Extraordinary Accident. Dog Overturns a Motor Car. V.r.c. Judge Injured
When returning from the M[?]nee Valley races on Saturday the V.R.G. judge, Mr. J. O. Inglis, was, With three other gentlemen, thrown out of a motor…
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Accidents, 1913
809 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 1 of 41
Disastrous Fireworks Display Ship's Captain and a Lady Injured. Launceston
A sensational occurrence occurred at Stanley during the progress of a ball given to residents by Captain Roy Holyman, master of the steamer…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Tragic Gun Accident Wife Mortally Wounded by Husband's Gun. Sad Ending to a Day's Pleasure. Adelaide
Perhaps the saddest tragedy of this festive season occurred on Monday night, when a young wife received mortal injuries from a gunshot wound…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Sydney Tram Collision. Accident Due to Faulty Brakes. Sydney
The Railway Departmental Board inquiring into the circumstances surrounding the tram smash in King-street on Saturday last, has presented its…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Blasting Fatality at the North. Miner's Instantaneous Death. Charge Bored Into
The mines' fatality list for the year 1913 was opened this morning as the result of an explosion at the 1100ft. level of the North…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coach Horses Bolt. Tragic Incident on the Adelaide Road. Passengers and Driver Injured
A serious accident befel the Mount Pleasant coach on Tuesday afternoon (says the "Register") and added to the already abnormal list of holiday…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Hydroplane Wrecked. Sydney Harbor Accident. Sydney
While travelling at a speed of over 25 miles an hour on a trial run between Fort Denison and Bradley's Head this morning, the new…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Accident to Pleasure Steamer Dangerous Predicament of a Launch's Occupants. Melbourne
When the pleasure steamer Weeroona was returning from Sorrento last evening, a blade of one of the paddles was damaged as the result of striking some…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Adelaide Street Railway Tragedy. Inquest on the Victim. Verdict of Accident
The collision between a pony trap and the 8.40 p.m. Victoria-square to Glenelg train on December 23, whereby Mark Bradley and his daughter were thrown…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →North Blasting Fatality the Inquest. Verdict of Accidental Death
The coroner, Mr. C. F. Butler, S.M. this morning, at the Courthouse, conducted au inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the death of David…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Drowned Im the Yarra. Sad Fate of a Ship's Engineer
Among the fatalities recorded in Melbourne on New Year's Day was the drowning of Boyd Thomson, fourth engineer of the steamer Ian Macfarlane,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Bridge Disaster Workers Killed and Injured. [Reuter's Message.] Virginia
A freight train on the Ohio, and Chesapeake railway fell, through a bridge across the Guyandottle River, and eight men were killed and 15…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Sydney Tram Accident. No One Seriously Hurt
None of the, injuries tot he passengers concerned in last Saturday's tram accident in King-street proved to be serious. Of two who were taken to the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Another Bathing Fatality. Young Girl Drowned. Melbourne
Frances Wood, 16, and Helen Mary Easton, 12, daughters of tradespeople, were bathing on the Warrnambool Beach on Saturday with other girls…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Hydroplane Fatality. Paris
A hydroplane to-day was overturned and Becamp, the mechanic, was drowned. The aviator was rescued…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cricketing Mishap. Victorian Player Injured
The Victorian cricketers during the progress of their Sheffield Shield match with South Australia were unfortunate in losing the services of T. J. Matthews…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Sailing Boat Capsize. One Drowned. Sydney
At Mallacoota on Sunday morning a sailing boat, with five occupants, was capsized, and John Dorron, sen., was drowned. The others were saved after…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The North Mine Fatality. Funeral of the Late Mr. Nicholson
The funeral of the late Mr. David Nicholson the victim of the explosion in the North mine on Friday morning, took place this afternoon. About 80…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Late Cable News. [Reuter's Messages.] Airmen Injured. Berlin
Two aviators were severely injured at Leipzig while, undergoing tests to entitle them to obtain certificates as pilots for army bi-planes…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Adelaide Jinker Fatality. Verdict of Accidental Death
An inquest on the body of an insurance agent, George Donald Reid, aged 34, of Lipson-street. Port Adelaide, who died in the local Casualty Hospital on…
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