Accident Victim Loses £180 in Notes
The loss of £180 by the victim of an accident which occurred at St. Kilda, Melboune, is being inquired into by the plainclothes police of Prahran. At…
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Accidents, 1931
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Local and General Fatality at Glen Innes
Arthur J. Davey, 54, was found in an outhouse at his residence at Glen Innes on Monday with his head shattered. Near at hand lay a single-barrel shotgun in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →ACCIDENTAL. Death of Mr. B. Cameron. the Coroner's Finding
After heaving evidence at the inquest at the Courthouse, Coffs Harbour, on Tuesday afternoon concerning the death of Mr. Archibald Bruce…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Trams Collide Number of People Injured Sydney
Two trams crowded with passengers collided in Oxford street, Paddington, this morning, and a number of people were injured…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Shot Rickshaw Man Australian in Custody Believed to Be an Accident. Bombay
It is reported that an Australian tourist named Harry Darby, 31, shot dead a rickshaw puller outside the Egmore terminus at Madras. It is stated that he…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Cyclist Injured
Whilst training at Fisher Park on Saturday morning, Harold Worboys, president of the South Grafton Cycle Club, and a well-known rider, ran into the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Three Smashes Cars At Bellingen Somersaults and Collision No One Seriously Injured Bellingen
There were three car smashes on the Bellinger River at the week-end, but fortunately all were unattended with serious personal injuries…
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Six persons had a miraculous escape from serious injury on Thursday afternoon, when a touring car, driven by Mr. C. J. Parkinson, of Casino, got out of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Drowned in a Bath. Sydney
Lionel Webb, 14, was drowned in six inches of water in a bath of his home in Campbell street, city, to-day. It is believed the lad took a fit while having…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →PEGGY Suicide Or Accident? Husband's Statement Married Three Times. Nice
David Townsend refuses to believe that his wife, Peggy, committed suicide by driving her car over a 450.ft. cliff. He says she loved life…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Strange Accidents Anything Is Possible Unbelievable, But Quite True
A widow was injured as she was arranging flowers on her husband's grave -- a tombstone fell upon her; a derby that cut off its wearer's ear; a child broke…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Sideshow Girl Injured. Sydney
At one of the sideshows at the Showground, a "girl who defies death" was injured by a sword thrust and narrowly escaped being killed…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Nine Injured Tram and Truck Collide Sensation at Botany. Sydney
In a collision between a tram and a truck laden with ashes at Botany this afternoon nine persons were hurt, several of them seriously…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Man Seriously Injured Fell Under Moving Train. Sydney
A message from Binnaway states that while apparently attempting to board a pick-up train a mile from the local station. Thomas Mills slipped and fell…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →COLLISION Crowded French Liner Struck by Plane Carrier in Fog in Mediterranean. London
The aircraft carrier, Glorious, travelling at a speed of 31 knots, collided in a fog in the Mediterranean, 60 miles from Gibraltar, with…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Youth Drowned. Sydney
Charles Palmer, 19, was drowned while swimming in a creek at the rear of Wattlegrove farm, Mount Druitt, to-day. The body was recovered some hours later…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Seaman Crushed Fatality at Coff's Jetty Body Taken to Sydney
Alfred Woodhouse, 43, a member of the crew of the. s.s. Nambucca, was fatally injured whilst the vessel was being loaded with timber at Coff's Harbor…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Eight Injured Train Crashes Into Car. Melbourne
Eight persons had miraculous escapes from death, but two were seriously injured, when a motor train crashed into a motor car at Corio level crossing, near…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Airgun Accident Weapon Discharged Boy Loses Right Eye
A number of small boys were playing with an airgun at Maclean on Friay when the weapon was accidentally discharged and a missile entered the right eye of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cycling Accident
During the last race at the cycle meeting on Fisher Park on Saturday night last no fewer than seven of the rider[?] fell, but of this number only one received…
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