Girl Drowned Body Found in Creek. Lismore
Edith Marion Charlton, 17, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Charlton, of Clunes near Lismore, was found drowned in a creek at Clunes on Saturday morning. The…
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Accidents, 1931
727 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 5 of 37
Boy Drowned in Flooded Creek Search for Body. Brisbane
Throughout Saturday night the police were dragging for the body of Sydney Devnish (12), who was drowned in Enoggera Creek, Kelvin Grove, on Saturday…
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Knocked unconscious in a fierce melee among two rival factions at the corner of Ann and Edward streets, Brisbane, at 9 o'clock on Saturday night, two men…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Niagara Crashed Into Pier Accident at Vancouver. Vancouver
Striking a concrete pier during a fog in Vancouver harbor, the Union S.S. Co.'s liner, Niagara, 13,000 tons, was slightly damaged…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Caught in Weeds Man Drowned at Casino. Lismore
In full view of his companions. John Ryan, 42, an unemployed railway worker, was drowned in the swimming hole at Casino this afternoon. He became…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Through Clouds Mawson In Seaplane New Ice Plateau Sighted Machine Damaged--no One Injured
The fog lifted on January 27 at noon, when the Discovery was approximately in lat. 65.10, longitude 107, with 300 fathoms beneath the keel. The…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Air Accident Board New Committee Appointed. Canberra
The Minister for Defence, Mr. Green, stated to-day that the Government had decided to reconstitute the Air Accidents Investigation Board to effect economy…
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Mrs. Frewin, wife of Mr. F. A. Frewin, of the City Motor Garage, was coming off the 5.15 punt from South Grafton yesterday evening, when she slipped on the…
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John Ryan (42), an unemployed railway worker, was swimming in the Big Hole at Casino on Monday afternoon when he became entangled in the weeds…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Found Drowned. Sydney
The body of a man, believed to be George William Freestone, 78, who has been missing from his home since Friday last, was found yesterday afternoon…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Accident on Submarine. London
The Admiralty announces that an accident occurred in Submarine XI., in the Thames Estuary. An explosion occurred in the crankcase of the port main engine,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →N.Z. Earthquake Disaster 400 Now Believed To Be Dead More Than Two Thousand Persons Injured Fire Still Burning In Napier Buildings Blown Up to Check Flames 28 Boys Killed in Falling School Auckland
The latest estimate of the dead in the earthquake at Hastings and Napier is 400. The correspondent of the "New Zealand Herald" reports there are 250 dead at Napier and 150 at Hastings. In addition there are numbers of persons…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bodies Recovered Recent Avalanche Fatality. Berne
The bodies of the guide, Mrs. Furnivall and Miss Galloway, who were engulfed in an avalanche on Saturday were recovered to-day. Miss Furnivall's body…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Eight Drowned Flying Boat Disaster Four Others Saved. London
A R.A.F. triple-engined seaplane attached to the Mountbatten air station, crashed into Plymouth Sound. Four occupants were critically injured and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Night at Coffs. Accident to Mail Plane
The mail plane Southern Cloud met with a peculiar accident and had to spend last night at Coffs Harbour. On the trip from Brisbane the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Two Women Drowned Bathing in Bogan River. Nyngan
A double drowning accident occurred in the Bogan River at Nyngan yesterday, the victims being Mrs. Florence Murray and Mrs. Rose Pines, both local residents…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Lismore's Record Flood Water Reaches Height Of 35ft. 9in. Damage Estimated at More Than £100,000 Hundreds Of People Driven From Homes Tragic Drowning Accident Lismore
The flood in the Richmond River attained its maximum and record height of 35ft. 9in. in Lismore at 11 p.m. on Friday and the receding waters left behind them a trail of havoc and desolation unparalleled in the district's history…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →FALLING Brisbane Flood Waters Tide Turned in Time Man Drowned. Brisbane
Danger of further flooding is now past. It. was feared that with the high tide shortly before 2 p.m. the flood waters would sweep through a large section of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Missing Man Believed Drowned G. Joyce, Sen., of Thora
News was received by the Bellingen police, at about 1 p.m. yesterday, that Mr. George Joyce, sen., of Thora, was believed to have been drowned at the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Beaten with Chain Farmer Seriously Injured. Melbourne
Detectives are investigating an attack on Ernest Leslie Harton, farmer, at Yarram Gippsland, who this afternoon was found with 16 wounds, apparently…
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