Seven Hurt Collision With Horse Car Leaves Road
Striking and killing a horse on the Newcastle-road, on the Newcastle side of Weakley'a Flat Bridge, Beresfield, late last night…
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Launch Swamped Crossing Brisbane Water Bar Police Inspector Drowned
Police Inspector Alexander Muir was drowned, and two companions, A. C. Fowler, of Katoomba, and Leslie Roy Whatley, of Woy Woy, were…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Launch Tragedy Police Inspector Drowned Was on Leave Gosford
Last night Police Inspector Alexander Muir was drowned, and two companions, A. C. Fowler, of Katoomba, and Leslie Roy…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Leg Broken Found Injured Near Car SYDNEY
On Saturday night, at Matraville, Daniel Pierce, 33, of Botany, was found lying beside a car, near a factory. His leg was broken and he was suffering…
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Late on Saturday night Evelyn May Anderson, 7-months-old daughter of Mr and Mrs W. Anderson, of Coff's Harbour Jetty, rolled off a bed…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →American Express Derailed 19 Killed and Many Injured. (Australian Press Assn. Message.) San Francisco
The crack 80 miles per hour streamlined express, "City of San Francisco," struck a rock in the Nevada Mountains and was…
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Police Inspector Alexander Muir was drowned, and two companions, A. C. Fowler, of Katoomba, and Leslie Roy Wheatley, of Woy Woy, were…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Billy Cart Accident Two Brothers Badly Injured SYDNEY
Two brothers were critically injured when a billycart in which they were riding collided with a horse-drawn lorry in Pier-street, Sydney. They…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Young Cyclist's Remarkable Escape. Collision with Motor Truck
William Roberts, aged 10, of Bent-street, Cessnock, had a remarkable escape when his bicycle collided with a motor truck…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fall of Coal Miners Injured at Elrington
When a fall of coal occurred at Elrington Colliery Joseph Lowe, 35, of Alford-avenue, Weston, and Thomas Graham, 36, of Main-road, Abermain…
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Two miners—Joseph Lowe, 35, of Alford Avenue, Weston, and Thomas Graham, 36, of Main-road, Abermain—were…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Crossing Smash Cripple Injured Near Melbourne MELBOURNE
When an electric train crashed into a motor van at a level crossing at Altona, two men, one a cripple, were critically injured…
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When knocked over by a horse at Aberdare Colliery yesterday, Jack Wilson, 30, miner; of Rawson-street, Aberdare…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Arm Severed Accident at Steel Works NEWCASTLE
Ernest Leayr, 35, a married man, of 36 Church-street, Mayfield, was badly injured while working at the B.H. Pty. works to-day…
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Streets and highways, cities and towns and rural areas are now under the microscope as the stocktaking of road accidents for the year is being…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Coach Plunges Into Queensland Ravine Two Dead: Nine Injured
Two persons were killed and nine injured when a passenger coach containing 12 tourists from the steamers Ormiston and Manoora, ran off the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Narrowly Escaped Burning to Death Collision Between Mail Truck and Car. Sydney
When a Postal Department mail truck collided with a car at Gladesville this morning, the driver, John Joseph Ryan, 45, had a narrow…
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In a collision between a motor cat and a motor transport waggon on the Calder, Highway, near Sealake, Jack Winter Hetherington, 25, of…
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L. Burnes, 26, of Allandale road, Cessnock, a wheeler employed at Cessnock No. 2 colliery, received concussion, slight abrasions to right ear…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fatal Accident Sequel in Court ARMIDALE
At Armidale Police Court, before Mr. P. C. Denton, P.M., Lyle Frederick Wilkinson was charged with feloniously slaying Colin James Robinson…
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