Baby Drowned in Dam Was Missed by Mother
A finding of accidental death from drowning was recorded by the deputy coroner (Mr. P. Wheeler) after an inquest into the death of William Sperry…
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Voitre’s Death Accidental Fatal Race Smash Melbourne
When Pilot, ridden by C. [?] touched the heels of Carra Rice in the Budgeree. Handicap at Moonee Valley on…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Boy, Aged 14, Drowned Melbourne
Norman Cooper, aged 14. factory hand, of Sampbell street, Collingwood. was drowned in the Yarra river at Clifton Hill this afternoon. Cooper was…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Five Injured. Two Seriously, in Car Crash Sydney
The driver, C. S. Farrell, of Corydon Park, and four women were injured when a car, travelling to Sydney, collided with a telephone pole this…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Drowned in Dam Two Boys Lose Lives Tragedy Near Parramatta Sydney
Two boys, Robert Allan Webb, [?] of Wentworthville, and Richard James Tangye, 8, of North Rocks, were drowned to-day when they fell into a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Motorist Gaoled for Six Months Failed to Stop After an Accident Wellington (N.z.)
Lachlan Grant was yesterday sentenced to six months’ gaol at Canterbury police court and disqualified from holding a motor driver’s licence…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Lady Rider Injured
At the Donald (Vic) Show on Wednesday the Hay equestrienne, Miss Kitty Cotington, had the misfortune to receive a broken collarbone and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Catholic Sister Drowned. Brisbane
bister Marietta (22), of the Sacred Heart Convent, Thursday Island, was drowned on Sunday night when a dinghy sank in 12 feet of water…
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The body of a middle-aged woman, clad only in night-clothes, was recovered to-day from Narrabeen Lakes. She had been dead only about half an…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Accident at School Sports
The seven-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Meyers, Warmatta, near Savernake, while at a school sports meeting on Saturday, just walked on to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Road Safety Accident Reduction Education Yields Results
For the first time since road accident statistics have been kept there has been a decrease in the figures during the first two, and possibly three,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Road Safety. Accident REDUCTION.(By Lt.-Col. H. A. Ycuden, D.S [?] V.D., Secretary, Road safety Council of New South Wales.)
For the first time since road accident [?] have been kept there has been a decrease in the [?] during the first two, and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Ambulance Officers and Injured Man Allegations at Inquest Sydney
An allegation that ambulance officers had refused to take a man to hospital because he would not give his consent was made in the Coroner’s Court…
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For the first time since road accident statistics have been kept there has been a decrease in the figures during the first two, and…
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A jury of seven returned a finding of accidental death when they inquired into the death of Arthur John Ernest Smith, 48, laborer of Miler…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Level-crossing Fatality Sydney
Mrs. Annie Jane Filby, of Cooper street, Cessnock, to-day was awarded £1500 damages against South Maitland Railways Pty. Ltd. by a jury in…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Injured When Horse Falls
Mr. Dave Anderson, of Womboota, sustained injuries to the ligaments of his leg when a horse he was riding slipped and fell on the Murray Bridge…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Swimmers Injured Struck Submerged Canoe
Severe facial abrasions were sustained by Mr. Leo Ridge, well-known swimmer, when he-struck an old canoe which was imbedded…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Remarkable Accident. Twelve Men Buried Under Fall of Earth. SYDNEY, Friday noon
Twelve men were buried beneath three tons of timber in Birriga Road, Bellevue Hill, to-day, when about 100 tons of earth collapsed above…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Road Safety Accident Reduction
For the first time since road accident, statistics have been kept there has been a decrease in the figures during the first two, and possibly three months…
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