Third Victim of Lorry Accident Dies . GRAFTON
George Johnson. 34, of Lismore. who was injured in a lorry smash at Shark’s Creek on Sunday night, died in hospital at McLean this morning,…
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Man’s Frightful Suicide Lay Down on Railway Line Fatality Near Albury
The deputy Coroner at Albury (Mr D. G. Padman) who yesterday inquired into the death of a man whose body was found on the railway line…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Air Cadets Crash Believed Disobeyed Orders Report on Windsor Fatality MELBOURNE
The opinion that while descending in a power dive the pilot allowed the speed of the aircraft to become excessive, and subjected the structure…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Two Noted Cyclists Killed. Collision with a Car. SYDNEY
Two noted cycling record holders, Harold Downs (28) and John May (25) were killed instantly in an accident at Inverell. Descending a steep…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Drowned Man Had Previously Been Stabbed Sydney
Evidence that Thomas Raymond McGroary, 30. of Ultimo, whose body was found floating in the Harbor on January 18, had been stabbed on December…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Cup Favorite in Collision. Remarkable Performance by Stand By
Probably unique in world turf history was the performance of the South Australian horse, Stand By, in finishing a close second to Backwood in the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Motor Cars in Collision
Cars driven by Messrs. George Morley, of Young st., Albury, and William Anderson, of Burrumbuttock, collided at the corner of Wood and North sts…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Man Fatally Injured Melbourne
When his bicycle collided with a motor car in Heidelberg road, Clifton Hill, early to George Hinshelwood, 40, of Kennett street,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Child Fatally Injured Struck by Car Door Melbourne
Beatrice Ponn. 4½ years, of Princess street. Korumburra, received fatal injuries when she was struck by a car at Korumburra to-night. The child…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Child Drowned in Cask of Water Overbalances and Falls in Newcastle
Harold Runsby, of Warner’s Bay, near Newcastle, was found drowned to-day in a cask of water in the yard of his parent home. Neighbors saw…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Two Accidents at Wagea
Two accidents occurred at Wagga during the week-end and two persons were admitted to hospital. Early on Saturday morning when a car driven…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Shepparton Accident Victim Dies Shepparton
Ronald Knight, 26, of Orr st, Shepparton, the driver of a motor cycle which collided with a transport on Thursday, died ,early to-day in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →'Bus Passengers Injured by Broken Glass. SYDNEY
The overhanging limb of a tree shattered all the windows on the near side of the upper deck of a Cammeray bus last night. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Lad Fatally Injured Struck Down by a Car Coroner Withholds Comment MELBOURNE
Recording a finding of death by misadventure at the inquest to-day on the death of Colin Mills, 11 years, of Swanston st., Carlton, who was fatally…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Non-swimmer Drowned Hen Canoe Capsized Melbourne
At the inquest to-day on the death of Keith Herbert Woodward, 18, brass founder, of Thackery roads Reservoir, who was drowned at Edward’s Lake…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →C[?]p Drowned in Bucket of Milk Wellington (N. Z.)
Left to play in the kitchen alone an 11 months’ old child. Peter Cunningham, was drowned in a bucket of milk. The child was found with,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Man Drowned in Murray
A man named Jones, of Fitzroy, was drowned in the Murray River near Swan Hill early on Tuesday night. He was due to start fruit picking the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Three Believed Dead in Plane Collision Kasachi, Feb. 23
The two pilots and an American, passenger are reported to have been killed when two Indian National Airways planes collided and crashed in the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Injured Man Sent From Hospital Assertion at Inquest Melbourne
Allegations that the Royal Melbourne Hospital had failed to administer proper treatment to a man who was critically injured…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Trains Collide in Scotland One Killed; Many Injured London, February 23
One person was killed and 31 injured in a collision between two trains at Glasgow--one carrying football fans to a match, and the other women…
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