Two Bathers Drowned. Auckland
Claude Kidston, aged 22, a visitor from Sydney, and Allan Greig, aged 10, were drowned in the Waipa River. Kidston tried to carry the boy across the river…
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Accidents, 1928
1,004 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 5 of 51
Picnic Tragedy Boy Drowned Near Murwillumbah
A tragic drowning accident occurred at Dum Dum, some miles from Murwillumbah, on Thursday afternoon, when William Lewis, aged 12 years, who was attending…
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After his companion George Trott, aged 16, had sustained concussion as the result of his motor cycle colliding with the wall of the Technical College at Ultimo…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Marine Inquiry Yarea--lady Isobel Collision. Sydney
The Court of Marine Inquiry to-day attributed the collision between the steamers [?]arra and Lady Isobel to the former [?]essel. The court found the collision due…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Motor Cycle Smash Fatality at Blayney Sports. Blayney
Roy Moore, aged 20, was killed, and a boy named J. Davis, aged 11, was seriously injured in a smash at the Blayney hospital motor cycle sports yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Five Injured Motor Car Overturns Tyre Blow-out.--the Cause. Sydney
Five persons were injured when a [?]totrcar overturned, after striking a telegraph pole, near Cronulla, late last night. Cornelius Langsery, 46, sustained…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Pearifle Accident. Sydney
Jones Leetman, 14, stumbled while carrying a pearifle in the swamps at the back of Moorefield racecourse. The bullet entered the jaw and passed through the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bridal Party in Motoring Accident
A motoring accident in which a wedding party, including the bridal couple, were concerned occurred on the Armidale-Uralla road late on Saturday night…
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The body of William Lewis, aged years, a visitor from Brisbane, who was drowned in the South Arm of the Tweed River, at Dum Dum, when attending a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Tram Accidents Two Boys Seriously Injured. Sydney
The were two cases of boys being run over by a tram to-day. The first occurred at Five Dock when Norman Page, 16, Slipped off the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →One Killed, Six Injured. Melbourne
William Wyaff, 70 with his wife, 64, was driving a motor car near Oakleigh, when a big car containing seven persons, smashed into his car, wrecking it…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Train Wrecked Plunged Into River Forty Dead and Thirty Injured Calcutta
Forty were killed and 30 seriously injured, in a railway disaster 100 miles from Rangoon, on the main line to Mandalay…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →WRECKED Stolen Motor Lorry Four Persons Injured Vehicle Skidded and Overturned. Sydney
Four persons were injured, two seriously, when a motor delivery waggon owned by the Fresh Food and Ice Co. was wreeked in Parramatta…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Two Youths Killed Head-on Motor Cycle Collision. Auckland
Two youths Norman Castleton and John Young collided head-on on motor cycles near Okorire The impact was [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Twin Brothers Drowned Girl Makes Vain Attempt at Rescue. Melbourne
William Smith and his twin brother. Walter, were drowned when a canoe cansized on the lake at Eildon Weir. Evelvn Fraser, 16. who was to have…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Man Drowned in River Attempting to Rescue Women Swimmers. Forbes
James Thomas Spice was drowned in the Lachlan River yesterday, while endeavoring to rescue some women who got into difficulties. The body was recovered…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Woman Seriously Injured Knocked Down by Car. Sydney
Violet Brown, 39, and Sydney Ladd were knocked down by a motor car at Narrabeen on Saturday. The firstnamed sustained a fracture of the base of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Armidale Road Accident
On January 7, William Edward Lang don was charged before Mr. E. A. Mahony, P.M.. with having, on December 26, on the Armidale road, near South…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Young Woman Drowned Fiance's Heeroic Attempt to Rescue. Melbourne
While standing with her finace on a rock at Cape Schanck yesterday, Miss C. Tattleby, 25, of North Fitzroy, was washed into the sea and was drowned. Her…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Crawled Two Miles Man with Broken Ribs and Injured Back. Sydney
William Clarke was collecting ferns in Flying Fox Gully, near Kiama, when he fell about 20 feet to a rocky gully below. Although he injured his back and…
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