Australian newspapers
1803 – 1954
Old Local Papers
Every story
read free on Trove

These are historical newspapers. Some stories use language and express views that are offensive today.

← Accidents, all years

Mid North Coast · Accidents

Accidents, 1931

179 stories in Mid North Coast's papers · page 3 of 9

Lorry Accident

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 27 February 1931 · page 3

Last Monday morning a motor lorry, driven by Mr. Mitchell, junr., was coming towards Lansdowne wharf with cream. When three miles out, passing…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Echo of Collision. Appeal Against Conviction

Macleay Argus · Friday 13 March 1931 · page 3

At the Kempsey Court of Quarter Sessions this week, before Judge Mocatta, John Joseph Alexander Watson…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Serious Accident

Macleay Argus · Friday 13 March 1931 · page 4

Leo Mainey, aged five years, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Mainey, of Turner's Flat, fell off a lorry on the farm yesterday afternoon, and sustained a…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Stratford Shooting Accident

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 17 March 1931 · page 2

I regret to have to report a Serious shooting accident, which be[?] Master A. Gresham, son of Mr. an Mrs. E. A. Gresham, of Stratford, on…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Fatality at Failford Man Drowned in Canoe

The Northern Champion · Saturday 21 March 1931 · page 4

On Wednesday morning much consternation and anxiety were occasioned when it became known that Mr. Gavin George Spooner, 24 years of age, was missing…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Failford Drowning

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Tuesday 24 March 1931 · page 4

On Tuesday afternoon last a young man named Gavin George Spooner, aged 24 on the 19th July last, and son of Mr. and Mrs. James Spooner,…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Painful Accident

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 25 March 1931 · page 4

Thursday morning last at Port Macquarie, Mr. McLaren, the well-known: oysterman, was on Mr. Reckless's launch coming into the wharf there;…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

A "News" Accident

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 27 March 1931 · page 5

Apropos of a par in a recent issue of the "Daily Examiner," Grafton, regarding the dropping of a forme in the office of the "Wellington Times," just…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Train Accident. "Royal Scot" Crashes

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 27 March 1931 · page 6

On Sunday last, the "Royal Scot," one of the fastest trains in the world, was reduced to a heap of twisted metal and matchwood, from which…

Continued on Trove, page 6 →

Accident

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 28 March 1931 · page 4

When returning from work on his oyster leases on Thursday of last week with Mr. R. W. Reckless, Mr. H. D. McLaren had the misfortune…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Fatal Accident

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 8 April 1931 · page 4

Alfred Woodhouse, 43, a member of the crew of the s.s. Nambucca, was fatally injured whilst the vessel was being loaded with timber at Coffs…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Two Boys Drowned

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 10 April 1931 · page 4

While two boys struggled frantically for life in the water at Byron Bay, on Tuesday afternoon, many people in the crowd on the beach…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

News of the Day Cars in Collision

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 10 April 1931 · page 2

Between 6.30 and 7 o'clock last evening two cars came into collision between the Homestead and Jack's Lane turn-off on the Stroud Road…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Remarkable Invention. Will Decrease Number of Railway Accidents

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 10 April 1931 · page 3

An engine that whistles when the signals are at danger, and that stops of its own accord if the driver does not stop it, is being tried by the…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Another Fatality

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 15 April 1931 · page 6

Pursuant on notice Cr. Gowing moved that the question of dispensing with the services of Miss Edser, on the grounds of economy, be dealt with…

Continued on Trove, page 6 →

Painful Accident

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 17 April 1931 · page 4

The many friends of Mr. William Davis were very sorry to learn that he had met with a bad mishap. About 9 o'clock last Saturday morning, at…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Car Accident at Stewart's River

Macleay Argus · Friday 17 April 1931 · page 2

On Tuesday morning an accident befel Miss Schradt, a blind lady who has been visiting the Manning district in connection with a home for…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Late Wires. Sydney, Tuesday. Serious Accident

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Tuesday 21 April 1931 · page 3

Hongkong: A serious accident occurred on the railway line, fifteen miles from here. Following rains, a bridge collapsed, and an engine and four…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Railway Accident Near Hongkong

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 22 April 1931 · page 2

Hongkong: A serious accident occurred to-day on a railway line fifteen miles from here. Following rains a bridge collapsed and an engine and four…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Drowning Fatality Boy Drowned at Inver-gordon

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 28 April 1931 · page 2

Word was received in town yesterday morning that a boy named Freeman, aged about, 7 years, had fallen into the Gloucester River above…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →