Underground Collision Due to Negligence
A verdict of death by negligence, not amounting to- criminal negligence, on the part of two employees, was returned at the inquest on the…
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Sequel to Tragic Cycle Smash Inquest Into Fatality at Broke
Details of a friendly bicycle race, and its tragic conclusion, were unfolded at the Singleton Courthouse on Friday afternoon…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Bail of £100 Doctor for Trial Car Fatality Sydney
The-City Coroner, Mr. Oram, to-day committed Dr. Harley Irwin Turubull, of Drummoyne, for trial on a charge of having feloniously slain Percival…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Trapped in Car N.Z. Farmer Drowned Wellington (N.z.)
Trapped inside his motor car when it raw backwards into a lagoon, Thomas Mawson, a farmer, of Te Kuiti, was drowned…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Car Plunges Into Yarra Two Men and Boy Drowned. Melbourne
Two men and a boy were drowned late last night when a closed sedan car in which they were travelling plunged into the Yarra at the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fatal Wounds Boy Accidentally Shot SYDNEY
While explaining the mechanism of a pistol, and unaware that it was loaded, there was a sudden explosion and his son, Desmond York, 13, was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Week-end Accidents Motor Cyclist Wollongong
When he attempted to ride his friend's motor cycle, Harold Norman Fisher, 20, of Wollongong, was fatally injured…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Leg Injured Cessnock
Laurel McCarron, 16, of Attwater Avenue, Cessnock, received extensive lacerations to her left leg hen she fell from her bicycle on the Wollombi…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Scone Fatality Fell into Sewer Trench Horseman Killed
Septimus James Clarke, 25, was killed when the horse he was riding fell into a trench excavated for a sewerage main in the stable yard of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Car Falls into River. Two Men and Boy Drowned. Plunge Over Wharf. Melbourne
Two men and a boy were drowned late to-night when a closed sedan car in which they were travelling plunged into the Yawn at the entrance to the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →High Jump Accident Cessnock
Ray Brown, 16, of Alexander:Street, Cessnock, injured his right hip while high-jumping at the Cessnock High School to-day. He was treated by the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Stroud Sawmill Accident
A serious accident happened at the Spot Mill this Monday morning, when Douglas Outtrim was struck by a piece of timber which flew off the saw…
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Itay Brown 16, a High School boy, residing at Alexander street, Cessnock, received an injury to his right shoulder…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Two Injured Motor Car Overturns NEWCASTLE
A man and a youth were injured late last night as the result of a sedan car overturning at Peattie's Corner, Main-road, Cardiff Heights…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →"Had Too Many" Asleep Near Car Swansea Accident Newcastle
Pleading guilty in the Police Court to-day to having driven a motor car while he was under the influence of intoxicating liquor, Henry Green Rowe…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Shocking Motor Accident Two Brothers Killed. Melbourne, Wednesday
James Isaac, 18, and Edward John Isaac, 15, brothers, were killed at Bayswater last night by a car, which disappeared immediately after the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Two Injured Mine Cage Moves
George Thompson, 19, of Fourth-street, Adamstown, had the first, second and third fingers of the right hand severed, and received lacerations to…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Back Injured Kurri Kurri
Hamilton Wilson, 60, of Second-street, Western, a miner at Hebburn No. 1 colliery, suffered an injury to his back at work to-day. He was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Road Safety Reducing Accidents Council's Appeal
"A bold peasantry, their country's pride, When once destroyed can never be supplied."…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Lorry Accident
A very sudden and fatal lorry accident occurred on the Pacific Highway, about 9 miles from Raymond Terrace on Wednesday afternoon. The lorry, driven by…
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