Rail Motor Accident. Melbourne
An interim report by the official board of inquiry states definitely that the cause of the derailment of the Geelong-Melbourne rail motor was a defect in the…
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Accidents, 1929
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Migrant Drowned Clothes Found on Creek Bank Tamworth
Gilbert Saunders, 19, an English migrant, employed on a farm, at Attunga, was drowned yesterday afternoon, while bathing in Attunga Creek, near Tamworth…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Man Drowned Swept Off Herbert River Bridge. Ingham
While endeavoring to cross Herbert River bridge with two other men, shortly after noon to-day, Henry Zielke was swept off by the flood waters and drowned…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mains Burst Gas And Water One Dead, 15 Injured Exciting Scenes in London. London
What's the matter with underground London? This question is due to series of breakages in water mains following…
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Mr. W. H. Smith, of Ulong, was sawing through a big log a few days ago at Eastern Dorrigo, when the end fell on to his left foot. When…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Car Overturns Two Children Hurt Accident at Ballina. Lismore
Two children were seriously injured in motor accident at Ballina this afternoon. They were Claude Victor Glavin, S,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Yarra Drowning Case. Melbourne
The Coroner found Jessie Dunbar, whose body was recovered from the Yarra died from drowning, but there was no evidence to show with what motive she had got…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Car Out of Control Three Students Injured. Sydney
A large party of students from the Christian Brothers' College, Wollongong, was on Cambawarra Mountains yesterday, when their car got out of control…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Two Boys Dead Ballina Motor Smash Tragic Motor Trip Four Others Injured. Lismore
The second victim of the motor car smash at Ballina on Monday died this afternoon. He was Claude Clavan, the eldest of the three brothers…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Axe Attack. New Guinea Headman Amok White Man and Police Boys Injured. Rabaul
A treacherous attack was made upon Mr. Calcutt, Assistant District Officer, by a village headman of Raulili. Calcutt was felled by a blow from an…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Relief Trains Going To Breakdowns Terrific Collision Fourteen Killed, Forty Injured. Bucharest
A strange concatenation of events resulted in 14 being killed and 40 seriously injured in a railway accident…
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Circumstances relating to the collision at MacNamara's Corner, Coffs Harbour, on Sunday, November 11, between cars driven by Messrs. Alf…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Eight Drowned When Lifeboat Capsized. Amsterdam
While going out to the aid of a stranded steamer a Dutch steam lifeboat capsized in the mountainous waves and the whole crew of eight were drowned…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mororo Fatality Fall of Sheer Legs Magisterial Inquiry
An inquiry was held at the Maclean Courthouse, Maclean, on Thursday morning by Mr. Thomas Haley, J.P., as to the cause of death of Gordon Elrington, who…
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Mr. Peter Sinclair can consider himself a fortunate man that he was not killed last Friday afternoon. Whilst riding to his home at…
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Three young men, William Ashton Callaghan, 19, Herbert Tozer, 23, and Herbert Ernest Pike, 19, were charged at Tamworth Police Court on Monday with…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Many Drowned Chinese Coastal Steamer Sinks. Shanghai
The search for survivors of the ill-fated Chinese coaster, Hsin Wah, which sank outside Hongkong early yesterday, continues fruitlessly. All four foreign…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Burnt While Lighting Fire Woman Injured at Iluka
Mrs. G. White, of Iluka, was severely burnt about the body at Iluka yesterday afternoon, and sustained injuries which necessitated her removal to the Lower…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Many Dead and Injured Earthquake in Venezuela. Vancouver
A message from Caracas (Venezuela) states that 25 dead and a great number of injured persons were taken from the ruins of the city of Cumana, which was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Explosion in Well Man Killed, Another Injured. Perth
Battista Bettini, 46, miner, formerly of Kalgoorlie and Broken Hill, received fatal injuries at the bottom of a 32ft. well, which he was sinking, on a farm at South…
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