Boy Drowned Carried Out by Undertow
While bathing off Stockton Beach, Newcastle, Jack Sullivan, 10, was caught in the undertow and drowned. He and another lad were surfing…
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Accidents, 1928
1,004 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 3 of 51
Car Driver Arrested Cyclist Fatally Injured. Townsville
A collision occurred yesterday on the Charters road between a car, allegedly driven by W. Gleeson, horse trainer, and a bicycle ridden by D. Day, a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Pound on Footpath Two Men Seriously Injured. Melbourne
Tack Burrows, 37, and Cornelius Brenan, 28, tramway employees, were found in an unconscious condition on the footpath outside a shop at Clifton Hill early…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Accident at [?]anger Spot. Sequel in Police Court
The danger to tra[?]c at the turn from the [?]ain road to Bonville Reserve, owing to the [?]ack of visibility and the very sharp [?] n the Coffs…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Child Injured
In response to a call yesterday the Grafton District Ambulance visited Fine Flower, where a little daughter of Mr. Condrick was found to be suffering from…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Woman Drowned Body Recovered. Sydney
A message from Adelaide states that people promenading on the Semaphore Jetty saw a woman, floating face down wards in the water, drift under the jetty…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →"Found Drowned" Barnes Bay Tragedy. Hobart
That the boat was unseaworthy was the evidence of Constable Challenger today at the inquest concerning the death of Harold Lewis Booth, aged 30, one of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Hawkesbury Drowning Case Father Breaks Down Evidence Against Peters. Sydney
At the inquest concerning the death of Leslie Robert Chisholm, who was drowned in the Hawkesbury River, near Windsor, on January 9, the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Callous Taxi Driver Accelerates After Accident Sydney
After knocking down and seriously injuring a bicycle rider in Campbell street, St. Peters, shortly after 9 o'clock to-night, the taxi driver switched off his…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Youth Drowned. Warren
Vincent Coram, 19, of Narromine, was drowned in the Macquarie River yesterday. He and a mate had been fishing when they decided to go for a swim…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Four Injured Motor Car Hits Post. Sydney
When a motor lorry containing party was travelling along Woodville road, Granville, this morning, it skidded and crashed into, a telegraph post, with…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Car Overturns Occupants Pinned Underneath Accident Near Tweed Heads. Tweed Heads
A motor car accident occurred near Tweed Heads on Saturday afternoon on the road from Murwillumbah, when two persons were seriously hurt…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Youth Fatally Injured Boxing Contest at Dubbo. Dubbo
After being severely punished in a light with Curl Rich at the local Stadium on Saturday night, Ray McNamara, 18, was taken to hospital where he died…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Visitor From America Killed in Motor Accident. Melbourne
Peter Ratclifle, an American visitor, aged about 60, was killed when a ear in which he and four others were travelling overturned near Gisborne to-day. The…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Collision Narrowly Averted
On Thursday morning, when the motor train from Kyogle to Casino was approaching, a level crossing, at Highfield, the driver noticed a motor truck proceeding at a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Two Hurt in Motor Collision. Melbourne
As a result of a collision between a motor cycle and taxi at Richmond last night Ronald Bailey and Muriel Henderson were seriously injured…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mine Subsidence One Killed, Five Injured. Capetown
A serious subsidence occurred at Witwatersrand gold mine in the Connor shaft this morning when three stations at this shaft fell in almost simultaneously,…
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Norman Lingard, eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. W. Lingard, of Palmwoods, met his death in tragic circumstances at Mooloolah (Q.) on Thursday last. The…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Rescues From Drowning Five in Thirteen Months. Newcastle
During the past thirteen months James Bowditch, 14, of Smedmore, has saved five persons from drowning. His latest rescue was effected at the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Razor Cuts Woman Shockingly Injured Face, Neck, Arms, Body Police Arrest Husband. Sydney
Elsie May Hallett, 2.9, was admitted to St. Joseph's Hospital, Auburn, late last night, in a serious condition, suffering from incised wounds on the…
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