Accidental Death Coroner's Verdict Motor Cycle Fatality
At the Grafton Courthouse yesterday morning the Deputy-Coroner, Mr. F. M. V. Earle, conducted an inquest on the death of Hedley Travis Michell, 22, the victim…
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Accidents, 1931
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Sad Seaside Tragedy Drowning at Bonville
Deep regret was expressed on every hand last Sunday, says the Macleay "Argus," when it became known that little Keith Edmonds, aged 9 years, son…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Eight Maoris Injured Jumped Off Moving Lorry Auckland
While eight Maoris were returning to their pah in a lorry, near Auckland, the vehicle caught fire. The Maoris jumped from the fast moving lorry and were all…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →White Woman Murdered By Indian Hacked with Sword Two Children Seriously Injured. Calcutta
There was a brutal outrage at the military residential quarters at Lahore yesterday, resulting in the death of the wife of Captain A. G. C…
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Keith Edmonds, a boy about nine years of age, was drowned in Bonville Creek, near the beach, on Sunday last. The boy was bathing in the…
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Mr. H. Page was the victim of a somewhat unusual accident, which, if is thought, may have a serious effect on his eyesight, says the Brisbane "Courier."…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Ice Fatality Sled Broke Through. Newfoundland
One youth and six girls, aged eleven to 25, were drowned on Wednesday night, in the rapids, on Exploits River, when their sled broke through the ice. The…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Western Road Fatality Car Down Embankment. Sydney
Henry Coad, 36, of Tempe, was killed last night, on the Western road near Bathurst, when his car overturned while negotiating a turn. The car rolled over…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Toll of the Motor 358 KILLED. 7203 Injured. Sydney
Statistics compiled by the N.R.M.A. disclose that during 1930, the number of persons killed by motor cars in New South Wales was 358, compared with 415…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Unusual Accident Unfortunate Ending to Cricket Match
The second grade cricket match between "Daily Examiner" and Grafton. Dairy Company at the racecourse on Saturday ended in a rather unfortunate…
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Ernest Perry, an employee of Muldoon's Chelmsford, sawmill, was assisting to place a flywheel on an engine at the sawmill on Friday when the wheel slipped…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →WINDSTORM Sweeps Over Garah Many Houses Wrecked Resident Injured When Roof Fell In. Garah
A windstorm of unprecedented severity swept through Garah (on the Moree-Mungindi line) at midnight oil Saturday…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Woman Killed Motoring Accident Three Persons Injured
A fatal motor car accident occurred on the Fernvale road, near Murwillumbah, on Sunday night resulting in the death of the wife of a well-known…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Launch Capsizes Seven Persons Drowned. Suva
Overtaken by a squall in Viti Levu Bay, the Indian launch Sitaram, with 28 passengers, capsized and seven were drowned. Nineteen bags of letter and parcel mail…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Cage Crashes Eight Men Injured. Cessnock
Fifteen minutes after Mr. Reed, Police Magistrate at Cessnock, had dismissed a charge alleging insufficient supervision in the winding apparatus at the Ellington…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Car Falls Fifty Feet Goulburn Residents Injured. Sydney
Five persons were injured when a car travelling from Goulburn to Sydney capsized and fell over a 50ft. embankment near Mittagong, at a spot known as…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Explosion in Prison Warder and Prisoners Injured. Adelaide
A terrific explosion occurred in a quarry at the Yatala labor prison this afternoon and a warder and five prisoners were injured. All were taken to the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bonville Fatality. The Coroner's Finding. Shock and Immersion
Death from heart failure due to shock and immersion was the verdict of the Coroner, Mr. C. Walker, J.P., at the inquest concerning the death…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Accident in Coal Mines Five Men Killed Others Entombed London, Thursday Night
Five miners were killed in an explosion in Auch Engeich colliery, La[?]arkshire, while five men were entombed in Henley colliery…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Falling Awning Result Of Windstorm Girl Killed, Three Others Injured Whilst Waiting for Tram. Sydney
Irene Ryan, 18, of Auburn, was killed and three other girls were injured when, an awning on an abandoned building, at the corner of Parramatta road and…
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