Accident to Tenterfield Stationmaster
The newly-appointed Tenterfield stationmaster, Mr. H. M. Stone, had three fingers of his right hand severely crushed. He was walking along the line during…
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Accidents, 1934
891 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 9 of 45
Fall From Footplate Railway Fireman Injured
While a goods train en route to Grafton was shunting in the Coff's Habor railway goods yards early yesterday morning William Windley, married, of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Boy Drowned Fell Off Rubber Float. Wellington
While swimming on a rubber float at the municipal baths, Max Job, 7, overbalanced and was drowned in three feet of water. The body was recovered a few minutes…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Youth's Thigh Injured
Allan Smith, aged 37, was admitted to the Grafton District Hospital yesterday suffering from an injured thigh. The youth, who is employed as a farm hand…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Simple Accident—serious Result
During the recent holidays the eisht-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Kerrison, of Megan, fell off a push bike and hurt one of his hips. Later an…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Accident to Timber Man
Mr. "Bob" Archibald, well-known district representative for the firm of R. J. White & Co., had his left ankle badly bruised by a log several days…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Accidents Gashed by Axe. Rappville
Mr. J. Murray, a resident of Rappville, 50 years, who was working for the Fore[?]ry Department in the bush near Rappvile, received a deep gash in his…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Six Men Hold Up Hotel Proprietor Severely Injured Threat to "Shoot Up This Place". Sydney
Forcing their way into a hotel on the City road, Redfern, late last night, six men, one of whom was armed, brutally assaulted Edward Cornish, owner of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Chapter of Incidents Snakes, Accidents and Lightning Sensations in Dorrigo District. Dorrigo
There have been a series or strange incidents during the week. A black-snake bit through the leather of a boot worn by John McCarthy, a…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Unusual Accident
Ray Webster (24) met with an unusual accident while bathing in the Richmond River near Casino. He was swimming at a point where a number of youths were…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fettler Badly Injured
Shocking injuries were received by Joseph Tickner, 35, a fettler, of Pitt street, Redfern, when he was knocked down by an electric train at the Central…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Two Killed Result of Car Collision. Melbourne
Two persons were killed and five slightly injured when two cars collided at Smith Melbourne on Saturday night. The victims were Mrs. Margetta…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Struck on Nose Coff's Cricketer Injured. Coff's Harbor
Cecil Walsh, sen., the popular leader of the High School eleven, received a nasty injury to the face yesterday, whilst playing cricket against Banana Growers, at…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Newsboy Injured Awarded £600 Compensation Newsagent Employee to Pay Sydney
The Workers' Compensation Commission awarded £600 compensation--the full amount claimed--to a newsboy who lost a leg when he was run over by a tram…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wet Concrete One Man Smothered Four Mates Injured Rescued by Prisoners Tragedy at Tamworth Hospital Tamworth
Overwhelmed by a fall of wet concrete after it had been set in position in the nurses' wing of the Tamworth Hospital, one man was killed…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Woman Rilled Melbourne Car Accident. Melbourne
When two motor cars collided and one overturned at Carlton this morning a woman was killed and a man seriously injured. The woman was Mrs. Unita…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Narrow Escapes Sedan Car Turns Over Accident on Armidale Road
What appears to have been a remarkable escape from serious injuries was experienced by four occupants of a big Sedan car, which capsized at a turn on…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Maclean Narrow Escape From Drowning Maclean
Mr. W. E. Coles, Hariwood Shire Clerk had a narrow escape from drowning at Yamba on Sunday morning last, when enjoying an early morning surf. There…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Park Beach Bridge Two Accidents
Two accidents whilst pedestrians were crossing the creek at Park Beach last Sunday gave further definite proof of the necessity of a better…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Smash in Italy Motor Coach and Train Sixteen Killed in Head-on Collision. Rome
Sixteen were killed and eleven injured at Leghorn win n a railway motor coach travelling at 75 miles an hour crashed into a train crowded with holidaymakers…
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