Heavy Storms. Torrential Fall in Brisbane. Man Drowned
An unusually heavy rainstorm swept Brisbane and suburbs on Monday. The low-lying ground was flooded, the tramway service broken, and Breakfast…
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Dragged to Death. Fatal Accident at Wonthaggi Colliery
A fatal accident happened to Dennis Carney, 16, at M'Brides, Tunnel, at Wonthaggi. Deceased was employed at the pit…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Prince of Wales. Hunting Accident. a Fractured Collarbone. LONDON, Feb. 8
A hunter which the Prince of Wales was exercising this morning fell, throwing the Prince heavily to the ground…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Collision
About 5 p.m. on Thursday a collision occurred at the town approach to Dunolly Bridge between a motor car and motor cycle. The car is owned by…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fatal Collision. Two Lives Lost
The ferry steamer Cobar collided with a launch containing 13 persons, inol[?]ding four stokers of the warship Chatham and four young women at…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railway Fatality. Man Killed at Oatley
The mutilated body of Donald Griffith Marshall (25), single of Penshurst (Sydney), was found on the Permanent way near Oatley station at 1.30…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Motor Fatality. Cycle Over a Fence
James O'Leary, 58, and John Carrol, 28, were riding in a motor cycle on the road near Black Rock (Vic.) when the cycle swerved at a corner and jumped…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Motor Overturns. Woman Fatally Injured
Owing to the tyre of a motor car blowing out at Footscray (Vic.), the car turned over. The driver, Mr. Bowen, of Messrs…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Strange Explosion. Two Men Injured at Sea
When the steamer, Kapara, from Kembla with a cargo of coal, was six miles off Cape Otway, Chief-officer Buck and the boatswain were taking…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Motor Smash. Four Persons Injured. Lorry Crushes Into Pole
Late on Saturday night a motor lorry on which three men. in addition to the driver, were riding, crashed into an electric-light pole…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Prince of Wales Injured While Riding
London, Saturday.—The Prince of Wales broke his collarbone while exercising a hunter at Billington Manor, near Ascot…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Lift Falls. Two Workmen Injured. Sydney
While working on a lift at the factory of Electric Motors, Ltd., at Redfern this morning. Norman Cowell and John clarke, 37, were badly…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Somnambulism Probable Estate Agent Badly Injured. (By Telegraph.) Sydney
William Findlay, estate agent fell from a balcony a distance of about 7ft at a house in Shellharbour this morning…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Both Legs Broken Mr. J. D. Davies Injured at Moree
Word has been received that Mr. J. D. Davies, of Mount View Road, Cessnock, was run over by a waggon at Moree yesterday and had both…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Accident at Largs
Mr. A. Johnston, of Largs, met with a serious accident yesterday. He was mowing lucerne, when the swingle-tree broke and caused him…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sensational Motoring Accident. Car Overturns and Takes Fire. Two Persons Receive Severe Burns and Injuries. Now in Hospital in a Critical Condition
The Scone-Muswellbrook road in the vicinity of Aberdeen, was the scene of a sensational motoring accident, which was attended with equal…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mining Accidents Great Britain's 1923 Record
The year 1923, in Great Britain, has been an unfortunate one in respect of accidents owing to two of those disasters on a considerable…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Cessnock Resident Injured
The family of Mr. J. D. Davies, of Mt. View-road, Cessnock, has been advised by telegram that Mr. Davies, who was spending a holiday at…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Two Injured. Motor Car Capsizes. and Then Takes Fire. Muswellbrook
A motor-car party came from Scone to Muswellbrook on Monday night, and on the return journey when going down a steep incline at…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Attacked by Shark. Woman Shockingly Injured Leg and Foot Torn Off
Bronte beach was the scene of a serious shark attack last evening, when Nita Derrett, a saleswoman, 30 years of age, a resident of Huristone…
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