Benjamin McLean, both of Leiehhardt, were unscrewing the noseeapof a shell, it exploded. Lang received fatal injuries, and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Casualties. a Lad Drowned. Taree
A young man, William Wallis, 19, was drowned in the river near Ghinni bridge yesterday. It appears that Wallis' boat got away from him, and was fast drifting…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Casualties a Man Drowned. Goulburn
John Thurlow was droving sheep into Goulburn when one got into the water. He swam in after it, and when in the middle of the stream sank. The body has not…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Collision in N.Z. SYDNEY
Several passengers were injured in a railway collision on the Manawata line, N.Z. Two have been admitted to hospital…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Methylated Spirits Explode Two Killed, Four Injured Sydney
A man and a child were killed and four others injured as a result of an explosion in a kitchen dwelling at Adelaide, where methylated spirits…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →CASUALTIES. Fatal Fire at Adelaide. Two Persons Burnt to Death. Pour Others Seriously Injured. Adelaide
A fire occurred at Collings and Green's shop in Adelaide, as the result of an explosion in the kitchen, where methylated spirits were being used. There were seven…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fatal Burning Accident. Kempsey
A burning fatality occurred at Frederickson yesterday, the victim being Rene Young, aged 8, the daughter of Mr. H. J. Young. The deceased was standing near…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →An Extraordinary Accident. People Thrown Into the Harbor. Auckland
An extraordinary accident occurred on the Auckland waterfront when a motorcar got out of control and collided with two seats facing the harbor. A man and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Casualties. Found Drowned. Sydney
Vivian Cox, estate, agent of Cabramatta, was found drowned in a creek near Liverpool last night. Cox, who comes from the Tam Worth district, had only…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Camp Overwhelmed. Mother and Children Drowned. Auckland
A railwaymen's camp in Paparoo Valley, Auckland was overwhelmed by flood waters. A mother and three children were drowned, and a man is missing…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Railway Smash. Terrible Collision in Italy. Thirteen Persons Killed. Rome, Sunday Night
Eight railway carriages became uncoupled from a train at Pontebba, descended a steep incline and collided with an express. Thirteen persons were…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Prince's Tour. Arrival at Barbadoes. a Tragedy on Board. Young Gunner Drowned. Barbadoes
The Prince reached the Barbadoes enroute to Australia after a good voyage broken by one melancholy incident, the gloom whereof still hangs about the great…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sensational Smash. Car Runs Off a Road. and Fails Six Hundred Feet. Several Persons Injured. Sydney
There was a sensational smash on the Jenolan Caves road last night, when a car, going up the famous zig-zag, went over the side at one of the curves. The…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Late Cables. Rebel Ireland. Police Barracks Blown Up. Three Police Seriously Injured. Big Party Op Attackers. London, Saturday Night
A large party desperately attacked and overwhelmed The defenders of the police barracks at Gortatlea. Three of the police were, seriously, injured…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Telegrams. Railway Accident. Sydney
Three persons .were injured in a railway accident at Harefield. It appears that the coupling on a mixed train, gave way and two cattle trucks overturned…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Supposed Boating Fatality. Brisbane
The Commissioner of Police has received a telegram from Cairns stating that Mr. Harris, late manager of the Babinda sugar mill, Mr. Locke, a farmer, of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Terrible Tornado. Dozen Towns Wrecked. Eighty Killed Hundreds Injured. Vancouver, Monday Night
A message from Chicago says: The Middle West has been swept by a tornado which killed eighty persons and injured hundreds. Thousands of…
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