Girls Drowned Car in Harbour AUCKLAND, N.Z..
On their way home from a wedding reception at Takapuna last night a bridesmaid and a wedding guest were trapped in a car which plunged into…
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Callan Park Escapee Rescued From Drowning Constable Dives 50 Feet From Iron Cove Bridge. Sydney
A man who escaped from Callan Park Asylum this morning later fell 50 feet from the Iron Cove bridge at Drummoyne. He was rescued by…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Drowned When Car Plunged Into Harbour Returning Home From Wedding Reception. Auckland
While on their way home from a wedding reception at Takapuna, a suburb of Auckland, last night, Miss Beth Swanston, 21, and Miss…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Boy's Death Accidental Verdict
A verdict of accidental death was returned by the Kurri Kurri Coroner (Mr. W. A. Johns). yesterday, when he conducted an inquest into the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Holiday Accidents Show Marked Decrease Sydney
The remarkable decrease man has been noted in major road accidents during the Easter holidays, compared with the same period last year, was attributed to the splendid work of the Road Safety Council…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Shoulder Injury Accident in Colliery CESSNOCK
Cyril Appleton, 33, of Ann-street, Cossnock. a horse breaker, at Bellbird colliery, received a probable dislocation of the left shoulder, whiles at…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Out Tyres, Cause of Accidents Sydney
Transport officials explain that the prosecution of a man at Lismore for having a worn-out tyre on his motor truck was part of the campaign to make the roads safer. The road safety campaign had been taken, it was officially…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Parents Killed Cost of Road Accidents
Last Easter a man, his wife and two young children were motoring along one of the State Highyays to bring home for the holidays a daughter who was being…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Cars in Collision Three Injured
Passengers in a car which collided with another at the cross roads, Cardiff, last Saturday, Messrs. George Dark and J. Lipscombe, of Dungog…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Man Drowned Body in Waterhole East Grrsford
The Deputy Coroner of West Maltland (Mr. E. €. Scarlett) formally opened an Inquest Into the death of Henry Jones, 56 of East Gresford…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Disqualified for Life From Driving Car Sequel to Collision
Stated to have acted strangely after a collision between two cars, Gordon Leigh Thomas (30), contractor, was disqualified for life from holding…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Railway Worker Injured. Pick Strikes Powder and Causes Explosion
William Butler, junr. (31), employed on the railway construction works, was admitted to Brentwood Hospital on Thursday last…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fatal Motor Accident on Neath Hill 13-year-old Schoolboy Victim. Verdict of Accidental Death
Echoes of the tragic motor accident which occurred recently on Neath Hill, and in which Samuel Reay, 13, of…
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Cyril Appleton, 33, of Ann-street, Cessnock, a horsebreaker at Bellbird colliery, dislocated his left shoulder when he was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Accidental Death Verdict Labourer Buried Alive in Trench
A verdict of accidental death was returned by the Deputy Coroner (Mr F. M. V. Earle) at an inquest on Frederick Allan Williams, a labourer,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Motor Accidents Increase in New Zealand
In spite of all efforts by the Government to reduce motor vehicle accident figures during the holiday week-end, the Easter vacation in New…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fell From Train Guard Badly Injured SYDNEY
Cyril Mossman, 30, of Hornsby, was seriously injured when he fell from an electric train of which he was the guard near North Strathfield. A…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Guard's Fall From Train Sadly Injured
Cyril Mossman, 30, of Hornsby, was seriously injured when he fell from an electric train of which he was the guard near North Strathfield. A…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Car in Creek North Coast Mishap Seven Injured Lismore
When a sedan car crashed into Pelican Creek after breaking through a bridge on the Lismore-Casino read ,seven of the eight…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Two 'Plane Accidents at Archerfield 'Drome Wing of Stinson Liner Burnt BRISBANE
At Archerfield aerodrome two planes were involved in accidents, the wing of one, a Stinson, being burnt. A Moth plane attached to the Matheson Aviation and Training School, and piloted by Alan Ramsay, crashed into one of the posts…
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