Australian newspapers
1803 – 1954
Old Local Papers
Every story
read free on Trove

These are historical newspapers. Some stories use language and express views that are offensive today.

← Accidents, all years

Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Accidents

Accidents, 1929

943 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 5 of 48

Playmate's Story "She Didn't Come Up" Little Girl Drowned. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 19 January 1929 · page 5

At the inquest concerning the drowning of Molly Newman, aged 3, in the Parramatta River, evidence was given by Ina Dempsey, 5, that Molly fell in the water…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Youth Drowned. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 21 January 1929 · page 4

Jack Toohey, 19, was drowned in the Nepean River yesterday, about three miles south of Penrith…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Rail Motor Fatality. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Monday 21 January 1929 · page 4

When a rail motor, containing 17 passengers, left the rails on January 9, Mrs. Isabel Tyquin, 56, suffered shocking injuries to her legs. She died last night…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Drowned at Wagga. Wagga

Daily Examiner · Monday 21 January 1929 · page 4

Albert William Allen, 33, attempted to swim across the Murrumbidgee River near Wagga when he suddenly threw up his hands and sank. Although the body was…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Close Shave Girl Injured in Gun Accident. Orange

Daily Examiner · Monday 21 January 1929 · page 5

As the result of a gun exploding while out shooting Miss Olive Larsen had a finger blown off and the flesh torn on one side of her face…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Three Hurt in Collision. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 21 January 1929 · page 5

Three persons, Robert Brown, Sylvia Brown and Marjorie Brown, were injured when a motor car and motor cycle and side car collided at Leichhardt to-day…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

P,o, Lorry Overturns One Killed, One Injured. Queanbeyan

Daily Examiner · Monday 21 January 1929 · page 5

A motor lorry, the property of the Post and Telegraph Department, carrying four telegraph linesmen, capsized near Queanbevan last night…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Heel in Rails Woman Killed By Train Driver Couldn't Pull Up Shocking Accident at Toowoomba. Toowoomba

Daily Examiner · Monday 21 January 1929 · page 5

Mrs. Edward Perkins, wife of the manager of Perkins' Castlemaine Brewery, was run down by a train and killed, at the local railway…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Chapter of Accidents. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Monday 21 January 1929 · page 5

Getting out of control, a motor car driven by William Doyle skidded and o[?]erturned at Craigieburn and injured William Doyle, 34 (injured hands), James…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Actress Injured Two Cars in Collision. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 22 January 1929 · page 4

When two cars collided at Narooma, South Coast, yesterday, Mrs. Osborne, formerly Miss Maud Jeffries, the noted actress, and driver of one car, was badly…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Migrant Drowned. Wagga

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 22 January 1929 · page 2

George William Thorston, 20. a British migrant, was fishing in the Murrumbidgee River, near Waaga, when his line caught on a snag. He went out on a log…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Telegrams Surfing Fatality. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 22 January 1929 · page 4

Frederick Charles Mannister, 10 was washed off a surf board at Mentone Beach and drowned…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Drowned Whilst Fishing. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 22 January 1929 · page 4

White fishing at Wiseman's ferry, on Saturday an employee of the Main Roads Board, whose identity could not be established, fell into the water and…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

One Killed, Three Injured. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 22 January 1929 · page 4

A motor car got out of control at St. Albans near Wallombi, and crashed into a tree. Mrs. Daisy Pithers was killed. Three were injured, namely, D. Pithers,…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Fatally Injured in Underground Railway. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 22 January 1929 · page 4

Phillip Pullinger, 45, of Coogee, who fell from a platform in the shaft at the underground railway tunnel below George street on Friday, died in hospital…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Plane Crash Farmer Almost Decapitated Son Was Eyewitness Two Aviators Injured Shocking Accident Near Windsor. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 22 January 1929 · page 5

When the engine of a Moth aeroplane, piloted by Robert Somerville and Mechanic Les Milgate, failed to function near Windsor this morning,…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Seven Injured Car Destroyed by Fire. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 22 January 1929 · page 5

When a car somersaulted near Windsor yesterday seven persons were thrown out and all were more or less seriously injured. The petrol tank burst and the…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Hit and Run Motorist Cyclist Severely Injured. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 22 January 1929 · page 4

When a motor lorry hit a motor cycle and sidecar on Saturday night near Casula, on the Great Southern Road, Stanley Hannell, 27, the rider of the cycle,…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Burning Accident

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 22 January 1929 · page 4

A serious burning accident occurred on Mr. Pat Reynolds' farm, at Stratheden, outside Casino, early on Friday morning, resulting in the admission to…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Boy Killed Ten Others Injured Lorry Hits Telegraph Pole Occupants Strewn About Roadway. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 23 January 1929 · page 5

A motor lorry in which 12 boys and youths were travelling to their homes from the swimming baths at Brighton le Sands late last night crashed into…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →