Tivoli Theatre Manager Critically Injured Melbourne
Mr. Frank Neil, manager of the Tivoli Theatres in Melbourne and Sydney, suffered critical injuries when knocked to the roadway in Sturt street, South…
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Young Woman Killed Four Others Injured Car Hits Truck Melbourne
A woman mi killed and four other members of a family were injured when the baby tourer car in Which they were travelling collided…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Young Man and Woman Fatally Injured Motor Cycle Collides with Truck Melbourne
Two young people were killed on the Great Ocean road near Apollo Bay on Saturday evening, when the motor cycle they were riding collided…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Man and His Wife Killed in Car Accident Melbourne
In an accident on the Hume Highway near Broadford this afternoon, Lyall Pocock. of High street. Croxton. and his wife were killed…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Four People Wed in Car Accidents Last Night Melbourne
When a motor truck, end a car collided on the Midland highway, near Meredith to-night, two persons were killed. They were…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Youth in Shooting Accident Melbourne
While out shooting near Bacchus March this morning, Eric Bird, aged 17. of Flemington street. Maribyrnong, received a bullet wound in the right…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Racehorse Not Hurt in Collision Sydney
Willie Green and Liege Maid collided and fell at the home turn at Randwick this morning. Willie Green was overtaking the mare, who was travelling…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Two Men Killed Series of City Accidents Taxi-cab Involved in Mix-up Melbourne
John Barnes, aged 38, of Clifton Hill, was killed, and Betty Oliver, aged 16, of Clifton Hill, sustained a fractured base of the skull to-night…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Had Amazing Escapes An Accidental Bombardment Five Houses Destroyed London, January 2
The Belfast correspondent of the “News-Chronicle” states that five houses were damaged and several people had narrow escapes from death during an…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Clergyman Narrowly Escapes Drowning Kiama
Rev. H. R. Jones, of Liverpool, was admitted to hospital to-day suffering from the effects of immersion. Rev. Jones got into difficulties and was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Dangerous Hole at Brewery Bend Narrow Escapes From Drowning
A dangerous hole has appeared in the riverbed this season in what was previously a safe spot at the Brewery Bead beach. Only the timely intervention of other swimmers has saved the lives of at least half a dozen people in the last two weeks…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wharf Laborer Fatally Injured Brisbane
Crushed by a grab shovel against the side of a ship at Pinkenba last night, Maxwell Gronwald, 66, wharf laborer, sustained injuries from which he died…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Eight Months Old Baby Killed in Motor Accident Near Wangaratta Mother, Father and Sister Gravely Injured Had Spent Holiday in Albury Wangaratta
A motor accident, involving the death of an eight months old baby girl, and Injuries to five other persons, occurred on the Hume…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Serious Motor Accident on Henty-culcairn Road Visitors to Victoria
On Sunday, December 24, a party motoring from Junee to Melbourne met with a serious accident on the Henty-Culcairn road when their car…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sacrifices Life for Girl Young Man Drowned “Save Her First” Melbourne
A poor swimmer himself, Howard Gray, aged 39, of Montrose, sacrificed his life al Brighton to-day to save Miss E[?]ebe Puis, of Horsham,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Husband and Wife Die in Car Accident Young
Ernestine Heinrich, of Young, who suffered extensive injuries in a car accident on New Year’s Day, died in hospital to-day. In the same accident…
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Unnoticed by his companions with whom he was swimming, Alan Carson, aged 16, of Concord, was drowned in a pool at Dee Why to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Boy Drowned Another Believed Dead [?] Tragedy Ten Other [?]Cued
One boy lost his [?] other is missing in [?] worst beach tragedies of [?] son at Ocean Grove yesterday [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Had Amazing Escapes When Cars Are Wrecked a Soldier Among the Injured Melbourne
Nine persons, the occupants of two packed motor cars, had remarkable escapes from serious injury when the cars collided,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Albury Owner’s Bad Luck Promising Young Horse Injured Will Not Race for Some Time
Well-known Albury sportsman, Mr. Tom Cunningham, experienced bad luck recently when his Top Hole-Well Shot three-year-old, Robert Mac, hurt…
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