Double Drowning
About 11 o'clock on the morning of Friday, December 20, Mr. W. P. Mainey, of Turner's Flat, accompanied his sons Kevin, Patrick and Bernard…
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Scalding Fatality
Shirley Marsland, an infant of 2 years was fatally scalded at Dungog on 28th December. It appears that her father lifted a tin of…
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Whihle returning from Tuncurry yesterday Mr. Tom Ashworth got into difficulties with his car and before he could right matters the car…
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Jerseyville was the scene of a sad drowning fatality late Monday night, when the three children of Mr. Barnes, Patricia Marjorie, aged 9 years and 8…
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Monday afternoon, about 4.15, Mr. Francis Herbert, of Port Macquarie, driving home from Kempsey with his wife and two grand-daughters, saw a…
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A shocking fatal accident occurred at Jerseyville ferry between 11 and 12 o'clock last night, by which three children were drowned…
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A terrible flying tragedy [?]ccarred at Melbourne yesterday when Wackett's Widgeon the Second hosodived from a height of 400 feet into Port Phillip…
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Held by the police, following the injury to two men, one fatally, allegedly through his wanton driving. Frederick Gerrard died last Tuesday…
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During a particularly heavy storm on the Tweed last Friday afternoon, Mrs. Ada Waugh, of Chinderah, met with a peculiar accident She was…
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A particularly sad triple drowning fatality occurred at the Jerseyville (Macleay River) ferry approach at about 11 o'clock on Monday night…
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A triple drowning accident occurred at Jerseyville late on Monday night. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Arthur…
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A Particularly sad triple drowning to ably [?]ccutted at the Jerseyville fancy approach at about 11 o'clock on Monday night. Mr. Charles Arthur…
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Several car accidents occurred during the holiday season, but thankfully without fatal results. On 28th ult., Mr. W. Cumming was…
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Evangelist E. A. Hodges, of the Wingham-Comboyne Methodist Charge, had a narrow escape of a serious accident on Sunday, 29th December, 1929—as…
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Andrew Hoffman (65), married, a diver, of Cardiff, was suffocated while working in Newcastle Harbour late yesterday afternoon. A wire…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coal Strike Trouble. Miners' Marches Broken by Baton Charges. Many Injured. Cessnock
Sensational Incidents occurred on the South Maitland coalfields to-day when the police, acting under the powers of the Massed Picketing Act,…
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A very sad case of double drowning occurred in the Hunter River, at Narrowgut, near Morpeth, on Saturday afternoon, when Richard William…
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At the Capertee races, on Saturday last H. Nelson, well known as a smart jockey on local courses, .had his right thigh broken when his mount, Cetonic,…
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At the inquest into the death of Spencer Bernard Keough, as a result of a speed boat accident in the Clarence River on January 19th, the…
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Standing in the hallway of his hotel at Laurieton at 6.30 Saturday night, Bernard Hale, 50, was shot through the right arm by a bullet from a…
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