Items of News Collision at Dean Street Intersection
With a crash that brought the inmates of offices and shops hurriedly to their doors, two cars collided at the intersection of Dean and Olive [?]…
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Tragedy at Leeton Young Man Drowned in Channel
A young man, whose name the police believe to be William Lawrence, of Brunswick, Melbourne, was drowned on Tuesday while swimming in an…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Corowa Resident Drowned in Yarrowonga Weir Inquest Held Yesterday
At about midday on Wednesday last the body of Edward J. Knight aged 58, a well-known resident of Corowa, was taken from the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Tandem Cyclists Injured Attempt on Record Abandoned
Ossie Nicholson and Roy Moore, who set out from Sydney on Monday in an attempt to establish a new tandem cycling record from Sydney to…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Young Girl Drowned Fatality at Chelsea Elderly Married Woman Collapses and Dies Melbourne
The body of Nesta Denney, aged 19, of Bokhara road, Caulfield, was taken from the sea at Chelsea today…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Australian Sailor Drowned at Lisbon Lisborn, Feb. 4
The body of on Australian sailor, Walter Edwards, aged 50, who was drowned while boarding the steamer Shuna on January 21, has been…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →2nd A.I.F. Man Injured Melbourne
Struck by a motor car in [?] street, city, yesterday evening, [?] Syle, aged 34, of the 2nd [?] suffered lacerations to the head…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Helped to Save 139 Convicts From Being Drowned Sydney
Bravery exhibited by Inspector S. W. R. Marsden. of the Straits Settlements Police, in saving 139 Chinese convicts aboard the steamer Sirdhana…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Weekend Accidents a Big List SYDNEY
One man, Geo. Miller, of Hurstville, was killed, and 11 persons were injured in Sydney during the weekend in accidents…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Man Drowned in Yarra Melbourne
AI the inquest to-day on Horace Henry Stephens, aged 21, of St. Albans, whose body was found floating in the Yarra near Queen’s Bridge on…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Double Road Fatality at Kilmore Melbourne
At the inquest to-day on Ethel May Evans, aged 58. of East Malvern, and Charles George Sullivan, aged 07, of South Crescent, Westgarth, who were…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Railway Worker Fatally Injured Cowra
Run over by a truck during shunting operations, Frederick Moore, aged 30, railway worker, died in hospital today. His injuries included a severed…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Youth Drowned Townships Isolated by Floods Heavy Rain in Queensland Brisbane
Following the heavy rains ever the part or the State, the townships of Millmerran and Somerset Dam still isolated to-day, while the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Canadian Governor Injured Ottawa. February 6
Lord Tweedsmuir, Governor-General of Canada, fell while dressing, striking the back of his head. He either tripped on an object on the floor or slipped…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Country Accidents. (Issued by the Road Safety Council of New South Wales)
It is the considered opinion of experts in a position to judge that the mileage travelled by the 328,000 motor vehicles in the State is…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Drowning Fatality Near Echuca
A tragic drowning fatality occurred in the Gunbower Creek, at about 11 a.m. on Wednesday morning. The victim was Bernard…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Albury Motorist In a Collision
Two cars were badly damaged yesterday afternoon when they were involved in a collision. The occupants of neither were hurt. One of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Australia’s Original “Dave” Injured in Making Picture of “Dad Rudd, Mp.” Sydney
The first mishap in the shooting by Cin[?]found of fire scenes in “Dad Rudd, M.P.” occurred to-day at Camden, when George Kenyon, special effects…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Wodonga Grazier Injured
When a car he was driving from Albury to Wodonga struck a guide post just over the Union Bridge on Saturday night, Mr. Aubrey Richardson, a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Youth Badly Injured; Fell From Express Melbourne
Becoming dizzy through illness, Harold old Mitchell, aged 19, of Bewdley st.. Ormond fell from an express electric train near Hawksburn station to-day…
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