Head on Motor Cars Collide. Woman Injured
A Wellington (N.S.W.) message says that a head on collision occurred on the Orange road this morning between cars driven by George…
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Child Injured. by a Fall. Cessnock
A child, 18 months old, the son of Mr. F. Goodall, of Wollombi Road, slipped on the linoleum in one of the rooms yesterday, and sustained a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Intense Storms. Damage in London. Man Killed: Seven Injured. London, Dec, 31
Yesterday's gate was followed at night by an 85-mile an hour hurricane, and intense thunderstorms. In London, and elsewhere much…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Three Injured. Collision at Wagga
Following a motoring accident, Erie Coleman is lying in the Wagga District Hospital in a critical condition with a fractured spine…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Train Smash. Collision at Nambour. Fettler Injured
A railway accident occurred at Nambour (Q.), shortly after two o'clock on Friday morning, when a goods train, which was standing on a loop line,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Three Lives Lost Victorian Drowning Accident
Two brothers, Reginald and Norman Swaine, aged 26 and 18 respectively, lost their lives in a boating fatality, which occurred at Geelong…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Man Killed. Scenic Railway Fatality
Clarence Hurst (22), single, of Victoria-street, Brunswick, Victoria, was riding on a scenic railway at Luna Park. St. Kilda, when he was…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Puntman Drowned. Young Man's Death
The Yass police have recovered from the river the body of John Lee Patterson Greatorex (23) who had been employed as puntman at the Taemas…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Bathing Tragedy. Drowned in Victoria
While bathing about five miles from Cowes (Vic.), Miss Joyce Colley and Mr. Charles Jones, who were holiday-making, were swept to sea…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Narrabeen Tragedy. Young Clerk Drowned
Norman Smith (17), a young clerk, of Darlinghurst, was drowned at Narrabeen on Sunday afternoon. He was a member of a picnic…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Motor Fatality. Car Skids and Overturns
One man was killed and two others injured when a motor car overturned near Casterton (Vic.), on New Year's Day…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Manslaughter Charge. Sequel to Motor Collision
Jack Holden, 23 years, of Bowan Park, received injuries in a motor collision on the Forbes-road on Christmas Day which resulted in his…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Woman Drowned. Body Found in Creek
Mrs. Murston, of Springvale, near Robertson, was trout-fishing in a stream on her property when, it is surmised, she accidentally slipped…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Child Injured. Tripped and Fell
When playing in the yard at her home at Waverley on Saturday. Margaret Fern, aged 5, tripped and struck her head on the ground. She…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Woman Injured. Motor Car Somersaults
A serious motor accident occurred on the Leadville-road, near Broombee, in the Mudgee district, when a motor car, driven by Mr. B. Cluff…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Two Injured. Air Compressor Explodes
The explosion of an air compressor used to supply free air for motorists damaged Seater's buildings at Lambton Quay (N.Z.)…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Porter Injured. Dragged by Train
Mordant Button, 19, a railway porter at Pendle Hill railway station, received internal injuries, a fractured hip and severe abrasions on…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Railway Mishap. Collision at Lindfield. Sydney
An engine crashed into an empty train a[?] Lindfield at five o'clock this [?] during shunting operations. The whole of the bodywork of one…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Boy Drowned. Body Under Ledge of Rocks
Norman Fenton, aged 12, who is on a visit from Sydney, was found drowned at North West Arm, Port Hacking River…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Young Man Drowned Uncle's Shock. Toowoomba
Les Eggleton, aged twenty-one, was drowned in the City baths on New Year's Night. He was not missed till his uncle,…
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