Local and General. Fatality at Grenfell
A man named Sawyer, who had been missing from Pinnacle, near Grenfell, since 9 a.m. on Tuesday last, when he went in search of horses,…
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Accidents, 1917
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Accident at Lithgow. 'A Narrow Escape. SYDNEY
While a large slag truck was being tipped at a dump at Lithgow it went over a bank thirty feet, dragging the engine and tender with it. The driver…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Fatality. Trolley Collides with Train
On Saturday, at 6.20 p.m. a fatal accident occurred near Cootamundra, when four local railway men on a trolly met the incoming…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →From Melbourne to Sydney by Air. Accident at Goulburn
Mr. James (Minister for Education) and Lieutenant Stutt started on Thursday morning from Richmond on the trip to Melbourne by…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Northern Rivers in Flood. Woman Drowned
Sudden falls of rain on Thursday and Friday caused the Hunter River to rise thirteen feet in three hours at Maitland, ultimately reaching a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Shocking Accident
A shunter named James Edwards a single man, employed at Wellington railway station as shunter, met with an appalling accident on Saturday…
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Mr W. S. Ferguson (who recently acquired the business conducted by Mr. E. Faccy) had a painful and exciting experience on Sunday afternoon…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Accident to Mr Ferguson
Mr W. S. Ferguson, local manager of the Massey Harris Machinery Co., met with a serious accident on Sun day. He was driving with his wife…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Accident to Mr Ferguson
The friends of Mr and Mrs W. S. Ferguson will learn with regret that they were both the victims of bad luck on Sunday. From the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Serious Accident
On Thursday an accidont of rathar a serious nature happened at the public school. The boys were engaged in a game which necessitated…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Double Drowning Fatality. an Ex-forbes Resident
Mr W. B. Halloran, a well-known solicitor of lnverell, and his little daughter were drowned while crossing the Macintyre River on Sunday…
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Mr. W. B. Halloran, a well-known solicitor of Inverell, and his little daughter, were drowned while crossing the Macintyre River on Sunday…
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Master Lorne Langford, second son of Mr and Mrs H. J. Langford, was the victim of an unfortunate and particularly severe accident on…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →72 Years with One Firm. Killed by Accident at Ninety
A remarkable record of a man who served a London City firm continuously for more than 72 years, and was killed in an accident at the age of 90, is disclosed in the following…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Violent Storm. Temora Fatality. Man Killed by Falling Tree. Temora
A violent storm— the most violent experienced in this locality— passed over the district yesterday. William Harris, aged 57, employed…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Drowning an Impossibility
A newly-invented, novel lifebelt is a metal strap, with four air-filled metallic floats about the size of an ordinary cocoanut. It is claimed…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Child in a Tank. Narrow Escape from Drowning
The infant child of Mrs. Jack Kennedy had a miraculous escape from drowning on Wednesday afternoon. There is an…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Drowning Fatality at Orange
On Sunday afternoon a boy named Francis Joseph Long, eleven years of age, residing with his mother inLord's Place, was found drowned in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Frightful Accident
One day recently an elderly man named Buakman was engaged in carting chaff from Mr. J. McLeod's when his team bogged. He then got up on the…
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