Casualties Fatal Accident at a Mine. Hobart
One man was killed and another severely injured at the North Lyle mine (Tasmania) as the result of a fall of earth…
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Accidents, 1920
463 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 7 of 24
A Show Fatality. Sydney
While schooling a horse over the hurdle at the Showground this morning, Roy McCutchie, a jockey, fell from the saddle and fractured his skull…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Casualties. Three Men Drowned at Brisbane. Brisbane
A party of nine left Bald Hills, a suburb of Brisbane, for the Bribie passage, and proceeded in the motor launch Sylvie. When they arrived in the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Holiday Tragedy. Man Drowned at Coolangatta. Brisbane
Another Easter seaside tragedy occurred on Saturday afternoon, when a young man Victor Thorne, while surfing near Goolaugatta, got out of his depth and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Ex-chancellor of the Exchequer. Injured in Motor Smash. London
The Right Hon. Reginald McKenna, P.C., Chancellor of the Exchequer 1915-16, whilst motoring at Chelsea, was seriously injured by a collision with a trading van,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Woman Accidentally Shot. Sydney
Mrs. Lydia Roberts, with her daughter, was examining a revolver at their home in Darlinghurst when the weapon went off. The mother received the shot in the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Motor Lorry Overturns. Several Picnickers Injured. Sydney
A Ford motor lorry with a party of picnickers, when at the entrance to National Park, suddenly got out of control and left the road. After narrowly…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Casualties. Big Gasometer Explosion. Six Persons Injured. Melbourne
Six persons were injured in the terrific gasometer explosion at South Melbourne. Altogether about two million feet of gas were consumed, but no serious fire broke…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Footballers' Ill-luck. Accidents at Dorrigo. Dorrigo
A serious football accident occurred on Saturday. William Tait, a garage proprietor, of Bellingen, who drove the visiting team up, participated in the game…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Double Drowning Tragedy. Sydney
A girl named Doldisson fell in the river at Mildura, and her brother, aged fourteen, went after her. He made a gallant effort to bring her out, but both were…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Casualties. a Motoring Disaster. One Killed, Others Injured. Sydney
A party of Sydney visitors were returning from Mount Wilson yesterday, aud when nearing Mount Victoria their car skidded and overturned, the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Serious Accident. Sydney, Tuesday Afternoon
A party of Sydney visitors from Mount Wilson were Hearing Mount Victoria yesterday afternoon when the car skidded and overturned…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fatal Gun Accident. Sydney
While Albert Lewis, aged fifteen, won attempting to separate two dogs which were fighting near Newcastle, a gun which he was carrying…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Accidents at Dorrigo
A serious football accident occurred at Dorrigo on Saturday. William Tait, a garage proprietor, of Bellingen who drove the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Fatal Accident. Horse Palls on Its Rider. Kempsey
A fatal accident occurred at Lower Creek, Upper Macleay. John William Davies (20), was helping to yard cattle at his parents' place, and was riding a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Accident at Ulmarra
Mr. Arch Green, of Ulmarra, met with a serious accident one day last week. While riding a young horse, the animal galloped into a barbed-wire fence,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sulky Accident at Maclean
Mr. and Mrs. Bob. Dwyer, of Tyndale, together with their young son, were coming into Maclean yesterday driving a horse and sulky. When near the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Motor Bike Fatality
Mr. William Stevens, of Alice-street, Grafton, aged 42 years, died to the Grafton Hospital yesterday from injuries received on Easter Saturday. It…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Motor-cycle Fatality. Sydney
C. Pearse was motoring down Bulli Pass with his wife and eight-year-old child in a motor-cycle and side-car, when the brakes failed and all were thrown out…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Casualties. Accident at Eveleigh Workshops. Sydney
Robert Muir touched a live wive at the Eveleigh workshops to-day, and was thrown fifteen feet in the air. He was taken to the hospital suffering from shock…
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