Mother's Long Flight to Seriously Injured Daughter. Perth
Miss Jean Smith, only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Arthur Smith, of Sydney, fractured her spine When diving into shallow water at Cottesloe,…
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Accidents, 1936
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Body Ripped Open Shocking Sawmill Accident Brisbane
M. L. Lyne (16), son of Mr. M. Lyne, overseer of the Laidley Shire Council, had his stomach ripped open by a saw. Lyne was employed at Manitzy's…
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Constable Marsh's cork helmet was found washed up on the beach at Woolgoolga one day this week and a report gained currency that he had…
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At 7.45 o'clock last Thursday evening, John Wilson (28), of 39 Archibald road, Roseville, Sydney, a traveller, dived from the top of the tower at the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Four Injured Family on Holiday Tour
When the motor car in which they were travelling to Armidale ran over a steep embankment and caught fire 10 miles from Tenterfield about 7 o'clock…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →50 INJURED Riotous Students "Ink Sprinkler" Used. Cairo
During a three-hour stretch of fighting to-day the police tried out a new device against the rebellious students known as the "ink sprinkler,"…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →"ACCIDENTAL" Mr. R. J. Cogle's Death Inquiry Concluded
When the inquiry into the death of Robert James Cogle, 30, senior electrician of the Clarence River County Council, who died in the Clarence…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Girl Drowned While Paddling In Pool Fell Into Deep Hole. Brisbane
The Brisbane River was the scene of a drowning tragedy to-day when a little girl, Doreen Eileen O'Connor, 7, of Cannon Hill, lost her life Doreen and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Goff's Harbor Accidents. Coff's Harbor
While working at the top of an electric light pole recently, Charlie Atkins of the Clarence River County Council, stationed at Coff's Harbor, had sorne…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Elderly Lady Injured Severe Fall Down Steps
When descending some steps at the front of the house last night, Mrs. Jane Star, aged 60, who resides with Mrs. Stockham, of Pound street, Grafton, fell…
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A motor accident occurred on the main road at Bonville on Sunday afternoon, about nine miles from Coffs Harbour. No one was injured, which…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Crushed Finger Accident at Ulong. Coramba
Mr. Benjamin Burling, of Upper Orara, an employee of Mulhearn Bros., in the veneer works recently opened at Ulong, was rather unfortunate last…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Shark Fatality Lad of 14 No Trace of Body Bloodstained Water Mate Saw Monster's Tail Sydney
The first shark tragedy this year occurred at Manly this afternoon when David Paton, 14, of Manly, was taken by a monster while swimming…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →N.Z. Cyclone Three Men Drowned Floods And Landslides Roads and Mines Damaged Wellington (N.z.)
As the telephone and telegraph lines are gradually being repaired, and services to outlying districts are being resumed, news comes to hand…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Farmer Injured By Flying Shiver Of Steel Kangaroo Creek Accident
An unusual accident occurred at Lower Kangaroo Creek late yesterday afternoon, when Mr. F. D. L. Martin, a well-known farmer, was injured in the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Body in Well Coroner's Verdict of Drowning. Coolamon
The Coroner to-day concluded an inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the death of Jack Colville, or Conway, whose body was found at the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Leg Severed In Tram Collision Nurse Crushed Under Wheels. Melbourne
When a grinder tram and a passenger tram collided head-on in Wendouree, a suburb of Ballarat, this afternoon, Miss Elizabeth Clarke, 45,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Two Killed Eighteen Others Injured When Lorry Turned Over. Brisbane
Two men lost their lives and 18 were injured, three seriously, when a large motor truck taking a number of single relief workers to road work…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Coff's Harbor Accident
When attempting to prize up a board with a crowbar Mr. H. ("Bunny") Morgan, while working at the breakwater on Friday, had a bone in the index…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →"ACCIDENTAL" Jetty Road Fatality Coroner's Inquiry. Coff's Harbor
A verdict of accidental death was returned by the Coroner, Mr. Chas Walker, in his inquiry into the circumstances of the death of Alfredo Louis…
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