Coffi's Harbor Accidents
While assisting to lift a rail at the breakwater Mr. "Paddy" O'Brien was struck on the left leg below the knee with a sharp, stone which the rail…
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Accidents, 1936
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Sawmill Accident Two Fingers Amputated. Dorrigo
Pat Sinclair was engaged in packing a Canadian saw at Hammond's mill, Megan, yesterday afternoon, when a spanner he was using slipped, and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Injured Girl Dies Kyogle Road Accident. Lismore
Irene Norma McKenzie, who was seriously injured in a recent motor smash on the Kyogle-Casino road, in which Sydney George Green was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Two Killed Three Injured Car Crashes Into Tree. Sydney
Failing to negotiate a sharp bend in the road at French's Forest early this morning, a motor car skidded and crashed with terrific force against a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Motorist Killed Lismore Road Smash Two Others Injured Car and Lorry Collide. Lismore
One man was killed and two were injured in a head-on collision between a motor car and a motor lorry on the Ballina-Lismore road…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Taxi Driver Drowned Floods at Townsville Brisbane
Walter Lollo, 39, taxi driver, was drowned to-day when the taxi he was negotiating through floodwaters at Townsville overturned…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Workman Killed Others Injured Struck By Lightning Storm at Newcastle Newcastle
Struck by a flash of lightning during a heavy storm to-day Jack Hogan, of King .street, Newcastle, was killed. John Stephen Duthery…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Speedway Crashes Rider Severely Injured Wet Track Slippery. Sydney
Steady rain made the track at. the Speedway Royal very slippery on Saturday night, and resulted in several crashes…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →In Smash Sidney Wedding Pam Bridegroom And Mother Both Seriously Injured Sydney
When a motor car in which they were travelling crashed into a telegraph pole in Double Bay to-day, four members of a wedding party,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Impaled on Sapling Tree-climbing Accident. Wellington (N.z.)
When the branch of a wattle tree on which he was climbing broke, Patrick Hugh Keaney, aged 8, of Auckland, fell 12 feet. He was impaled on a sapling,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Maclean Injured Whilst Diving
Whilst executing a back-forward spring at the Maclean baths on Sunday last, N. Gould, of the staff of the Maclean branch of the Bank of New South…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Arachne Injured in Futurity Stakes. Melbourne
While running in the Futurity Stake's on Saturday Arachne was hurt and to-day the mare was taken to Brighten for swimming exercise. One of Arachne's…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Taxi Hits Tram Woman Passenger Injured Condition Critical. Sydney
Shocking injuries were received by Nellie Rae (47), of Bellevue Hill, today, when a taxi in which she was travelling to the city collided, head-on,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Honeymoon Couple In Accident At Casino car Struck post
J. P. Fitton, 25, a taxi-driver, of Brisbane, received, a cut on the upper lip on Sunday when the car he was driving collided with a post at the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Woman Rescued From Drowning In Clarence Maclean Swimmers Prompt Rowing Boat Accident. Maclean
Mrs. James Fiaterone, 19, of Ashby, was rescued from drowning in sensational circumstances, in the Clarence River to-night, by swimmers…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Injured Girl Tells Police of Attack. Young
Jessie Mcllhatton, who was shot and battered about the head on Saturday by Vincent de Britt, who later committed suicide, was able to-day to make a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Traffic Accidents Defective Lighting Blamed Smashes Increase at Night
Defective lighting of highways held to be responsible for a large percentage of the traffic accidents occurring during night hours on the roads of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Injured by Broken Glass
While a storm was at its height one night last week, a peculiar an painful accident occurred to Miss Sheila O'Rourke, of Peter street…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Two Cars Collision in Pound Street
Two cars collided at the intersection of Pound and Queen" streets, Grafton, "at 10.10 a.m. yesterday, and one of them crashed into a tree…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Ganger Killed Sectionman Injured Trolley and Tricycle Collide
A railway ganger was killed and a sectionman seriously injured yesterday in a collision near Round Mountain, near the Queensland border, on the…
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