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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Accidents
854 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 10 of 43
The lift accident which occurred at the Carlton Hotel on February 10, as a result of which Mary Wakcham (28), housemaid, was killed was inquired into by the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The inquest on the Wokalup train disaster at Banbury, West Australia, which cost nine lives, resulted in a verdict of accidental death, due to the fact that sufficient…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The inquiry regarding the lift accident at the Carlton Hotel concluded to-day. This accident emphasises the need of Supervision and immediate repairs,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →S. Gore, trainer of Remmon, met with a serious accident af Caulfield this morning He was mounted on a hack, and was endeavoring to hurry Remmon when the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A motor car was travelling at a good speed along the road near Hill End, when one of the wheels broke off and the car left the road and fell…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Washington message says the Navy Department has been informed that the United States destroyer "Woolsey" was sunk in a collision…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →To-day was added another list or the mysterious accidents which have befallen German ships handed over to the Allies, when the 6000-ton steamer which has been…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Captain Turner of the steamer Steel Inventor, blames the destroyer Woolscy for colliding with him. Sixteen of the crew were lost…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A wireless operator on the steamer "Fort Denison" was watching some boilermakers working in the hold of the vessel when he slipped and fell…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Thirty-two bodies have been recovered from the fearful wreck near Michigan City. The Canadian train was derailed when travelling at a speed of fifty miles…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A man named A. Brooks, about 45, a railway employee, off duty, was standing on the platform at Richmond station tonight, when he suddenly fell on to the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →An extensive fall of earth occurred at the Ajax gold mine, Robert Leishman being completely buried. It is feared that he is dead…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Arthur Clive George, aged 8, was drowned in a waterhole at Liverpool. The story told to the police is that George was swimming in a hole with four companions…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Arthur George, aged 9 years, was drowned in a water hole yesterday. According to the police story, the deceased and other children were…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The greatest display of fireworks that ever happened--accompanied by a bump about which it is more comfortable not to speculate too freely--…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Bristol Fighter aeroplane, with three passengers and the pilot on board, encountered trouble in effecting a landing in pidcock's paddock, Casino, on…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Two children as they were coming out of a picture show at Randwick ran in front of a tram and were knocked over by the tram and disappeared underneath it. The…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Shortly before midnight on Saturday, Sergeant Vaughan, of Petersham, was brutally attacked by two shopbreakers, his injuries necessitating his…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A brawl took place yesterday afternoon near the police station, Balmain, a Constable being badly injured and taken to hospital. Three men were…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A sensational motor bus accident occurred on Saturday, a bus containing twenty-one passengers crashing through a bridge and falling twenty feet…
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