Colliery Explosion. Three Miners Injured
A message from Emerald (Q.) states that in an explosion of gas at the Balmoral colliery. 53 miles from Emerald, three miners…
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Broke Motor Fatality Brother and Sister Killed
The adjourned inquiry into the deaths of Roderick McKenzie Murchison, aged 20 and Mollie Dowe Murchison aged 18 brother and…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Motorist Killed Companion Seriously Injured
A motor accident occurred at Walgett and resulted in the death of George Grace, a motor mechanic, employed in Baker's garage, Grace and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fell Under Tram Youth Severely Injured
Roy Melville, 16, was crossing the intersection of King and Forbes streets. Newtown on his bicycle on 27th ult, when he was knocked down…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Down Lift Well Carpenter Fatally Injured
Falling fifty feet down a lift well at the partially-constructed additions to Sydney Hospital, William Mankletow (32), a carpenter, was fatally injured…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Three Injured. Car Overturns at Appin
Three people were injured on Sunday morning when a motor car, in which they were passengers, overturned at Appin. They were: Mrs…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Car Overturns Driver Seriously Injured. Dunedoo
When negotiating a sharp turn near Dunedoo, a car ran off the track, struck a culvert, and capsized. The driver, Mr. J. Lubbe, was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Car Smash. Largs Residents Injured. Remarkable Circumstanced
Two young men. Jack Pillidge and Kevin Maher, well-known residents of Largs, had a remarkable escape from serious Injuries in a motor car…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Boating Tragedy Old Age Pensioner Drowned. Two Reach Shore. Sydney
John Martin, Arthur Hain, an old- age pensioner, and William Edwards, 74, left here in a small boat on a fishing excursion on Saturday…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Collision at Sea. Greek Steamer Founders. British Supply Ship Damaged. London, May
The naval supply ship Bachus, of 2000: tons, sent out an S.O.S. that she was badly damaged and sinking bows first,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Racecourse Accident
Before the running of the first division of the Roseberry Handicap one of the stands collapsed, and a number of people was injured. Eight…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Motor Car. Accident Remarkable Circumstances
Mr John Pillidge and Mr Kevin Maher, residents of Largs, had a narrow escape from death in a motor car accident on the Woodville-Seaham road, at…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Girl Killed. Fatality at Kensington. Week-end Motor Accidents
When they were walking along Princess Highway, Kensington, on Sunday night, Mona Nicholl, and her sister were struck by a passing motor…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Race Stand Collapses At Rosebery Racecourse. OVER 200 INJURED
When a portion of the grandstand in the leger reserve at the Rosebery racecourse collapsed on Saturday afternoon…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Injured in Collision
Charlie Wade, 14 years of age, while riding a bicycle from Wallalong to Hinton, between 6 and 6.30 o'clock in the evening, was injured…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Grandstand Crash. OVER 200 INJURED
As a result of a section of the Leger grandstand at Roseberry racecourse collapsing on Saturday last over 200 people were injured…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motor 'Bus Overturns Nineteen People Injured
Nineteen persons were injured when a motor 'bus overturned in Melbourne on Saturday morning. The bus was one conducted by one of the many…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Found Drowned. Escaped From Private Hospital. Sydney
It now transpires that Mrs. Minnie read who was found drowned in Rushcutter's Bay yesterday, escaped from a private hospital at Darling…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Dash Down Cliff Motorists Terrifying Experience. Woman Seriously Injured
A terrifying experience of being dashed down a precipitous cliff in a closed motor, car for 300 feet befell Edward Meadowcroft, of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fatal Collision Father Killed; Son Injured
As the result of a head-on collision between a motor car and motor cycle and side-car at Geelong, Vic., William Heap, 51, carrier,…
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