Making Money—by Accident
The history of science is full of accidental discoveries, and a new chemical cleaner, displayed at the Chemists' Exhibition in London, shows that…
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Traveller's Accident. Car Backs Down Mountain. BRAIDWOOD
When he attempted to change gear on a steep hill, near Major's Creek, a car driven by Robert Staines, traveller, of Northbridge, ran backwards…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Station Fatality
The taking of evidence at the inquiry into the death of Bernard John Thomas Kennedy, who was killed at the Junee Railway Station on 30th…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Drowned in Creek Death of Mr. T. F. Hogan
MR. THOMAS FRANCIS HOGAN, of Barham, the youngest son of Mrs. Hogan and the late Mr. T. F. Hogan, in Fitzroy street, Kerang, met his death…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sleeper Cutter Injured Piece of Steel Enters Man's Eye
Whilst cutting sleepers Mr. Tom Duggan, of Mathoura, sustained a painful injury to one of his eyes when a place of steel flew from a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Burning Fatality
At an inquiry into the death of Lester Adrian Morgan a three year old half castle aborigine at Cummeragunga Mission Station the coroner Mr. A. E…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Victorian Road Accident. Doctor and Daughter Injured. CANBERRA
Dr. R. J. Tillyard, formerly Government entomologist at Canberra, and his daughter were badly injured yesterday, when a car driven by Miss…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →N.s.w. Minister Injured
Two Ministers, of the State Cabinet are in bandages. The Minister for Works and Local Government ( Mr. Spooner) whose power touches on the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Thrown From Sulky Man Injured at Conargo Horse Plunges Into Creek
Thrown from his sulky when the horse bolted yesterday at Conargo, James Gordon, 50 years, laborer, sustained injuries…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Doctor's Death a Natural Calamity Motor Accident Near Goulburn Goulburn
At an inquest concerning the death of Dr. R. J. Tiliyard, Miss Gwenda Cornforth, of Mosman, said she though the car in which Tiliyard…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Woman Drowned in Dam
The body of Mrs. Ellen Foots [?] was yesterday found in a dam at her residence at Temora. When her husband left home in the morning she…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Man Injured at Conargo Horse Rescued From Creek
James Gordon, 50 years, laborer, sustained injuries necessitating his admission to the Deniliquin Hospital, as a result of being thrown from a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Sad Double Fatality. Sydney, Monday Night
Dorothy Harpley (11), and her sister, Patricia, were drowned while swimming in the river at Burrowa, on Saturday. Their bodies, clasped…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Man Drowned While Rescuing Niece. MELBOURNE
Robert Timothy Shephardson was endeavouring to rescue, his niece, Moira McKenzie (12), in a waterhole at Leongatha, when she placed both…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Drowned in Murray Disappears in Deep Hole
Thomas Joseph Cahill, about 25 years, truck driver, was drowned about noon on Sunday at Swan Hill in a deep hole in the river Murray…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Baby Drowned Parents in Accident
A dual misfortune befell Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Telfer, when Ronald, their baby son, was found drowned with his head in a shallow pool of water at…
Continued on Trove, page 38 →Girl Drowned in Baths
An 18-year-old girl, Daisy Kathleen Woods, of Alexandria, was drowned in the baths at Brighton-le-Sands. With two girl friends she entered the water…
Continued on Trove, page 38 →Boy Drowned Entered Water After Meal
If the boy had not had a big meal shortly before he entered the water his life might have been saved ;" said the deputy coroner at Wagga at the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Test Players Injured Melbourne
Two Victorian members of the fourth Test team, Rigg and Fleetwood-Smith, are suffering from hand injuries, and Rigg is unlikely to play…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Three Men Drowned River Tragedy at Wingham
The worst drowning tragedy in the history of the Wingham district occurred on Monday when three men lost their lives in the Manning River,…
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