Shocking Motor Fatality Sister Huf Killed Bank Officer Seriously Injured
Like others throughout a wide 'district, the many friends in Henty of Sister Rits Huf, were shocked when the views of her death in a…
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Floods in Queensland Three Persons Drowned Farms Destroyed: £1,000,000 to Sugar Crop
A message brom Brisbane States that John Allea, his sen aged and years and his daughter aged 8 years, were drowned on Wednesday in a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Accident with Gun
Mr. Tom Clifton, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. Clifton, of "Lyndon," Lowesdale, was the victim of an accident on Monday last. While shooting…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Accident at Balldale
Whilst carting lucerne to feed cows on his father's property, Alex Lumby, only son of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Lumby, "Glenmore," Balldale; fell off the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Militiaman Killed 23 Others Are Injured. Truck Overturns. Newcastle
A militiaman was killed and 23 others were injured, two critically, this afternoon when a military truck skided and overturned or Keinbah,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Three Men Drowned Washed Off Rocks on Coast Two Brothers Among Dead No Trace of the Bodies SYDNEY
Three members of a fishing party were drowned between Wattamolla and Carrie Beach to-day. when they were washed off the rocks by a huge wave. A fourth man, James Lamb, aged 22, of Oatley, was washed back on to the jagged rocks in an unconscious state…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Four Persons Killed in Hour Rain Causes Accidents Child Among the Dead Melbourne
In just over an hour yesterday evening, four persons. Including an Infant a Red 2 £ears, were killed in road accidents in the metropolitan…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Military Truck Overturns One Killed; 23 Injured
A militiaman was killed and 23 others were injured, two critically, on Sunday afternoon, when a military truck-skidded and overturned at…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Corowa Woman Killed Husband Seriously injured Mr. and Mrs. A. PARKIN
Mrs. Alfred Parkin, aged about 50, of Corowa, was killed instantly yesterday morning when a car [?] which she was travelling skidded and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Car Smash Near Leeton Mrs. Alf. Parkin Killed Mr. Parkin Seriously Injured
The news which reached Corowa yesterday afternoon of a car smash near Leeton, which resulted the death of Mr[?]. Alf. Parkin,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fatal Accident at Yanco
Mrs. Parkin, a well-known Corowa resident, was killed yesterday, when the car in which she and her husband were returning to Corowa from…
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Gunner Leslie J. Hodge was killed and 25 other soldiers injured when an army truck overturned near the camp at Greta…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Australian Killed in Black- Out Accident London, April 15
An Australian, Flight-Sergeant Sidney Oliver, of the R.A.A.F. Sunderland squadron, has died from a fractured skull, received in an accident…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Jury’s Sympathy with Injured Man Damages Claim for £100 FAlLS SYDNEY
Although it found for defendant company, a jury in the District Court to-day expressed a wish that something might be done to recompense…
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Most unusual accident of the month is that of injuries caused to a woman through a cauliflower falling from a truck and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Boy Drowned; Boat Capsizes Melbourne
A boy aged 15 years was drowned in the Meribyrnong river this afternoon when a home-made boat collapsed about 15 feet from the bank. The…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Baby Killed in Head-on Collision Melbourne
Tossed from his mother’s arms on to the roadway when the motor truck in which they were riding was involved in a head-on collision with a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Peculiar Street Accident Sydney
A quality of lead shot falling on top of a car as it was passing along Market st., City. this afternoon pierced the canvas hood in several places. The car…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →John Bromwich. Hurt in Car Accident Brisbane
John Bromwich sustained slight concussion and an injured knee in a car accident at Killarney. He will be unable to play tennis for three weeks. At…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →These Cause Accidents (Issued by the Road Safety Council)
Most unusual accident of the month is that of injuries caused to a woman through a cauliflower falling from a truck and smashing the windscreen of…
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