Saved From Drowning
On Wednesday afternoon the value of life saving as taught at the Chatsworth Public School resulted in Alfred Schwietzer, aged 6 years, being saved from…
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Accidents, 1924
728 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 6 of 37
Mother and Daughter. Sad Drowning Fatality. Fell Out of Boat Husband's Efforts to Rescue. Brisbane
A distressing drowning fatality occurred at Bribie Island, Moreton Bay. On Saturday night Captain Laidley, master of the coastal steamer Flinders,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Man Injured. Ferry Crashes Into Wharf. Sydney
Crowded with passengers, the ferry steamer Kuramia crashed bow first into Milson's Point wharf yesterday. The anchor box and part of the gunwale…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Five Persons Injured. Cycle and Side Car Hit Post. Sydney
A motor cycle with side car and five passengers ran into a verandah post an Parramatta road yesterday. All were injured…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Jockey Hiled Accident at Perth Races. Perth
The Victorian jockey, F. Straker, was thrown from Earl Howard at Canning Park races to-day. He was riding for P. A. Connolly. As the field swept out…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Father's Discovery. Child Drowned in Waterhole. Sydney
A terrible discovery was made by a man named Boyden at Lindfield on Saturday night. He found the body of his two-year-old daughter Marcella, in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Tasmanian Railway Fatality. Launceston
After having been dragged along for 70 yards by a train Michael Macuamara [?]uccumbed for his injuries this morning. He was walking along the line…
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[?] road was the scene of [?]r [?] on Saturday. Mr. W. [?] of Cudgen Headland, with Mrs. [?] and a niece, was driving home in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Motor Accident at Orange. Orange
A mail and passenger motor - car was negotiating a steep incline this morning when the vehicle got out of control. After a burst of high speed it turned…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Telegrams Fatal Lift Accident. Sydney
A frightful tragedy occurred at Chatham House, Pitt street, to-day. Sidney Burton, lift mechanic, was standing at the burton, of the lift well examining…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Two Accidents. Tram Cars Leave Rails. Sydney
Two sensational tram accidents occurred within a quarter of a mile of each other at Double Bay last night. The cars, which were bound for the city…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Peculiar Accident
Mr. and Mrs. Chant, of Wide street, West Kempsey, went with their two children for a spin in a motor bike and sidecar last Sunday afternoon, and were…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Identity of Drowned Man. Sydney
On Sunday the body of a man was found floating in Castle Hill Bay, near Newcastle, and two men were claimed to have identified him yesterday from…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Quarry Explosion. Two Workmen Injured. Sydney
At the old State quarry at Kiama yes today about 30 detonators exploded and badly injured Edward McKenzie, a powder man. Cornelius Duggan, a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Engine Collides with Car Accident at Cessnock Sydney
At a Cessnock level crossing an engine attached to seven coal waggons crashed into a motor car which was carried twenty yards and damaged…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Drowned in a Brick Pit. Sydney
William Stanley, a married man, aged 19 years, was swimming in a brick pit at Newtown yesterday, when he was seized with an apopletic fit and sank. A…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Rivoli Injured. Engagements Cancelled. Melbourne
Rivoli was injured in a tendon whirs cantering yesterday morning, and as a result was withdrawn from the Essendon Stakes, and later scratched for all…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Three Drowned. Car Passes Oyer Punt. Terrible Tragedy at Innisfail. Brisbane
A terrible triple drowning tragedy occurred on Saturday at Innisfail, three of a party of eight being drowned when a motor car plunged over the end of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Horse Impaled. Peculiar Sulky Accident. Sydney
A peculiar accident occurred near St. Mary's last night when a sulky in which Mrs. Miller was driving with a girl of feou years ran into a horse driven by…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Child Drowned. Fatality Near Byron Bay
Ernest John Gill, aged five years, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Gill, of Byron Bay, was drowned' in Callow Creek on Sunday afternoon…
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