Accident Victim Identified
The Kempsey police have ascertained that the young man who met his death on Monday morning of last week on the railway some six…
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Cow Killed by Flying Cork. Astonishing Accident at Yarrahapinni
Yesterday in Ben Bowneck's property, Yarrahapinni, a cork flew across a field at tremendous speed, hitting Ben's freezin' cow,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Shooting Fatality
A shooting fatality occurred Minimbah on Tuesday. It appears that a school boy, Lawrence Shelton, aged 11, who for the last two years…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Lives Blighted by Accidents
Through road accidents in this State since December 1st last six children have been orphaned and from once happy homes they are now…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Farmer Injured. Skull Fractured by Hay Press Handle
John Sullivan, 47, a farmer, was pressing hay on his property at Louth Park, near West Maitland, on Saturday afternoon, when a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Minimbah Shooting Fatality Coroner's Inquiry
On Monday last, at the Nabiae Court House, Mr. Hubert C. Flett, Coroner, held an inquiry into the circumstances of the death of the lad, Laurence John…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Minimba[?] Shooting Fatality. Coroner's Inquiry
On Monday last, at the Nab[?] Court House, Mr. Hubert C. Fiett, Coroner, held an inquiry into the circumstances of the death of the lad…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Sorrow of Road Accidents
In the accidents that have occurred on the roads of New South Wales in the last 14 days the following tragedies are recorded.—…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Minimbah Shooting Fatality. Coroner's Inquiry
On Monday week, at the Nabiac Court House. Mr. Hubert C. Flett, Coroner, held an inquiry into the circumstances of the death of the lad…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Lad Fatally Injured. Tragedy at Clybucca
Late on Friday afternoon last a tragedy occurred on the Clybucca Road some 10 miles below Kempsey, as a result of which a lad named…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Discovered by Accident
Pasteur picked up the wrong test tube -- and thus discovered the effects of vaccination. His mistake has saved innumerable lives…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Road Fatality. John Henry Archibald
Friday night last, whilst waiting for a bus to bring him to Kempsey, a lad named John Henry Archibald was struck by a car and so seriously…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Sorrow of Road Accidents
In the accidents that have occurred on the roads of New South Wales in the last 14 days the following tragedies are recorded:—…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Car Fatality. Sydney
John Pashley, 42, a Water Board employee, living at Warragamba, was killed instantly to-day when he leapt from a car as it ran off the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Local and General. Lad Injured on Head
On Tuesday last Lloyd Hogan, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. Hogan, of South Kempsey, received a severe lacerated wound to the back on the head as a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Lives Blighted by Accidents
Through road accidents in this State since December 1 last six children have been orphaned and from once happy homes they are now…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Pea-rifle Accident. Sydney
Peter Boyd, aged 4, of Dulwich Hill, was accidentally shot dead today while he and another boy were playing with a pea-rifle at Boyd's…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Sorrow of Road Accidents
In the accidents that have occurred on the roads of New South Wales in the last 14 days the following tragedies are recorded:—…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Amazing Accident
Untidiness is no virtue—and never will be. We may still teach our children to pack away their toys when they have finished playing with them,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Discovered By Accident
Pasteur picked up the wrong test tube—and thus discovered the effects of vaccination. His mistake has saved innumerable lives…
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