Colliery Explosion Seven Miners Killed Four Others Injured. London
As a result of an explosion, three quarters of a mile below ground, seven miners were killed in the Markham colliery, at Duckmanton, near…
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Accidents, 1937
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Halfway Creek Accident
While cutting sleepers last Monday, Mr. H. C. Marshall had the misfortune to inflict a severe cut in his leg, severing an artery and a sinew. He…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Bicycle Accident
Mrs. Bell Pearce, a widow, of Byron Bay, fell from her bicycle at Coutts' Crossing, and received an injury to the head, concussion and shock. The…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Two Drowned When Dinghy Capsized. Auckland
The capsize of a dinghy in a heavy sea off the Mount, Tauranga, resulted in the loss of the lives of two young men,. Maurice O'Connell and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Man Drowned In Clarence River Tragedy at Tabulam. Lismore
John Martin, 27, a baker, of Tabulam, was drowned in the swimming pool in the Clarence River this afternoon. He could not swim and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Thumb in Cogs Four-year-old Girl Injured
Mary Watts, the four-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. Watts, of Waterview, had the thumb of her right hand so badly crushed in the cogs of a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Struck by Hammer Head Mill Worker Injured. Glenreagh
A nasty accident befell Mr. Vivian Ellem, of Glenreagh. whilst, employed at his work at the Glenreagh mill, on Thursday morning last…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Three Women Burnt to Death in Plane Rescuers' Were Helpless Disaster At Mascot Ground Collision and Crash Sydney
Three women were bunted to death when a plane, after colliding with another plane, at Mascot, this afternoon, rolled into a spin, and diving…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mill Hand Injured
Mr. Vivian Ellem was struck on the forehead by a hammerhead whilst working at Glenreagh sawmill last Thursday, and rendered unconscious…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →BYRNES v. QUINN Verdict For Defendant Bus and Car Collision
"Although the accident was caused by the negligence of the employee Marsh, I must hold that he was an employee of the defendant's husband and…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fettler Injured Fell From Bridge Discovered Unconscious
John Welsh, a married man, aged 40 years, who is a railway fettler, was picked up unconscious under the railway bridge at Glenreagh…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →DISASTER In Chilean Mine 16 KILLED, 201 INJURED
CHUQUICAMATA (Chile), Monday. The premature explosion of 1500 tons of dynamite in the largest copper mines in the world killed 16 and injured 201,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →17 DROWNED Motor Bus In Canal Wheel Collapsed. Miama (Florida)
Trapped when a wheel collapsed and caused an express motor bus to overturn on the highway and roll into a canal, 17 persons, including two…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fatal Shooting Accident
A verdict that the death of Frank Edmond Thomas (14), son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Thomas, of Wardell, had been accidentally caused at Bagotville…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Singer Dies Accident At Rehearsal Wounded by Stiletto. New York
Five hours after receiving a wound in the left hand, when a stiletto slipped from the grasp of Lawrence Tibbett, during a dress rehearsal of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Children Nearly Drowned
Joan, the seven years old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. L. H. Kinney, and Teddy, the eight years old son of Mr. and Mrs. E. Comerford, of Kyogle, had…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Man Killed Another Injured Lorry Out of Control. Gloucester
John Scifleet (38) was killed and Leslie King (38) was injured when a timber lorry got out of control while descending a steep hill at Carsonville…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Double Tragedy Girl Shot in Street Man Drowned In Lake Dramatic Court Story Ballarat
A graphic description of the shooting of Merle Maud Moss, 18, at Ballarat on January 3, was given by Dulcie Jean Lumsden at the Coroner's…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Rescuer Killed Colliery Accident. Newcastle
When James Watson and Andrew McCulloch were injured, but not seriously, in a fall of coal at Richmond Main colliery this afternoon, James Laird, 47,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Car Smash Near Coff's Harbor REV. F. Boyden Injured. Coff's Harbor
Rev. F. Boyden, of Ulmarra, was admitted to the Coff's Harbor Hospital, suffering from injuries received when the car which he was driving…
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