Drowning Accident Fatality, at Sandy Creek Evidence at Inquest
The adjourned inquest touching the death on Sunday afternoon last of Ivy Edith Whiting was held in the Cessnock Court House to-day…
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Young Woman's Death. Accidentally Drowned. Cessnock
The District Coroner, Mr. George Brown, held an inquest at the Cessnock Courthouse to-day into the circumstances surrounding the death of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Painful Accident Local Joinery Works Owner Injured Mr. W. S. Johnston's Condition
An accident occurred at the joinery works of Mr. W. S. Johnston, Vincent Street, on Wednesday, in which the proprietor was the victim…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Fall of Coal. Miner Injured. Cessnock
[?] Duffin, a miner, employed at Aberdare Central Colliery, was injured by a fall of coal yesterday. He had four ribs broken and also…
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As a result of a fall of timber in the Central Colliery yesterday afternoon Mr. Jim Duffin was admitted to the Cessnock District Hospital…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Boating Fatality. Young Man Drowned
A sad boating fatality occurred on the Manning River, at Coraki, on Sunday morning. Three men were in a pulling boat,…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Mysterious Drowning. Accident at Sandy Creek. Cessnock
A sad drowning [?] occurred at Sandy Creek on Sunday afternoon under rather peculiar circumstances. Ivy Edith Whiting as was ber…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Sudden Death. Fatality at Kandos
A report from Kandos states that Edward J. Gallagher 44 met his death while at work at the cement works…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Picnic Fatality. Motor Car Overturns
A picnic party comprising five young women and a man were returning from Benger to Bunbury (W.A.) when the motor car skidded and overturned…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Diving Fatality. Man Killed at Newcastle
Edward Stewart. 26, a steel worker, living at Tighe's Hill, while swimming at the Bar Beach on Saturday morning, dived from what is…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Double Drowning. St. George's River Tragedy. Girl Victims
Two girls were drowned in the George's River, at Bankstown. on Sunday afternoon, in tragic circumstances…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Mail Car Overturns. Driver Fatally Injured
Sid Bowers. aged 24, son of Mr. Charles Sowers, of Taree. the driver of the Tuncurry mail car. was driving along the main North Coast road…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Fell From Train. Two Children Injured
Arthur Cooper, aged six and Dorothy Cooper three years of age fell from a train which is said to have been travelling at forty miles an hour…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Miner Injured. by Runway Skip. Cessnock
Arthur Smith, a miner, was severely injured on Saturday during the afternoon shift at Abermain South Colliery by a runaway skip. He was badly…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Three Injured. Motor Car Capsize. Two Pinned to the Ground
When a motor car capsized in Centennial park last night, two men were pinned underneath it and one was severely injured. Another occupant was…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →A Painful Accident. Finger Caught In Machinery Cessnock
While working in the bakehouse of Naltias Bros, backers, this morning Allan I[?] while attending to the machinery had his fingers caught. He…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Fatally Scalded. Shocking Accident Near Singleton. Boy's Death
A shocking scalding accident, which ended fatally, occurred at Newinton, near Singleton. on 5th inst. The victim was Lindsay Irvine…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Woman Killed. Four Other Injured Motor Somersaults
In a motor accident at Baulkham Hills at about noon on Sunday, a young woman, Valentia Marchall, was killed, and four other occupants…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fractured Spine. Death Followg Motor Accident
While Dr. D. O'Hara and his wife of Barcaldino (Q.) were motoring along the Aramae road a tyre came off one of the wheels. The car skidded and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A Collision
A collision occurred in McGrane's street, Cessnock, on Saturday night, between a motor cycle, ridden by B. Howard, of Cessnock, and a sulky…
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