sTWO Injured. Motor Car Through Picket Fence
Two brothers were injured, and a third escaped unharmed, in a motor accident at the casters end of Swansarcet, Burnley (Vie.) shortly…
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Ran Amok. Man Becomes Insane After Woman Injured
Mr Elizabeth Tanuanbey(os), of hornbury (Vie), had a terrible experience when her son-in-law became temporarily insane after…
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Two motoring accidents occurred near the corner of Now South Headroad and O'Sullivan-road Rose Bay late on Saturday night Four…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mr. Larkin. Lucky Escape in Motor Accident. Sydney
Mr. Larkin Chairman of the Commonwealth Shipping Board, was travelling in a motor car in the city last night, when the car turned over on…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bullet in Temple. Haunted by Railway Accident
With a bullet found in the temple Francis Kiernan (50), assistant stationmaster, was admitted to the Alfred Hospital Melbourne late on…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Accidental. Fall at Randwick Sydney
The stipendiary stewards today held an inquiry into the fall of Brysur (J. Marsden), Vallino (Jones) and Indigo (Spencer) in the Wolter Handicap at…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Four Children Drowned Mother Arrested
Mrs. Dorothy Perrin, a resident of Petone, Auckland, drowned four of her children in a bath at her home during the husband's absence, with…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Commissioners' Regret. Helping the Injured. Murrurundi
The Railway Commissioners to-day expressed their sincere regret for the relatives of the deceased and the injured passengers…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Disastrous Train Accident Runaway Wagons Smash into North-West Mail Near Blandford. 25 Passengers Killed ; Many Seriously Injured. Worst Smash in History of State. Holocaust Narrowly Averted. Mr. John Dunbar, of Scone, Fatally Injured. Pathetic and Terrifying Scenes
One of the most disastrous, if not the most disastrous, railway smashes in the history of the New South Wales Railways, occurred shortly before midnight last evening slightly to the north of Murrulla siding, near Blandford…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Great Train Smash. the Greatest Railway Calamity in Australia Twenty-five Killed, Forty Injured
About 11.30 last night a Northern mail train collided with part of a runaway train at Murulla. The result of the inpact was terrible. The official report sent to the Commissioners…
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Sadio Harker, aged 16 years of Bankstown, who was found on the railway line between Punch bowl and Lakemba suffering from a fractured…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Burning Accident
Miss M. Houlahan, 19, residing in Melbourne-street, East Maitland, and employed in Anderson's refreshment shop, received severe burns to the…
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The accident was of much more serious proportions than that which occurred at Aberdeen a few short months ago, yet it is most…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Pokolbin Tragedy Verdict of Accidental Death
At the Cessnock Courthouse yesterday morning the District Coroner (Mr. George Brown) conducted an inquiry into the circumstances…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Appalling Loss of Life in Railway Disaster at Murulla Last Night. Runaway Trucks and North West-mail Collide. Twenty Six People Killed. Large Number Injured. a lonely part of the Northern line between Blandford and Wingen was the scene of a frightful railway disaster last night resulting in a serious loss of life. North-west Mail on Its Journey to Sydney Meets Section of Ooods Train Racing Down Incline the Most Appalling Railway Disaster in the History of This State Occurred at Murulla at 11.20 O'clock Last Night. a Standing Goods Train Broke, and Trucks Laden with Wool and Goods' Got Away and Running on to the Main Line, Crashed Into the Oncoming North-west Mail. Which Was Timed to Reach Muswellbrook at 12.20 A. M. the Terrific Impact Had a Cruel Result. Twenty-six People Were Killed Outright, and a Large Number Injured. Rescue Work Was Perfo Rmed by Residents and Railway Officials. the First People on the Scene Were A. Smith and A. Dobson, of Scone. Scene of the Disaster
The scene of the disaster was at Murulla, about 15 miles from Scone and situated between Blandford and Wingen. Murulla is on a hill, and on…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Miner Injured
M. Pryde, 20, of Kurri, employed at Abermain No. 1 Colliery, received bruises and abrasions to his right leg through being caught by the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Man Killed. Three Others Injured
One man, James Claney, 33, was killed and three others injured when a motor car left the road and rolled over an embankment at Kellyville…
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James Elliiott, 26, of Government road, Weston, was admitted to Kurri District Hospital to-day, suffering from injuries to the polvis. He…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Miners Injured
Mr. Albert Lander, 24, of Oakhampton, a wheeler employed at Ayrfield Colliory No.1. sustained concusion and a confused wound to the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bodies Pass Through Singleton Injured Also in Train
The Tamworth passenger train to Sydney, which usually arrives in Singleton at 2.30 p.m., did not reach hero until 3.45 p.m. yesterday. The delay…
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