Given a Lift One Man Killed, Another Injured. Newcastle
Charles Carson was killed, and John Ryan seriously injured, when they were thrown from a lorry on which they were riding, at Charlestown to-day…
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Accidents, 1931
727 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 7 of 37
Local and General. Car Accident
A car capsized over an embankment and fell about four feet about three miles- from Woolgoolga, on the road from Coffs Harbour, on Sunday…
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Whilst engaged cleaning a car at his home at Briggsvale on Wednesday, Mr. Leu Briggs had his light, hand and arm badly burnt when the benzine-saturated…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Iluka Drowning Fatality Inquiry at Maclean Verdict of Accidental Death
Last Thursday at Iluka two boys, John Joseph Collis and Norman Gordon Thomas Scott Spring, were paddling about in a tin canoe when the canoe sank and both…
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The trouble in getting the buoys out for the surf carnival at Park Beach on Sunday, owing to the heavy seas, nearly resulted in tragedy, says the Coff's…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fast Scoring West Indies v. N.S.W. 339 IN 250 Minutes Fieldsman Badly Injured. Sydney
At the Sydney Cricket Ground to-day the West Indies team began their return match against New South Wales in cool weather, and winning the toss they had…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Seven Drowned Flood in Fiji Worst for 40 Years. Suva
The Fijian Government has organised relief work for the Rewa flooded districts where seven deaths have occurred, but it is feared there may be more. There was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Glen Innes Stationmaster Fatally Injured
Shortly afternoon on Friday the Glen Innes stationmaster, Mr. A. Smith, was shockingly injured. He was assisting other railway employees in pushing a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Two Men Injured Allegations Against Police One Man in Hospital. Sydney
When John Silvester, 36, and William Joseph Thomas, 34, were charged at the Central Court to-day, with having entered the warehouse of On Yik Lee and Co.,…
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Joe Clifford, who is employed by the Killarney gold mining syndicate at Paddy's Flat, on the Upper Clarence, received a severe wound in the right hip…
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The Tweed Ambulance received a call from Springbrook, on the Queensland side of the border, on Friday to attend to Mr. Jack Smith, who had sustained a severe…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Thirty Drowned Chinese Steamer Sinks Passengers Fired on Bt Bandits Shanghai
Thirty were drowned when the Chinese steamer, Fooyuan, struck a rock at Kunlingtan Rapids, in the Yangtze Gorges, foundering and blocking the narrow…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fatally Injured Glen Innes Stationmaster Death in Hospital
Mr A. Smith, stationmaster at Glen Innes, received fatal injuries shortly afternoon on Friday, February 20, while assisting in placing horse boxes in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Surf Accidents. Rough Time at Old Bar
Rough seas smashing on the beach caused several accidents at Old Bar surf carnival last Sunday. The R. and R. event had to be abandoned…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A News Accident
A recent issue of the "Wellington Times" tells an unfortunate story. A big announcement is made on page 2. "Just as we go to press at 4 o'clock an…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Quarter Century of Motoring Without Accident
A week or two ago we had the pleasure of passing an evening with one of Australia's motor pioneers, a gentleman, who for more than 25 years has been actively…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Two Boys Drowned Peel River Tragedy. Tamworth
Two boys, Peter Paul Dean, 7, and Geoffrey Clegg, 7, were drowned in the Peel River, and their bodies were found yesterday morning. They left their homes…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bandsmen Drowned After Playing for Princes. Bariloche (Argentine)
The Prince of Wales and Prime George to-day entered Argentine territory, reaching Lake Fria early this morning. The Princes earlier took launches across Lake…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Air Pageant Tragedy Woman Killed, Pilot Injured. Sydney
At the conclusion of the air pageant at Launceston, Miss Jessie Allen, 37, was killed, and pilot. L. M. Johnson, owner of the 'plane, was injured. The cause of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bad Smashes Motor Bus And Lorry Three Persons Dead Schoolboys Injured. Sydney
A shocking accident occurred at Ashfield this morning, resulting in the death of Frederick Rocco and injury to Alexandria Scott, 24, and…
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