Girl Drowned. the Inquest
The Coroner, Mr. George Brown, held an inquest at Cessnock regarding death of Marguerite Madden. 14 years, who was drowned in a creek…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Accidents, 1923
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SHOOTiNG Accident. Returned Soldier Seriously Injured
Charles Dand, 50, a returned soldier, and farmer, went into a back room in a house at Glenfern, in the New Norfolk district to obtain a gun…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Scone Resident Injured
While alighting from a moving tram, near Brown-street; Newcastle, Herbert Wharton, 85, a grazier, living near Scone, slipped and fell. The…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Crossing Fatality. Married Woman Killed
A level crossing fatality occurred near Mount Eden, says an Auckland message, a train running into a milk cart and killing Mrs. Burt, a married…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Thirteen Injured. Motor Lorry Overturns. Accident at Cronulla
A motor lorry, which was conveying a party of picnickers to Cronulla on Sunday, capsized at the intersection of Taren Point-road and…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Boating Disaster Four Children Drowned. Three Saved
While seven children named Miller were out in a small boat on Tauranga Harbour (N.Z.) the craft capsized…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Two Men Injured. Motor Lorry Smash
A motor lorry belonging to the State Electricity Commissioner was returning to camp near Packenham (Vic), at about midnight on Sunday…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Firemen Injured. Contact with Electric Wire
During the progress of the disastrous fire at Ellott's furniture factory on 27th ult, two firemen were injured through a live electric wire…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Racecourse Smash. Jockeys Injured and Racehorses Destroyed
Two jockeys were Injured and two horses bad to be destroyed through an accident in the second hack race at Oakley Race Club, meeting (Q.)…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Terrific Explosion. Gas Cylinders Burst. One Killed: Several Injured
An explosion occurred on the wharf at Port Ahuriri (N.Z.), on Friday afternoon while some cylinders containing dissolved acetylene were being…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →News From India Injured Police Officers. Delhi, October 29
Reuter's ignore correspondent reports in connection with the recent bomb explosion, that Mr. Horton, superintendent of police, has had his…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire Accidents. Union Secretary's Statement
According to Mr. J. McNamara, secretary of the Fire Brigades Employees' Union, practically all the trained men have been drafted from…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Toll of the Surf. Young Woman Drowned. at Sans Souci
Miss Jean Fognetti, aged 25, of Arundel-street, Forest Lodge, was swept to sea and drowned at Sans Souci on Sunday afternoon in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Three Killed. Motor Lorry Capsized. Two Injured. Brisbane
Three people were killed in a motor accident, when occurred near Gordon Vale, (Q.), when a motor lorry capsized at the approach to a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Military Called Out. Melbourne Strike Development. Pickets of Soldiers and Sailors. Five Hundred Injured. Melbourne
The city is now under the protection of the military. Last night, the garrison artillery and engineers, armed with rifles…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Rioting and Looting Wild Scenes in Melbourne. Grave Result of Police Strike. Two Killed; Many Injured. Shops Pillaged
Serious developments in connection with the police strike occurred in Melbourne on Saturday night. Lawless mobs took charge of the centre of the city, and wild scenes of rioting and pillaging of shops took place…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Motor Accidents. Becoming Too Frequent
The Parramatta coroner held an inquiry into the death of Irene Christie, aged S. who died as a result of being knocked down by a motor…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Surf Fatality Young Woman Drowned
Miss Jean Fognetti, aged 25, of Forest Lodge, was swept to sea and drownned at Sans Souci on Sunday afternoon in particularly tragic circumstances…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Abermain Fatality Shunter Crushed Between Buffers. Recommendation by Jury
At the Criterion Hotel, Weston. the adjourned inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the death of Wilfred Charles Edgar Jaeger…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Police Strike Two Killed; Hundreds Injured. Military Forces Called Out
Chaos and red riot reigned for several hours in Melbourne on Saturday night, as an outcome of the police strike…
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