Father of 17 Killed in Road Accident Wellington (N.z.)
The father of 17 children, Matthew Patrick Martin, aged 60 years, of Kaimiro, was found dead in a ditch at Inglewood. Taranaki at the week-end…
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Motor Accident
While returning from Melbourne on Saturday night, a car driven by Mr Charles Hussey, of Deniliquin was struck by another vehicle soon after…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Accident on Echuca Road Hearse Overturns
When returning, from a funeral at Echuca yesterday afternoon, Mr Charles Perrin and his son Bruce had a narrow escap from se[?]ous injury…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Three Members of Family Injured in Car-tram Collision Melbourne
Three members of one family were admitted to Bendigo Base Hospital suffering serious injuries following a collision between a car and a tram in High…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bomb Explosion Injured 54 LONDON
Reuter’s correspondent at Lahoro savs that two police officers, six constables and 46 civilians were injured when a bomb burst in the courtyard…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Worst Floods In Living Memory In Southern Tasmania [?]Amage Estimated at Thousands of Pounds Much Stock Drowned; People Driven From Homes MELBOURNE
Winter hit south-eastern Australia and Tasmania with a vengeance during the [?] 24 hours, while in New Zealand the North Island experienced severe earth tremors Monday, causing heavy damage inside business premises and houses. Damage which cannot at present be estimated, but which Is known already to run into thousands of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Woman Victim of Accident Dead Melbourne
Second victim of an accident on the Ballarat rd., near Deer Park, on Friday, when a car overturned. Marjorie Shephard, aged 30 years, of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Unknown Man Fatally Injured MELBOURNE
An unknown man, fatally injured an accident at Prahran on June 3 [?] buried at Springvale cemetery [?] Police have made exhaustive…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Twenty Drowned When Fishing Vessels Mined RAVENNA
Twenty fishermen were drowned within 24 hours when two fishing vessels struck mines and sank…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Two Lads Drowned in Lake Adelaide
ROY VICTOR McINNES and WILLIAM NOEL PETERS, both aged 16 years, of Millicent, were drowned on Wednesday night on Lake George,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Said Accident Changed Outlook Woman’s Story In Court SYDNEY
In the Supreme Court today a woman claimed that an accident’ had [?] changed her personality that she had grown to hate the sound of her…
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H. A. Reaper, a playing member of the Tungamah Football Club, received a fractured knee in their match yesterday. A Parker, playing for St. James Football…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Lad Believed Drowned Sydney
It is feared that Robert Knox, aged 10 years, of Brighton Le Sands, who has been missing since Friday. has been drowned. The boy went fishing…
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Three men were injured, one seriously, at the week-end when a truck in which they were riding struck the side of Hampton Bridge which spans…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Week-end Accidents Three Killed Two Men-woman Brisbane
Three persons were killed when a sedan car driven by Bernard Thomas, aged 29 years, single, of Toowong, and carrying three passengers,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Ten Drowned When Town Flooded CAMBRIDGE (Nebraska)
A quick flood, caused when the river overflowed after heavy rain, inundated parts of Cambridge at dawn this morning. About 10 people were…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →37 Drowned In Two Sea-River Collisions LONDON
Reuter’s correspondent at Frankfurt states that 30 of 36 passengers aboard a motor ferry were drowned when a tug collided with a ferry on the River Neckar at Mannheim. Two thousand promenaders walking…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Two Drowned in Taxi Plunge Wellington (N.z.)
Joseph Byrne, chief cook on an overseas ship, [?]ad a lucky escape when a taxi containing three persons ran ove[?] the breast-work into Lyttleton…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Little Boy Drowned on Visit to Father Lismore
The body of Phillip Smith, aged 4 years, who had been missing from a barg[?] in the river 18 miles from Lismore was found today by the [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Deniliquin Man Killed in Road Accident Kilmore
When a truck suddenly swerved to avoid a herd of cows on the main road at Pyalong this morning [?] collided with another truck and Walter…
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