Launch Swamped Young Man Drowned
Francis Fisher, 15 years of age, of Kiama, was drowned last night when a fishing launch was swamped. Fisher and Charles Christiansen…
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Fell Sixty Feet. Steel Works Fatality
George Williams, 20, fell 60ft. to his death at Broken Hill steelworks on Sunday morning. Williams was adjusting an oil transporter when the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Ferry and Launch Collision on Harbour
Five passengers of a launch were precipitated into the icy cold waters of Sydney Harbour on Saturday afternoon, when the craft came into…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Body Recovered. Drowned in Waterhole. Rockhampton
The body of Carl Lehfeldt, who was drowned in a hole, near the Fitzroy River on Saturday, was recovered yesterday…
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A shocking motor car accident occurred on the Liverpool road, Bankstown, on Saturday night, as the result of which a woman is dead, and three…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Drowned in Woniora River Gallant Effort at Rescue
Diving for 20 minutes in 20 feet of water five youths made a gallant effort to save their comrade, Joseph Walter Wise, aged 17, of Redfern, who was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Burned to Death. Shocking Motor Coach Disaster. Many Seriously Injured. London, April 28
When a motor coach, travelling from Reading to London on Saturday night turned over and caught fire four were…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Nine Killed Week-end Motor Accidents Three Sydney Fatalities
In New South Wales and Victoria nine persons were killed in motor accidents at the week-end. Three of the deaths…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Highland Society Secretary Dead Motor Accident Hastened End. Sydney
The death occurred suddenly this morning of Mr John D. Robertson, secretary of the Royal Highland Society…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Woman Injured. Crushed by Motor Lorry
When a motor lorry collided, side on, with a motor car at willoughby, last night, Adele Barber, 54. of Manly, was crushed against the side…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Toll of the Road 38 Killed: Scores Injured. Family Wiped Out. New York, April 29
At least 38 persons were killed, and scores were injured in motor accidents during the past week-end…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Pea Rifle Explodes. Boy Accidentally Shot. Mate Carries Him Half a Mile
A Forbes message states that when Bill Shirvington, 15 years, accidentally shot himself in the thigh with a pea-rifle some miles out of…
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On Saturday morning, Mr. Sain Burges, carpenter and bricklayer, fell from the scaffolding twelve feet to the ground at the Electric Light…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motor Accidents. Week-end Record
In New South Wales and Victoria nine persons were killed in motor accidents at the week-end. Three of the deaths were caused in the Sydney…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Supped Under Coal Lorry. Accident to Mr. Wheeler, C.P.S. Left Leg Fractured
It will be learned with extreme regret that Mr. G. Wheeler, popular Cleric or Potty Sessions at Cessnock, to-day met with a painful accident, as…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Collision in City Streets Motors Crash with Terrific Force. Many Seriously Injured. Sydney
Two motor cars collided with great force at the intersection of Pitt and Market streets, city, early this morning. One of the vehicles overturned, pinning…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cessnock C.P.S, Injured
Mr. G. H. Wheeler, Clerk of Petty Sessions, Cessnock, was injured in an accident near the Cessnock Court-house, on Tuesday afternoon, and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Cvelist Injured
While riding a bicycle along High street, West Maitland, early last evening William Adams 33, living at Park street, East Maitland…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Woman Injured. Refused Information to Hospital Authorities
Doris Pratt was admitted to St. Vincent's Hospital early on Wednesday suffering from wounds to the head and one hand. she refused to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Scaffolding Falls. Three Men Injured. Sydney
Three men were injured one seriously, when a seaffciding, on which they were working fell 20 feet at the new B.M.A. Building…
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