Double Drowning Averted
Caught by the current and swept out into deep water, George Firth, a youth, was in imminent danger of drowning at Half Moon Bay, at Black…
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Accidents, 1923
876 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 3 of 44
Bondi Drowning Case
Though tragedy was unfolded almost under their eyes, great numbers of people at Bondi on Sunday were ignorant of it (says the Sydney…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Perth Inventor Missing Theory of Drowning Disbelieved by Wife
A singular case of disappearance and presumed drowning occurred on Rottnest Island (as briefly reported in "The Miner"). Vincent Brunning, 32, the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Melbourne Motor Fatality Driver of Car Found
The police have succeeded in tracing the driver of the car which collided with a milk cart on the Dandenong road on Saturday night, killing Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Car Driver's Liability £2900 Damages Given to Injured Friends
The following case is reported in the London."Times" as having been heard last month in the Court of King's Bench, before Mr. Justice M'Cardie…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Accident to Aged Lady
Mary Ann Bown, a lady of 80 vears of age, met with, an accident on the Central mine lease at 4.30 p.m. yesterday through falling over. Dr. Moulden…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Collision in the Scheldt Steamer Nautilus Sinks (Reuter's Message.) London, January 21
Reuter's Antwerp correspondent reports that the British India steamer Austraila collided in the Scheldt with the London steamer Nautilus. The…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →South Australia Small Boy Not Injured Though Run Over by Tram Adelaide,.Tuesday
John Blackwell; aged nine years, was knocked down by a tram car and run over in Hutt-street yesterday. He was not injured…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mersey Shipping Accident Results in Four Deaths
A cable message from London, dated January 21, states— A curious shipping accident in the Mersey resulted in the loss of four lives. A sudden gust…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mining Accidents Three at 2 a M.
The casualty ambulance had three cases to attend to at 2 o'clock the morning. The first was at the Junction North mine when W. Curnow…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Accident at South Blocks Nail in Man's Eye
A Soper, while at the South Blocks mine to-day, was attempting to drive a 4in nail into some hard wood when the nail rebounded and penetrated one…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Triple Drowning Accident B.h. Man Loses His Life in Attempting a Rescue
On Monday last Mrs. E. A. Pepper took her children, Winifred Mary, aged 7, and Bertram John, aged 6, to Pinkey Bend to spend the afternoon by…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Double Browning Accident Brother and Sister Sydney
Two children were drowned while surfing at Freshwater Yesterday afternoon. They were Austen Hands (14) and his l2-year old sister. They resided…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Father and Son Injured in Quarry Accidents Adelaide
Mr. Penno, chairman of the Mitcham District council, and his son have both been injured in quarry accidents. One occurred on Saturday and the second…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Disorders at Mayence Follow the Court-martial Several Persons Injured [Reuter's Message.] London, January 25
Messages from Mayence received via Paris and Berlin describing the disorders at Mayence at the conclusion of the trial of the German mining…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Accident at the British
At 4 a.m. to-day W. Niblock fell off a staging in the British mine mill and injured his side. Mr. Niblock was conveyed in the ambulance to his…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Accident at the British
At 4 a.m. to-day W. Niblock fell off a staging in the British mine mill and injured hil side. Mr. Niblock was conveyed in the ambulance to his…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Trains Collide at Pareamatta Two Passengers Injured Sydney
Two persons were injured in a collision last night between a shunting train and a stationary passenger train as Parramatta. Two carriages were…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Two Trains in Collision in Adelaide Station Yard. Two Killed and Twenty-seven Injured. Engine Capsized and Carriages Telescoped. Holiday Traffic Held Up for Three Hours. Adelaide
A terrific railway smash occurred in the Adelaide railway station yard early this morning, when a Clapham suburban train and a Kapunda special came into collision. Two people were killed and 27 injured. An engine was capsized and several carriages telescoped. The line was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Motor Cycle Runs Into Tram Driver Killed Instantly and Passenger Is Injured Sydney
A collision between a motor cycle and a tramcar at the corner of Bourke and Burton streets on Saturday resulted in Joseph Arthur Mullins, of…
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