River Tragedy Woman Drowned in Effort to Save Child
Mrs. Price, wife of Charles Price, employee of the Yarrawonga Shire council, was drowned in the Murray [?]er at Browning's Bend, about three…
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Young Child Drowned. Attempted Rescue by Dog. PARRAMATTA
The Coroner at the inquiry into the death of Michael Hardy Corbett, aged 2 years and 11 months, whose body was found on the rocks' edge, Lane…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fatal Sulky Accident. In Goulburn District. SYDNEY
Ronald Charles Noakes, aged two, was killed, and his father and grandmother seriously injured when they were thrown from a sulky between…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Holiday Fatalities 17 Killed in Road Accidents
During the Christmas and New Year holidays, 17 persons were killed in road accidents in New South Wales, compared with 22 over the same period last…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Little Holbrook Girl Badly Injured
When she swerved to avoid being run down by a motor car [?] Freeman, I12, Holbrook [?] from her cycle, and the handle [?] of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Constable Falls 30 Feet Critically Injured Melbourne
While cleaning top-storey windows at the headquarters of the Licensing and Gaming Police in Litteo Bourke st., this afternoon, Constable Bettram…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Derailed Engine Holds Up “Spirit of Progress” Accident at Broadmeadows 79 Minutes Lost
A derailed engine at Broadmeadows last evening held up the departure of the “Spirit of Progress” from Melbourne until 7.45 p.m. The train…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →“Mummy Is in the Water”; Pathetic Drowning Fatality Perth
While her two children, aged 4 and 2 years, stood helplessly on the bank, Mrs. Kathleen Lily Kenning, aged 20 years, was…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Boy, Aged 14, Drowned Canoe Overturns Sydney
When a canoe overturned in Botany Bay to-day, a 14-year-old lad, Reginald Marshall, was drowned. Marshall, in attempting to retrieve…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fall From Window Injured Policeman Dies. Melbourne
Admitted to hospital yesterday with his skill fractures end both legs broken. Constable Bertram Clifford Robinson, 28, died early to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Rescues’ From Drowning
Two sisters, Misses V. and N. Tait of Harfleur street, Deniliquin, got into difficulties while bathing in the Edward River at the spot known as, The Logs on…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Cyclist Injured
Mr. J. E. Gold, aged 65 years, of "Inglewood," Tarcutta road, Wagga, sustained extensive injuries necessitating his admission to the Wagga Base…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Holbrook Girl Injured
When she swerved to avoid being run down by a motor car, Willa Freeman, 12, of Holbrook, fell from her cycle, and the handle bars of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Young Man Drowned Melbourne
Eric Richard Scott, 27, of Reservoir, was drowned in Reservoir creek this afternoon. Attempts were made to rescue him without avail…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Swimmer Drowned at Tuggerah Lakes SYDNEY--Thursday
The body of Leonard Orr, aged 19 a single man, who was missed at Tuggerah Lakes yesterday afternoon, was discovered this morning. When…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Griffith Fatality Albury Woman Killed Cab Overturned on Road
Mrs. Winifred Hill, wife of Mr. C. W. Hill, of Thurgoona-street, Albury, was killed instantly on Sunday afternoon about 4 o'clock, when she was…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Worker Drowned at Bright. Wife and Child Witness. SYDNEY
Charles Waddingham, sustenance worker, was drowned in a brewery pool in the Ovens River, at Bright, last night. He went in for a swim…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Three Injured in Car Crash Desperate Struggle for Help
With a gaping wound in his throat, "Bob" Wynell sprang from a car after it had crashed into, a tree in the main street in Yanco, and ran…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Sequel to a Collision Between Two Cars Wodonga Resident Fined Case Heard Yesterday
A sequel to a collision between two motor oars, one driven by an Albury resident, and tho other by a man from Wodonga, was a…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Disaster in Pacific. Air Clipper Lost. The U.S.A. Flying Boat "Samoa" Destroyed. All Hands Drowned. San Francisco
The Pan-American Airways "Samoan Clipper,, disappeared to-day after leaving Pago Pago, and it is feared she has been lost…
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