Unusual Accident
Frank Roberts, a bus driver, had an unusual but painful experience at Toowoomba. He was haying one of the tyres of his bus blown up at the free air…
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Accidents, 1926
1,003 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 6 of 51
Car Accidents One Killed, Pour Hurt. Sydney
William Doyle, 22, of Rockdale, was killed, and Henry Henderson, 29, of Rockdale, sustained a broken collarbone when a motor cycle and side-car skidded and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →£25,000,000 Wages That Are Lost Sickness, Accident and Strikes Melbourne
It is estimated that Australia loses £8,400,000 in wages annually on account of sickness or accident, and £11,800,000 on account of unemployment, representing…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Young Man Drowned Rowing Boat' Capsized. Sydney
When a rowing boat capsized at Balmain William. McLeod, 20, was drowned. Deceased was unable to swim, and sank almost immediately. His companion tried…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Collision Steamer and Ferry Rush for Lifebelts. Sydney
A collision occurred in Sydney Harbor this morning between the steamer Wear, inward bound from Geelong and the ferry boat Kuramia, bound from Milson's Point…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Boy Drowned Hanging on to Horse's Tail. Newcastle
John McWilliams, 15, met his death under unusual circumstances at Milling worth, in the Newcastle district. His companion, a boy of 14, named…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bus Overturns One Killed, Eleven Injured. Melbourne
A char-a-banc laden with 15 holiday makers overturned at Devil 's Elbow a dangerous turn on the road near Ferntree Gully…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Terrible Smash Two Killed, Twenty Injured. Melbourne
A motor lorry containing about 25 people returning from a land sale at Sassafras overturned on Devil's Elbow tourist road last night…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Crushed by Lorry Man Seriously Injured. Sydney
John Cox, 60, received probable fracture of the spine, internal injuries, and a fractured left foot to-night, when he was crushed by a motor lorry against a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Motor Lorry Overturns. Two Killed. Many Injured. Melbourne
A motor lorry containing about 25 people returning from a land sale at Sassafras overturned on the Devil's Elbow, a tourist road, last night, with…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Toll of the Sea Wreck Of The Laristan Six of Crew Saved Twenty-five Drowned. London
Another thrilling sea. story was told by Captain Usurpts of the North German Lloyd liner Bremen on arrival at Queenstown, where he received a civic…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Manslaughter Charge Sequel to Lorry Fatality. Sydney
Archibald. Sivyer, 40, carrier, was charged at the Central Police Court with feloniously slaying John Fox and with driving, a motor lorry while. under the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motors Collide Two Passengers Injured. Sydney
Two motor cars met head on near Tom Ugly's Point last night. Two of the passengers were later admitted to hospital, namely, Miss Dorothy…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Maclean Accident
Mr. and Mrs. James Mclntyre's children met with an accident on their way to school on Tuesday morning. They were driving down the School of Arts hill…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Motor Accident a Serious Charge. Melbourne
Cecil Turner Smith, 22, gasfitter, was brought before the City Police Court this morning charged with having killed Mrs. E. J. Morris, victim of the accident at…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Jumped Rails Tram Hits Tram Sensational Accident Drivers' Miraculous Escape. Sydney
A sensational accident occurred in Central Square this morning when a tram jumped the rails at Orchard's corner and crashed head on into another tram going…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Man Injured Log Rolled on Him
Mr. George McEvoy, of Grafton, who is employed on one of Fraser and Co.'s river timber punts, met with a serious, accident at Tucabia yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Eight Drowned Barges Founder in Storm. New York
At Ashbury Park, New Jersey, eight persons were drowned when three barges foundered in a snowstorm and gale…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Five Dead Forty Injured. Calamity in Connecticut. New Britain (Conn.)
Five men are reported dead and nearly forty injured as the result of an explosion which demolished a foundry on Thursday…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →News of the World Sequel to Motor Accident. a Girl's Injuries. Paris
A Paris court decided that a girl, 19 years of age, who was severely injured while motoring, and was thus prevented from ever becoming a mother, was…
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