Motor Fatality Launceston
Derek Walter Scott, 23, son of Mr. G. H. Scott, manager of Tasmanian Steamers, Pty., Ltd., was killed last night when a tyre blew out and his car…
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Riding Accident Sydney
Robert Dodge, 50, of Revesby was riding a young horse through the bush near his home when the reins broke, and he was thrown heavily…
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Ind instead of Thursday, as previous A post-mortem examination disclosed that Thomas McGrorey, 40. whose body was found in Rozelle Bay on…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mine Accidents Two Kurri Men Injured
James Tippins, 31, of Gillies-street, Kurri Kurri, wrenched his back at Richmond Main colliery on Wednesday while lifting…
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Robert Young (30), a shiftman, of Anstey-street, Cessnock. was injured at the Aberdare Extended colliery to-day. Young suffered a lacerated…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fall of Sand Miner Fatally Injured KALGOORLIE
Buried by a fall of sand at Morgan's re-treatment plant, 230 miles from here, Danila Vujicevich (26), an Italian miner, was dug free by mates…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Echo of Fatality on Wollombi Road. Kearsley Council Replies to Coroner. Comments Concerning Pelton Railway Bridge
Echoes of the fatality which occurred on the Wollombi-road, out beyond Bellbird, on the night of November 24, when Thomas Swinborne Kay was fatally injured as the result of a collision between his bicycle and a…
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Thrown from a sulky when his horse bolted in Wollombi-road yesterday, Edward Cook, 18, of Tennant-street, Bellbird…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Boy's Accident 'Results in Gold Rush
The small township at Mernda (Vic.) is experiencing a gold rus a few days ago Peter, Darke, a schoolboy, was swimming in the Plenty…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Youth Dies Injured in Road Collision NEWCASTLE
Injured in a collision with a motor lorry in Wickham yesterday. Lindsay Hammil, 16, of Wi[?]kham, died last night in Newcastle Hospital…
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Two motor cars were involved in an accident at the intersection of Queen and Barrington-streets, Gloucester, yesterday morning…
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Andy Udby, of Victoria, had his arm fractured when u tyre of his bicycle punctured during a motor-paced match race at the Sports Arena last night. In…
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Thomas Desmond (65), of Doyle-street, Cessnock, who is a horsebreaker at Bellbird Colliery, received a probable fracture to one of the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Baby Drowned Swept Away in Flood PERTH
A baby of 12 months was swept away and drowned when a motor car was overturned in a stream of flood water on the Albany-Mt. Barker road…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Child Drowned Private Swimming Pool Coroner's Finding Sydney
At the inquest to-day concerning the death of Dermot John O'Brien, aged 4, who was drowned in a private swimming pool at Pymble on January 10,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Hurricane Wrecks Barraba Heavy Damage — Eight Injured TAMWORTH
Eight persons were injured, houses were wrecked, and extensive damage was done to telegraph and telephone lines when a terrific windstorm struck Barraba. Severe damage was caused to the Barraba Hospital, where the operating theatre…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Empire Flying-Boat sinks in Atlantic 10 Rescued, Three Believed to Be Drowned
The Empire flying-boat Cavalier, bound from New York for Bermuda, was lost in the Atlantic, midway between the two termini, on Saturday afternoon. Of the 13 persons on board—eight…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Cow Killed by Flying Cork Astonishing Accident At Bolwarra
Yesterday in Ben Bowneck's property (adjoining Mr. Hansford's), at Bolwarra, a cork flew across a field at tremendous speed, hitting Ben's…
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A Plymouth car, driven by Mr. Wilson, solicitor, of Messrs. A. S. Borthwick & Co., Dungog, was proceeding up Queen-street, Gloucester…
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Houses were wrecked, trees uprooted, telephone and telegraph lines smashed down, and a number of persons injured in a terrific wind storm…
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