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Broken Hill & the Far West · Accidents
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A farmer named Zimmerman [?]. returning to his home in a village in South Taranaki yesterday, could find no trace of his wife and two young…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Ten boys lost their lives in a stating disaster in Filian River in Sweden. The ice broke, and the boys were precipitated into the icy waters and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Some children while playing on a line at a railway depot in Hollowayroad lit a fire under an empty 50-gallon petrol drum. A terrific explosion…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Some children while playing on a line at a railway depot in Holloway.. road lit a fire under an empty 50-gallon petrol drum. A terrific explosion…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →While working in the machine shops at the Associated Smelters works the morning, Mr. Matthew Walsh (25), a well known footballer, was strack in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →While working in the machine shop the Associated Smelters works this morning. Mr. Matthew Walsh (25). a well-known footballer, was struck in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Jack Brady (19) was killed instantly at Wollongong when his motor cycle crashed into a motor car. His neck was broken and his skull…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Two Italians were badly injured when gelignite exploded in the Broadford quardy. Each received burns, [?] scalp wounds, and injuries to the eyes…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →John Allan Appleby, four months, of Newtown, was Killed, and seven persons were injured when a motor car overturned on the Orange road…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →At an inquest to-day on the death of Bernard Paul Jeffrey, 20 months, Harry Cutting, miner, of Yarraville, was committed for trial on a charge…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →According to police returns, the number of persons killed in motor vehicle accidents in the metropolitan area during last year was 237. The…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →In a level crossing accident near Newport last night Mrs. A Wilson and Mrs. Hodgson were killed and a girl aged 7 years seriously injured…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Henry Barnett (63) was drowned in Rangitoto Channel as a result of the swamping of a 12ft. sailing boat. The victim's son, aged 19 years…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →During a game of bowls at Linwood two Members, siter a heated argument, got into holds dorine which one was seriously injured. An inquiry will…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →William Casev. a railway cuginedriver, slipped on a piece of coal in the tender while putting his engine away at Peterborouch railway yards…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Norman Paulson (8), died in the Children's Hospital last night from injuries suffered when he was struck by a bolting truck in the brick works yard…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →George Chambers, a Barwell boy, was found drowned in a dam at Bordertown on Sunday night. Although he was missed early in the evening, the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →At Jerseyville, near Kempsey, last night three children were drowned through a car which was driven by their father divine into the River…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Two little girls, daughters of Mr. R. Eberhard, of Robertstown, GO miles from Adelaide met their death in tragic circumstances at a waterhole…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A motor cycle and sidecar and a motor car collided on the Bay-road, St. Leonard's, last night. Mrs. Francis L. Page (30), of Black…
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