Woman Fatally Injured by Train Perth
Struck by a shunting train at Midland Junction, Mrs. Smith, an aged woman, was shockingly injured and died before she reached hospital…
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Holiday Accidents Three Men Killed When Lorry Overturns Two Brothers Are Victims Two Others Injured Bathurbt
When a motor lorry overturned near Yetholme early this morning two men were killed and a third man was fatally injured…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Young Man Killed in City Smash Woman Passenger Injured Sydney
A Lithgow resident, Eric Penno, 27, was killed instantly and a passenger. Miss Enid Macauley, also of Lithgow, was injured when a motor car struck…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A Chance Mount Which Brought Death Jockey C. Badger Dead Was Injured at Geelong MELBOURNE, Friday
Clarence Badger, 27, of Adelaide, one of the three jockeys injured in a race smash at Geelong on Wednesday, died in the Geelong Hospital on…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Train Accident Victim Dead Adelaide
William John Mitchell, of Davington whose leg was severed when ho fell between a train and the platform at Ethelton, died in the Adelaide…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Drowned During Height of Storm Fatality at Wagga Companion’s Brave Rescue Attempt
Henry Jackson, aged 68, was drowned in the Murrumbidgee river on Saturday night in the height of the storm which raged…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Car Somersaults After Collision Passengers Were Fortunate
Fortunate escapes from serious injury were experienced by passengers in a car driven by Mr. Fred H. Morris, of Rutherglen, when it…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Young Man Killed in Road Collision Sydney
In a collision between a motor car and two cyclists in Liverpool road, Lansdown, last night, William H. R. [?]wkett, 23, of Leichhard, was killed…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Five Believed Drowned One Body is Recovered a Tragic Fishing Trip Craft in Which Men Set Out Found SYDNEY
One man was drowned and four others are believed to have suffered a similar fate in a boating tragedy at Port Kembla last night The body of one man was recovered to-day, but four others have not yet been located…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Car’s Plunge Into Creek Euroa Undertaker Drowned Accident Near Wangaratta Wangaratta
Shortly after nine o’clock yesterday morning a car driven by George Diggle, of Euron, skidded on the rond [?] the [?]mile…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fatal Car Collision. Elderly Man Killed. SYDNEY
Francis Darcy (72) was fatally injured when two cars collided near Catherine Hill Bay, Newcastle district Two others, Joseph Amos…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Drowned in the Lachlan An Elderly Fisherman. FORBES
Joseph Leslie Seddon (65) was drowned in the Lachlan River, while fishing. A strong current carried him down to a submerged snag…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Car and Horse Float in Collision Occupants Escape Injury Impact at Albury Street Corner
A motor mishap, which may have been attended with more serious results, occurred at 1.40 p.m. yesterday, between a large…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Boy Badly Injured When Hand Grenade Explodes Reli[?] of the Last War Auckland
Allen Proffitt, 14, was badly injured at Hastings when a German hand grenade, kept as a war relic, exploded. The boy’s left hand was shattered and he…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Man Accidentally Shot Dead. By a Five-Year-Old Boy. SYDNEY
Joseph Cheyne Hunter (24) was fatally wounded at, Crookwell by a charge of shot, accidentally fired by a five-year-old boy, when Hunter was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Truck Over Bank One Killed; Woman Injured Mt. Gambier
When a truck driven by his wife capsized over an embankment at North Terrace East last night, Herbert Harper, 42, of Mt. Gambier, was killed,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Speed Limit Described As a “Menace” Ambulance Chief’s Comments More Accidents This Year Sydney
The Traffic Superintendent (Mr. Hooper) said to-day that motorists who exceeded a speed of 30 miles per hour while…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Death From Accident Injuries Melbourne
Injuries he received when he was knocked down by a motor car in Murray road, West Preston, last night, today caused the death of David Hare,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →30 Miles Per Hour Speed Limit Condemned No Reduction in Accidents” Sydney
The 30 miles an hour speed limit was attacked to-day by the secretary of the Royal Automobile club (Mr Clivo Hodgius). He said it was the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Racing Motorist Killed Accident Near Wagga Found Dead by His Wife SYDNEY
Mr. George C. Martin, an Englishman, who was the Melbourne representative of the Cunard-White Star Line, was found dead in his wrecked…
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