Fell From Moving Lorry Man Seriously Injured
Francis Single, of Zetland, was badly injured when he fell from a moving motor lorry near his home on Tuesday evening. Single endeavored to alight…
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Cessnock Motor Accident
Rev A. E. James, of Cessnock, and Mr. W. Neilson, secretary of the Abermain No. 2 Miners' Lodge, were injured in a motor car accident on…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Quarry Accident. Reported From Cowan Creek. Sydney
It was repented at Hornsby that there had been an explosion and fall of earth in a quarry at Cowan Creek, and that two men had been seriously…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Painful Accident. Rev. A. E. James and Mr. W. NEILSON Severely Injured In Collision
A painful accident befel the Rev. A. E. James and Mr. Billy Neilson while driving in a motor car on Tuesday evening. Collision with a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Injured. Sydney
Accounts of the numbers of killed and injured in the railway disaster are somewhat condicting, but it is known, that at least four persons lost…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →INJURED. (In Scone Hospital)
Marie Burke, 184 Commonwealth Street, Sydney. Shock, injuries to back with glass. Serious condition. Stanley Morrlse, 37 Park street,…
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The first engine got clear after the crash. owing to to turning over of the second engine, the guard's van overturned and also the first three…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Terrible Railway Disaster. Near Aberdeen. Engine and Five Carriages of Limited (Brisbane) Express Leave Ralls. Four Persons Killed; Many Injured. Indescribable Scene
One of the most disastrous accidents in the history of the State occurred near Aberdeen shortly before 10 o'clock last night. A second engine attached to the limited (Brisbane) express left the rails, turned completely over, and took with it five carriages, which were…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Disaster at Aberdeen Last Night. Brisbane "Limited" Partly Wrecked. Carriages Topple Over Wooden Viaddct. Four Passengers Killed; 20 Others Injured. the most appalling railway disaster recorded in the Upper Hunter district occurred at 9.50 o'clock last night. THE Brisbane Limited Express, the fastest train on the northern line, was wrecked while crossing a wooden viaduct about half amile on the Sconeside of Aberdeen THE first engine got clear after the crash, due to the turning over of the second engine. The guard's van overturned, and also the first three carriages, the second of these being split in two. It was in this carriage that most of the dead were found. THE train was crowded, and many remarkable escapes from death were experienced. Loud Explosion Tells of Disaster. Whole District to the Rescue
The wooden structure on which the disaster occurred is not far from Aberdeen, and a few hundred yards ahead is the Hunter Eiver, spanned by a steel bridge. Alongside the wooden structure is erected concrete work, ostensibly for the purpose of carrying another line of rails. This concrete…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →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 4 →Man Drowned. Fishing Launch Swamped
A message from Nambour (Q.) states that a motor launch, with a fishing party of four, was crossing Maroochy bar between 7 and 8 o'clock…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Footballer Succumbs Collision with Another Player
During the Innisfail-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 16 →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…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Tram and Omnibus. Collision at Islington
A tram and motor omulbus collided in Maitland-road, Islington, on Friday afternoon, and three passengers in the omnibus were injured…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Petrol Explodes. Laundryman Seriously Injured
Using petrol in mistake for kerosene to start a fire in a boiler at the Austral Laundry, Paddington. Herbert Fletcher, 40, a laundryman…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Motorist Injured. Foot Caught in Machine
While travelling at a high speed in the 100 miles handicap solo race at the Toowoomba Motor Cycle Club sports, [?] Chids caught his left foot…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Seriously Injured. Motor Collides with Post
Mr. J. H. Coyne, a member of the Land Court, and formerly Minister for Mines, was seriously injured when his motor car colleded with an…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Seriously Injured. Fell From Moving Tram
Falling from a train while it was moving, Stanley Mantle, aged 10, of Mascot, was seriously injured on Saturday afternoon. The tram was…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Brisbane Express Derailed Terrible Accident Near Aberdeen Four Killed, 25 INJURED Williamson Theatrical Company Suffers
Residents of Singleton, were shocked at a late hour on Thursday night and early yesterday morning by news of a disaster which had happened to the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fatally Injured. Knocked Down by Motor Car
Sydney Young, aged [?] of Auburn died in hospital in Sydney last night from injuries received [?] in the evening when he came into collision…
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