Flood at Armidale Man Nearly Drowned. Armidale
Heavy rain which fell yesterday flooded the lowlying portions of the town, and several residents had to leave their homes. The gasworks were flooded, and the supply…
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Accidents, 1928
1,004 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 8 of 51
Railway Collision Goods Train and Trucks Considerable Damage Caused. Sydney
A message from Junee states that a serious railway accident was narrowly averted at Wagga on Monday night, when a goods train from Culeairn to Junee…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Engine Hits Dead End Driver and Fireman Injured. Orange
Under the impression that the points had been set in the correct position, an engine driver drove his train through, and before he could pull up, the train…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Pea Rifle Accident
The eight-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. D. J. Bell, of North Brook, Guyra, was accidentally struck by a pea-rifle bullet from a shooting gallery. The…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Woman Found Drowned. Sydney
A message from Selwyn (N.Z.) states that Mrs. Washbourne, whose husband attempted to shoot her and then committed suicide, has been found drowned in a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Steamer and Lighter Harbor Collision Inquiry Concludes. Sydney
The collision between the North Coast Steam Navigation Company's steamer Nambucca and the British Imperial Oil Company's lighter Tiga in Sydney…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Believed Drowned But All Saved. San Francisco
Upwards of a score of people were believed to have been drowned when the ferry steamer Peralta seemed to dip her bow into a big wave, washing them into…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Endurance Extraordinary Injured Motor Cyclist's Grit. Perth
While riding a motor cycle with a lad of 13, near Sandstone. Stanley Buzza had his leg broken when the machine capsized Fearing the lad would get lost he crawled…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Planes Crash During Mock Combat Collision in Mid-air. London
Two Air Force fighting machines engaged in a mock combat collided in midair, near Folkestone, and crashed from 900 feet. The wings seemed to interlock…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →U.S. Plane Accidents Five Persons Killed. Montreal
Two aeroplane accidents in the United States to-day were responsible for five deaths. One 'plane fell into the main thoroughfare at Macon, Georgia, and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Level Crossing Fatality. Auckland
A baker's van driven by Herbert' Eyes collided with the New Plymouth express train at a level crossing near Levin, instantly killing Mrs. Eyes, the driver's…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Marine Court Inquiry. Nambucca and Tiga Collision
A collision between the steamer Nambucca and the oil lighter Tiga in Sydney Harbour on January 12 was the subject of an inquiry by the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Telegrams Two Men Believed Drowned. Sydney
A Junee message states that two. men who were working in gangs in repairing washaways between Junee and Illabo are believed to have been drowned, while a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →On Dorrigo Man Drowned 20½ Inches of Rain in Week Show Exhibits Ruined
The body of a man named Perry was discovered in Kirton's Creek, Leigh, about six miles from Dorrigo, shortly before noon to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →350 Drowned Collision in Yangtze River. Shanghai
Three hundred and fifty Chinese adults and children were drowned in the Yangtze River in a collision between a Japanese freighter and Chinese ferry…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Motor Fatality. Sydney
Samuel Lind was struck by a motor car, on the Bombala-Cooma road, and so terribly injured, that he died in a few minutes…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →175 Injured Grandstand Collapse at Munich. Munich
One hundred and seventy-five persons were injured when a grandstand collapsed during a revival of the historic ceremony entitled Butchers' Leap…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Nearly Drowned
A drowning fatality was narrowly averted in Wardrop street, South Murwillumbah, on Tuesday afternoon, when the two-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Rose Bay Boating Fatality. Sydney
The coroner to-day held an inquiry into the death of Mrs. Flora Haley, 27, Jack O'Halloran and David Laurence, who were drowned when a ship's boat capsized in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Flood Boat Accidents Two Come to Grief Crews Repair and Carry On. Ulmarra
The risks attending the work of providing the isolated people in flooded areas with provisions was brought home on Tuesday when two of the Ulmarra flood…
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