Gunpowder Explosion Boy Severely Injured
William Ethridge, 13, living with his parents at Holmesville, applied a light to some gunpowder in a flask yesterday, and was severely burned…
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Caulfield Smash. Injured List Grows
The official total of those injured in the Caulfield railway smash is now 72. Of this number 22 arein hospital, but only 2 are to a serous condition…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Four Injured. Motor Smash Near Albury
About midnight on Saturday a motor accident occurred on the Howlong road, three miles from Albury. A car owned by R. Wilson, and…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Seriously Injured. Knocked Down by Motor Car
While crossing Oxford street, Woolhara, last night, Mary Sheehan, of Bondi, and Kate Whitelock, of Darlinghurst, were knocked down by a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Petrol Explodes. Laundryman Seriously Injured. Sydney
Using petrol in mistake for kerosene to start a fire in a boiler at the Austral Laundry, Paddington, to-day, Herbert Fletcher, 10 a laundryman…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Carriages Derailed. But No One Injured. Sydney
Four carriages of a train, which left Sydney for Katoomba this morning, left the rails at Lapstone Hill, near Penrith…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →One Killed. and Two Injured. Motor Cycles Collide
One man was killed, and another man and a young woman were badly hurt when two motor cycles collided head on with terrific force in…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Two Injured. Knocked Down by Motor Car Melbourne
Geoffrey Bourden, 22, and his sister, Mrs. Wood, 40, both of St. Kilda, were knocked down by a taxi while waiting for a tram in the safety zone…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Attacked by Footpads. Ex-sergeant of Water Police Injured
As George Scott, aged 63, of Parnell-place. Newcastle—till a few years ago a sergeant of the Newcastle water police—was walking along…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Damages Awarded. Son Killed in Motor Accident
Ernest Sinclair, as administrator of the intestate estate of his deceased son, in Sydney Court, Sydney, sued to recover £1000 damages from…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Accident to Motor Cyclist Foot Caught in Chain. (By Telegraph.) Toowoomba
While travelling at a high speed in the 100 miles handicap solo race at Toowoomba Motor Cycle Club sports, S. Childs caught his left foot in the…
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Gregory Ducker, 18, a farmer, residing at Lorn, received extensive lacerations to the left side of his face and other abrasions on…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Injured in Falls
Thomas Cummins, 45, of Regent-street, sustained contusions to the forehead and lacerations on the back of his head, through tripping and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fatally Injured. Knocked Down by Motor Car
Sydney Young, aged 19, of Auburn, died in hospital in sydney, last night from injuries received cartier in the evening when he came into collision…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Footballer Succumbs Collision with Another Player
During the Innisfall-Burdekin football match at Townsville, Q., on Sunday, Rossiter, of Ayr, collided with a team-mate when taking the ball, and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Seriously Injured. Motor Collides with Post
Mr. J. H. Coyne, a member of the Land Court, and formerly Minister for Miners, was seriously injured when his motor car colleded with an…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Damages Claimed. Train Driver Injured. Struck. by Motor Car. Sydney
In the Supreme Court to-day, Percy Packwood, a tram driver, claimed £2000 damages from Cyril Wippel. It was stated that in June last year…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Accident Relief
The allowances paid under the Miners' Accident Relief, (Repeal) Act during the year amounted to £23,264 15/5. The beneficiaries to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Three Injured. Cars in Head-on Collision
Three persons were injured when two motor cars collided head-on on the Parramatta-road at Clyde. The vehicles became interlocked, and were…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fatal Collision. Car and Caterer's Waggon
About midnight on Monday night a motor car collided with a caterer's waggon at Carlton (Vic.) and although the waggon was upset and…
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