Train Smash. 48 Passengers Injured. London
A crowded football special train overran the buffer points at the central station Glasgow. The two first coaches were telescoped. Forty-five were…
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Accidents, 1925
818 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 4 of 41
"God Help Me" Father and Two Daughters Drowned in Swan River. Perth
A triple drowning tragedy occurred at Point Walter on the Swan River near Perth. Those who lost their lives were Albert O'Brien, aged about 34 years, of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Double Drowning Fatality in Macleay River. Two Brothers Meet Tragic End. Kempsey
Yesterday afternoon four sons of Mr. Aram Robert King, who came here about four months ago and started a 'bus, service, pulled a boat across the river…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Two Persons Seriously Injured. Bathurst
While returning from Jenolan Caves 8. car containing four passengers turned a complete somersault three miles from Oberon. A woman and man were…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Driver's Courageous Action Averts Accident
On Friday when Mr. R. L. Sanders, of Cumbalum was driving into Ballina one of the reins broke at the bit. The horse, a spirited one, immediately broke into a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Accidents Motor Car Somersaults. Sydney
A motor car was travelling down a steep hill at Taren Point, when the rear tyres burst, and it somersaulted. The driver and two companions were injured…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Drowning Fatality. Mother and Three Children. Sydney
A message from Rabaul states that a married woman named Hyland, together with her three children, a boy aged nine and two girls, seven and five years, were…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Boy Drowned in Well
Andrew Leslie McLeod, the seven-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Neil McLeod, of Derby street, Glen Innes was drowned in a well on Thursday…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Almost a Collision. Steamer and Destroyer. Sydney
The steamer Ancoona, while on her way down harbor at midnight en route to Port Kembla narrowly escaped colliding with the destroyer Tasmania owing…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Escaped Death Men on Railway Bridge. One Seriously Injured. Brisbane
Two railway painters, James Must and Alfred Young had a narrow escape from death this morning. They were working on the overhead bridge at Milton, a few…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Narrowly Escaped Drowning
Mr. Dean the mail carrier between Chelmsford and Lismore, had a narrow escape From drowning on Saturday. He was crossing a creek near Chelmsford in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Steamers in Collision. Newcastle
collision occurred in Newcastle harber between the steamers Dilkera and [?]toko. The latter vessel was badly dagged…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Injured Man Silent. Sydney
A fight between two Chinese members of the crew of a vessel berthed at White Bay silo wharf this morning resulted in Tsing Lee, 36, being admitted to hospital…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Man and Wife Injured. Sydney
Reginald Allen and his wife were seriously injured this afternoon as the result of a collision between a motor car and motor cycle at Burwood. The woman's…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Walked Over Balcony Ex-m.h.r. Seriously Injured. Sydney
Mr. S. Nicholls, ex-M.H.R., walked in his sleep at Burton's Hotel, Sofala, near Bathurst on Friday night and fell over the balcony a distance of 25 feet. He…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fierce Gale. Carriages Blown Off Line. Four Killed, Ten Injured. London
Four passengers were killed and ten injured through a gale blowing a train over an embankment last night near Creeslough, Donegal…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Drowned in Murrumbidgee. Sydney
Patrick O'Brien, 30, was swimming in the Murrumbidgee River at Wagga yesterday when he get into difficulties and disappeared. The body was recovered…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Telegrams. an Accident. Motor Cyclist's Death. Sydney
An inquest was held to-day concerning the death of Horace George Preston, who died from injuries received as the result of an accident during a race on the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Racehorse's Death Drowned by Alligator Adelaide
While the racehorse Comet was watering at the Katherine River, a large alligator seized it by the nose, dragging it completely under the water. The animal…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Prisoner Fatally Injured. Wellington (N.z.)
Harry Brown, a prisoner at Ter[?]ce [?] was buried by a fall of earth in the prison yard, with fatal results…
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