Holiday Accidents. Many Smashes
Boxing Day was a bad day for car smashes. There were two collisions within half a mile of each other on the Coffs-Repton road, a young man…
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Accidents, 1928
1,004 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 2 of 51
Gave Life for Others Man Drowned Attempting Rescue. Melbourne
At Wood wood, on the Murray, yesterday, Henry Reginald Howard was drowned while attempting to save two women, who were, however, rescued by other bathers…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Level Crossing Accident Taree Resident's Narrow Escape Taree
Mr. J. Murdoch, of Taree, had a narrow escape from death when the Kempsey passenger train crushed into his motor car at a level crossing near Taree last…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Man and Boy Drowned. Auckland
While bathing in Wanganui River Howard Loft, 9, got into difficulties and was drowned. A married man, Claude Mulvaney, who went to his assistance,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fell From Ladder Ship's Fireman Injured. Maclean
A fireman, named A. Meikle, employed on the steamer Ulmarra, while that boat was coming from Lawrence to Maclean On Friday night, fell from a ladder…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Gale, Too! Five Killed, Many Injured Widespread Damage in England. London
After the blizzard and floods Britishers are beginning to think this winter rather exceptional when the country yesterday was swept by a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →One Drowned Three Companions Arrested Charge of Stealing Car Dramatic End to Escapade. Sydney
Leslie John Chisholm, 20, was drowned and his three companions, George Peters, 20, Gladys Jefferies, 19, and Jean Smith, 17, were arrested at…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →OVERTURNED Three Motor Cars One Man Killed Eight Other Persons Injured. Sydney
The overturning of three motor cats to-day resulted in one person being killed and eight others injured. When a front tyre of a motor car burst…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Thames Overflows London's Worst Flood 41 Persons Drowned Four' Sisters Trapped in Room Riverside Areas Submerged. London
THE THAMES OVERFLOWED BEFORE MIDNIGHT ALONG THE EMBANKMENT. FOURTEEN LIVES WERE LOST…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Young Man Killed Armidale Road Accident Alleged Felonious Slaying Car Driver Committed for Trial
On Saturday morning William Edward Langdon appeared on remand at the Grafton Police Court before Mr. E. A. Mahony, P.M., to answer the charge of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Local and General Street Collision
As Mr. J. J. Smith was driving his horse and cart into his yard from the Jetty road about six o clock on Saturday evening. a car collided with…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →South Grafton fatality Charge of Feloniously Slaying
The inquiry [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Unconscious Three Days Victims of Motor Collision. Sydney
The youths, Frederick Hamilton and Wm. Bonner, who were injured in a collision between a motor car and motor, cycle in Centennial Park last Thursday,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Ths Harbour Collision Court Finds Tahiti Was at Fault
Mr. Justice Campbell has found that the Tahiti was at fault in the disastrous collision that occurred between that vessel and the ferry…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Youth Shot. Fatal Accident at Broken Hill. Broken Hill
John Nation, 16, was shot when out with a party of boys at Stephens Greek. Two eagles came into sight and Nation proposed to shoot one of them. Henry…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Flood Tragedy Little Girl Drowned in Backyard
Patricia Margaret Patrick, who would have attained her third birthday on March 2, was drowned under tragic circumstances at Murwillumbah on Monday…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Distressing Fatality Fall From a Train Death of Mrs. Geo. Greentree
Mrs. Ada Greentree, wife of Mr. A. G. Greentree, formerly of the Crown Hotel, Grafton, sustained shocking injuries when she fell between a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →CRASHED Red Rose Aeroplane Occupants Slightly Injured Machine Badly Damaged. Weltervreden
A Muntok message states that captain Lancaster and Mrs. Keith Miller, in the Red Rose, which arrived yesterday morning, and intended to proceed to Batavia…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Verdict of Accidental Death. Canberra
A verdict of accidental death was recorded by the Coroner at the inquest to- day upon the death of Colin Anderson Taylor, of Young, who was killed when a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Three Toes Torn Off Motor Cycle Accident on Glen Innes Road
Albert Ransanuy, 28, who is believed to be a resident of Lawrence, had three toes torn off his left foot, in motor cycle accident on the Glen…
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