Railway Shunting Accident. Sydney
During shunting operations at Enfield, 30 empty trucks and vans collide[?] with 12 empty sheep-vans. The last-named gravitated down the departure line and…
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Accidents, 1921
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INDUSTRIAL. Awful Effects of Strikes. Hideous Human Suffering. Innocent People Beggared and Community Injured. Adelaide
Mr. Gerald-Mussen, industrial adviser to the Broken Hill Associated Smelters, at Port Pirie, replying to an open letter in the Labor daily, makes important…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Ships in Collision. London
Six ships collided simultaneously in a dense fog near West India docks on Saturday night. One was sunk, and the crew narrowly escaped…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Thrilling Flight. Five Miles with Engine Stopped Collision with Pence and Nobody Injured. Adelaide
Captain Butler, the aviator, had a sensational experience on Saturday. He was flying with two passengers when the engine stopped, three thousand feet up…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Brick Pit Fatality. Sydney
The two children, Eileen Durand and Alfred Brennan, who were drowned in a disused brick pit at St. Peters were, according to the evidence given at the inquest…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Motor Car Fatality. Boy Killed at Bathurst. Bathurst
Hunter Neil, aged 13, was knocked off his bicycle at Bathurst by a motor car and killed. The car was overtaking the boy, who appeared to lose…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Motor Cycle Fatality. Goulburn
At the inquest into the recent motor cycle accident on Windelima road, in which Mrs. Blackett was killed, the Coroner said to Hubert Knight, the driver of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Casualties. Accident at a Carnival. Sydney
The staging of what is known as the "Slippery Dip" collapsed at a carnival at Rosebery last night. Nine children were more or less seriously injured, and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Dam Bursts. Twenty People Drowned. Mexico City
Twenty people were drowned and many injured through the bursting, of a dam supplying Pachuca, the biggest mining town in Mexico…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Van and Tram Collide. Two Passengers Injured. Sydney
A runaway horse in a furniture van, descending a hill in Arthur street, North Sydney, to-day, collided with the rear ear of a tram coining up the hill. Some…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Senator Guthrie Injured. Knocked Down by a Tram. Melbourne
Senator Robert Storrie Guthrie, a representative in the Senate for South Australia, met with a serious accident at the corner of Collins and Swanston streets. Crossing…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →CASUALTIES. Fatal Burning Accident. Explosion of Benzine. Death of an Engineer. Temora
A burning accident resulting in death of George Miller and severe burns to J. Slade., occurred at Ardlethan. Slade, who is the supervising engineer at [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fatality at Railway Crossing. Melbourne
John Hawke evidently did not [?]ear the whistle of a goods train at the railway crossing at Dandenong, Victoria, last night for he drove a three-horse team on to the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire Engine Capsizes. Two Firemen Killed. Four Others Injured. Auckland
A fire engine capsized while cashing along at a speed of forty miles an hour, at Hamilton. Auckland, killing two firemen. The engine endeavored to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →CASUALTIES. Motor Engine Capsizes. Two of the Firemen Killed. Four Others Injured. Auckland
While dashing to a fire at a speed of forty miles an hour at Hamilton, New Zealand, the motor engine capsized, and two firemen, Herbert Graham and George…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Senator Guthrie Dead. Result of Tram Accident. Melbourne
Senator Guthrie, who was knocked down by a tram in Melbourne last night, died early this morning. The deceased was known as "Sailor Bob," having travelled…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Accident in the Bush. Sydney
Ernest Pepper was engaged in felling timber near Nowra when a tree he had cut hit another and the top rebounded striking him in its descent. He received shocking…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Senator Guthrie. Death in Melbourne. Result of Tram Accident. Melbourne
Senator Guthrie, who was injured in a tram accident at Melbourne last night died this morning…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Storm at Cooma. a Man Drowned. Railway Line Damaged. Sydney
The Weather Bureau has been informed that a terrific storm accompanied by heavy thunder and lightning occurred at Cooma yesterday. The creek ran rapidly, and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Another Disastrous Storm. Cooma's Heaviest Flood for Years. Man and Racehorse Drowned Sydney, Friday Evening
The Weather Bureau has been informed that a terrific storm, accompanied by heavy thunder and lightning, occurred at Cooma yesterday…
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