M. P. Awarded £2350 Injured in Car Accident
In the King's Bench Division, before the Lord Chief Justice, Sir Nairne Stewart Sandeman, M.P. for the Middleton and Prestwich Division of…
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Accidents, 1936
885 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 2 of 45
Man Drowned Swimming Flooded Creek. Brisbane
John Ferry, 50, a single man, is believed to have been drowned in a flooded creek near Dottswood station, Charters Towers. He and a nephew…
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Mrs. F. Herbert, of East Kempsey, was the victim of a peculiar and painful accident Christmas week. She was carrying a toilet jug when she fell and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Bishop and Dean in Collision
A collision occurred between two cars on the New England highway, near Muswellbrook. One car was driven by Bishop Moyes, of Armidale, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fatally Injured Pillion Riding Peculiar Accident Near Goulburn. Goulburn
A peculiar accident between a motor lorry and a motor cycle resulted in Don Brennan, of Gunning, receiving fatal injuries…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Boy Drowned Swimming in Stormwater, Channel. Sydney
William Benjamin Eldershaw (5), of St. Peters, was drowned while swimming in a stormwater channel, close to his home, late this afternoon…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Struck by Car Woman Injured Child in Arms Escaped Unhurt
When returning to her home at Tweed Heads shortly after 11 o'clock on Wednesday, night, Mrs. Meaker, wife of Mr; Jack Meaker, was accidentally…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Child Drowned Wandered From Home. Melbourne
Throughout his short life of a year and nine months, Norman Brereton, the only son of Mrs. J. Brereton, of Omeo, had as an inseparable…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Killed in Car Smash Brisbane Business Man Accident Near Woodburn Five Others Injured. Lismore
Samuel Roubin, 55, tailor, of 168 Oriel road, Ascot, Brisbane, was killed and five others, members of his family, were injured, one…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Car Overturns One Killed, Four Injured. Canberra
When a car overturned on the Prince's Highway, eight miles from Canberra, Harold Edwin Whatty, 31, of Canberra, was killed and four others…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →At Level Crossing Man Killed, Girl Injured. Launceston
Struck by a railway steam car at a level crossing at Kemana Junction, near Delorane, Neil Walker, 20, motorcyclist, of Deloraine, was killed…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Head-on Collision Motor Cycle And Car Rider's Miraculous Escape. Lismore
Phillip Sullivan, single, road worker, employed by the Main Roads Board at Lillian Rock, had a miraculous escape from death when he collided…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Busy Week-end District Ambulance Finger Injured with Cricket Ball
On Saturday evening, Joseph Hodges, who resides at Conroy's boardinghouse in Bacon street, Grafton, called at the Grafton District Ambulance Station…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Car Overturns Six Persons Injured Swerved to Miss Cycle. Sydney
Six persons, five of them relatives, were injured when a car capsized on the Great Western road, Mount Druitt. this afternoon…
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Two motorists, W. H. Philp, of Canterbury, and his brother, J. A. Philp, of Wagga, lost their lives when a sudden rush of water washed their…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Human Equation Problem Of Car Accidents Toll of Killed Increases Driving Classes in Schools
Despite the millions of pounds being expended in Great Britain in the endeavor to solve the human equation in the problem of vehicle and pedestrian…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Quarry Accident Two Workmen Killed. Launceston
When three tons of rock fell as three men were preparing a charge on the face of a quarry, Harold Mervyn Mitchell, 37, was killed instantly, and…
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A child sustained serious injuries to the right, eye on Wednesday under peculiar circumstances. Evelyn Dunn, 5, of Cooranbong, was swimming a fish…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Car Washed Away In Flooded Creek Two Men Drowned
Two brothers named W. H. Philp and J. A. Philp were swept away by flood waters in a sedan car when crossing a creek on the road from…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Loose Gravel Cause of Car Accidents Another Car Overturned
The number of car accidents due to loose gravel on the roads needs some investigation. There have been quite a number of deaths from this…
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