Sad Fatality
There was a tragic happening at Tocumwal on Saturday afternoon, when. Mr Fred W, Beasley lost his life through electrocation. He was…
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Crops in Danger of Drowning PRETORIA
The Department of Agriculture has announced that South Africa’s maize and tobacco crops, which were saved after a critical drought by four weeks…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Six Injured in Train Smash SYDNEY
In a tram smash at Surry Hills this morning six people were injured and there were some remarkable escapes…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Woman Struck by Car Fatal Accident at Tallangatta
In Tallangatta yesterday police took possession of an armored motor vehicle thought to have caused the death of a woman in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Railway Worker Injured
Dudley Parfitt, aged 20, railway worker, of 492 Guinea street, sustained a probable fracture to his foot last night when a truck door fell on his foot. He…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Vehicles Collide; None Injured
No one was injured and little dam age was done to two vehicles which collided at the intersection of Swift and Macauley streets about 6.30 last…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Two Drowned in River at Narandera
Swimming in the Murrumbidgee River, near Narandera, on Sunday, John Grieves, eight, son of Mr. and Mrs. E. Grieves, was seen to be in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mailman's Car Overturns Accident on Argoon Road
A car accident that may have been attended by more serious consequences befel Mr. R. Dawson, mail contractor on the Argoon…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Teller Shot in Bank Accident
David George Kevin, 46, bank teller, was shot through the left wrist and right side at the head office of the Bank of New South…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Men Injured in Car Accident
Two Corowa men, George Lumby and Ernest Craze, are in Rutherglen Bush Nursing Hospital as a result of a car accident on Wednesday night…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Calcutta Rioting Casualties 32 Dead; Nearly 300 Injured LONDON
Casualties in three days of rioting in Calcutta totalled 32 dead and newly 300 injured. Police and troops were forced to open fire twelve…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Unsual Accidents
A gust of wind and a barking dog recently caused unusual accidents in which two men were severely injured in Maitland. The gust of wind blew a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Two Injured in Car Accident
Two Corowa men, George Lumby and Ernest Craze, were admitted to Rutherglen Bush Nursing Hospital as a result of a car accident on…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →JINGELLIO Accident
While .splitting a log Mr Loby [?] met with a painful accident. His [?] became [?] when a wedge flew out. the result being that his finger was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Italian P.O.W. Drowned
An extensive, search yesterday afternoon failed to locate the body of Antonio Propati, 28 year old Italian POW. who was drowned when…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Batsman Fatally Injured PERTH
When struck behind the ear by a fast ball in a cricket match at the University of W.A. yesterday afternoon, Jeffrey Scott Gibbings, 21, of Labouchere road. South…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Car Over Clift Week-end Fatality in Melbourne Melbourne
Getting out of control on Point Nepean road, near Dromana. last night. a motor truck hurtled over a cliff. while the truck was caught in and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Alarming Jump Sydney Daily Accident Rate SYDNEY
Sydney’s daily accident rate Jumped alarmingly on Saturday, when many persons were injured in tram bus, motor car, and motor cycle accidents…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →95 Drowned When River Steamer Sinks LONDON
Ninety-five passengers were drowned today when a river steamer from Hamburg, bound for Cuxhaven, sank in the Elbe Estuary, off Bru[?]…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Boy Seriously Injured in 50 Ft. Fall SYDNEY
Patrick Lane, aged about 5. [?] seriously injured this afternoon [?] he fell about 50 ft. from a window [?] St. Mary’s Cathedral school, city [?]…
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