Two Men Killed Car Strikes Timber Truck Two Others Injured Melbourne
Two men were killed and two others injured when a service cal crashed into a timber truck at the corner of Ballarat road and Rosa…
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Drowning Fatality
Mr Edward Richards an old identity of the town was found drowned in the swimming pool on Friday. It was usually Mr Richards custom…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Tragic Domestic Quarrel Man Dead; Wife Injured Melbourne
A domestic quarrel is believed to have been the cause of the death of William Simpson, about 54, of Scotchmer st., North Melbourne, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Tram and Bus Collide Terrific, Impact in Sydney But Only Four Injured Sydney
Although a crowded bus collided with a tram with such terrific force that the tram was derailed and the bus badly damaged, practically all…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fliers to Report Arrivals Plan to Reduce Air Accidents Viewed Favorably Sydney
A suggestion by an air expert at the Katoomba inquest yesterday that regulations should be provided to compel pilots of private aircraft to report to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fatal Car Accident “Little Short of Criminal” Golfer’s Driving Criticised Melbourne
“I think his recklessness was very little short of criminal, said the City Coroner this morning, describing the driving of Donald Foster Walker, of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Lad Drowned While Surfing Grafton
Walter Stevens, 17, of Warialda, was drowned while surfing at Yamba beach to-day. His employer, Roderick Donaldson with whom the youth was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Poor Crowd at Caulfield. Horse Killed: Jockey Injured Melbourne
Roll On, which fell in the Stanley Steeple, fractured a leg and was destroyed. His rider, L. Meenan, sustained a fractured collar bone…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Accident Near Wagga
Several people were injured when a motor lorry returning from Alfred-town to Wagga overturned at a point on the Tarcutta Road about three miles…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wet Roads Dangerous Accidents m Melbourne Heavy Truck’s Wild Career Melbourne
Wet roads caused many accidents in Melbourne and suburbs to-day. Skidding across Smithfield Road bridge at Flemington, a three-ton meat truck…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Injured by Falling Tree
When felling a tree at “Hillside,” Moama, on Saturday Mr. Ralph Berryman had the misfortune to have his leg caught when it fell. He…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Collision at Sea Freighter Rams Liner New York, February 27
The freighter Lilian, from Puerto Rico, rammed the Lloyd liner Wiegand, 10 miles off the coast of New Jersey. and 70 miles south of New…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Six-year-old Boy Assembles and Loads Gift Accidentally Shoots Brother Sydney
Evidence of how he found a shot gun in a shed, loaded it and then pulled the trigger was given by a six-year-old boy, Joseph Borg, at the City Coroner’s…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →New Year’s Eve Party Accident Takes Four Lives Car Crash on Way Home Sydney
Riding in a motor car early in the morning of January 1, Gregory Smiddy heard a screeching of brakes in Bellevue Hill and looking through the rear…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Test Case to Result From Policeman’s Claim Court to Decide Meaning of “Non-accidental Injury” Melbourne
Arising out of the claim for a special pension made by First-constable Francis Wise, who retired from the force on October 9, 1936, as a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Learn to Swim Too Many Drowning Fatalities
"There are far too many drowning fatalities each summer and all parents would be well advised to see that their children are taught…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Man Drowned While Collecting Drift Timber Sydney
Finding that James Henry Murdoch, of Watson’s Bay, was accidentally drowned while swimming in a basin of Maroubra Speedway in the course of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Commissioner of Police Escapes Drowning Launch in Collision Sydney
When his launch sank after colliding with another craft at Kangaroo Point, Hawkesbury River, last night, the Commissioner of Police (Mr. W. J. Mackay)…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Commissioner of Police Nearly Drowned Launch Hit by Ferry SYDNEY--Thursday
The Commissioner of Police, Mr. Mckay, and two friends had a narrow escape from drowning last night. It appears that they were returning…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fruit Hawker Killed Accident Near Darlington Point
On Sunday morning, about 4.30 o’clock, a party of motorists travelling to Griffith made a gruesome discovery About 11 miles from Griffith they came…
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