Rifle Accident Overseer Injured
Late on. Monday evening last week at Mr. Frank G. Gormly’s home, Narringa, Hay, where he is employed as overseer, his 15-year-old-daughter picked up a…
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Cars Damaged in Albury Street Accident ; Drivers Lucky
Both drivers escaped injury when these cars collided at the intersection of Townsend and Hume streets, Albury, yesterday afternoon The car on the left was driven by Mr. Bernard Alfred Pengilly, of Jeparit (Vic.), at present staying at Culcairn, and the other by Rev. Father Arthur Percy, parish priest at Holbrook. The front of Fr. Percy’s car was badly damaged…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wrestler Fatally Injured in Bout Wellington (N.z.)
A verdict of accidental detail [?] returned to-day at the inquest into the death of Herbert Franklin, 24, wrestler who died from a fractured skull…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →120 Miners Killed in Accidents in 9 Years Figures Submitted to Commission Sydney
Between 1928-37, inclusive, 120 persons lost their lives in coal mines accidents in N.S.W. Non-fatal accidents totalled 601. These figures were…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Magpie Causes Accident Boy Injured in Collision with Culvert
As the re ult of his bicycle crashing into a culvert on the Walliston road yesterday, when the rider lost control owing to an attack on him by a magpie,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Tragic Motor Fatality Cootamundra Man Drowned Car Plunges Into Middle Harbor
Crashing through the railing of The Spit bridge, on the evening of September 15, a car dived into the harbor, drowning the driver, James Simos, a…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Goulburn Grazier Injured
Thrown from a horse on his property, Mr. E. G. Lamb, a well-known Goulburn grazier, was badly injured and had to lie in heavy rain for…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Injured on Bush Track
James Calder, a Boer War veteran, was cycling home along a rough, bush track near Wagga, when he fell and fractured a leg, suffering intense…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Another Motor Fatality Former Narandera Resident
A former resident of Narandera and Leeton, and a son-in-law of Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Hunt, of Narandera, Mr. Ronald Jarvis, of Sydney, was killed…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Railway Fatality Fireman Killed at Bright
William Warren, 35, fireman, was killed at Bright (Vic), when coupling the engine to the train for Wangaratta. His head was crushed between the…
Continued on Trove, page 47 →Thrown From Horse Grazier Severely Injured
Severe internal injuries were sustained by Mr. Thos. Holloway, well-known grazier, of “Haconby,” Conargo road, on Wednesday…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Jumped From Moving Car Man's Tragic Death Feared Collision with Train
Residents of Grong Grong and Matong, as well as other friends of Mr. Harry Schultze, of Pamandi, were shocked to learn of his death, which…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Road Safety Campaign Responsibility for Accidents Pedestrians' Record
From statistics available for the last quarter of the financial year there has been no reduction in the casualty accidents attributable to the faults of…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Strange Burning Accident
While Alf. Smith, 45 years, of Korumburra, was rubbing his right leg with methylated spirits the electric light went out. Mr. Smith struck a…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Motor Cycle Collision; Youth Killed Kalgoorlie
When a motor cycle on which they were riding crashed into the rear of a green grocer’s cart, on the Beria-Laverton road late last night, Colin…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Steamer Beached in Sydney Harbor After Collision Sydney
The steamers Sydney Star and M[?] collided in Sydney Harbor late to-night. The former, which was badly holed, w.is benched…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Road Fatal Accidents Show a Drop Sydney
Eulogising the work of the Road Safety Council, the Minister for Transport (Mr. Bruxner) said at the annual meeting this afternoon that the latest…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Three Men Nearly Drowned Brisbane
Three men had a narrow escape from drowning when a small motor [?] capsized in rough water about 500 yards from Green Island yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Victim of Hit-and-run? Max Seriously Injured Melbourne
Believed to have been the victim of a hit-and-run motorist, Charles Simmons, 30, of Graham St., Port Melbourne, was found unconscious on the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Week-end Accidents Aged Pedestrian Killed 'Three With Fractured Skulls MELBOURNE
John Costello, 00, of Johnston street, Collingwood, died shortly after admission to St. Vincent’s Hospital early today from injures sustained when he…
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