Shunter’s Foot Amputated Accident At Wodonga
Douglas G[?]stray, 26-year-old shunter, employed by the Victorian Railways, had his right foot to badly injured when the wheel of an engine…
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Six Japanese Killed in Train Collision Tokio
At least six Japanese were killed and 99 were injured when a goods train collided with a crowded combined [?] train in a [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Crack Express Derailed; 100 Passengers Injured CHICAGO
A tractor which fell outo its track from another train tonight caused the derailment of the crack Minneapolis-Chicago passenger train at Downer’s…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Drowned in Foot of Water Newcastle
An elderly man was drowned in a foot of water near Nelson’s Bay on Saturday. He was Ralph Sidebottom, aged 78, pensioner, of King street…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Trick Cyclist Badly Injured Sydney
Serious injuries were received by a cyclist in the “whirl of death” sideshow. He is Vic Du Barry, aged 33, whose…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Beetle Caused Accident Lavington Lad With Bullet In Shoulder
While out shooting rabbits at Lavington yesterday afternoon, Hayden Spalding, aged 15, flicked a beetle off the trigger of his 22 calibre rifle…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Father Collapses When Taken to Accident Scene WOLLONGONG
Lance McNamar[?] aged 24, shunter, received severe internal injuries today when he was stack by a passenger [?] and h[?]ed against a pile of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Visitor Dies Suddenly Mathoura Fatality
The death took place at âLeafmore,â Mathoura on Thursday April 3, of Mr. James Alexander (Scott) Mckie. aged 59 years…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Girl Drowned in Baths MELBOURNE
Joyce Middleton, aged 15, of Melville road, Pascoe Vale, was found dead in Brunswick baths late this afternoon. The girl was with a…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →“Accident Due to Misjudgment of Driver” SYDNEY
Inquiry into a bus accident of Balgowlah on March 10 when 73 persons were injured revealed that the accident was due to misjudgment by…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Doctor’s Car Accidentally Kills Own Little Son
Clive Egerton Beaumont, 17 months’ old son of Dr and Mrs C. E. Beaumont of Myrtleford, died in Wangaratta hospital on Wednesday night from head injuries received during the afternoon. Dr Beaumont was backing his car…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Boxers Injured When Coach Crashes LITHGOW
Ten persons, including some Lithgow boxers and their supporters, received minor Injuries when returning from Sydney in a parlor coach this morning. The coach…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Motoring Accident Truck Overturns
A motoring accident occurred on the Urana Road some ten miles from Jerilderie on Friday afternoon last as a result of which the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Chinese Ship Arrested Sequel To Harbor Collision BRISBANE
The Chinese steamer, Tung Hwa, 815 tons, was arrested in Gladstone Harbor today. An official warrant was fastened to the [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Man Fatally Injured During Brawl SYDNEY
A man died in Sydney Hospital this morning from injuries received in a brawl at the Port Jackson Hotel, Sydney, yesterday afternoon. He was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Hit by Bottle; Girl Fatally Injured Was Playing Beside Railway Line MELBOURNE
A 13-year-old girl, who was struck on the head by a bottle thrown from a train last Friday, died in the Children’s Hospital this afternoon…
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Hit by Track in Dean [?] Mr Edmund . Goodwin, aged years, of 434 Macaulay st., is in Albury Distrifct Hospital suffering in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Pilgrims Die In Fire; Drowned New Delhi
Ten pilgrims were burned to death and many others were drowned and more than 1000- fair-ground buildings were destroyed by a fire when a sirocco…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Visitor Drowned Edward River Fatality
AT 5 p.m. yesterday afternoon the police were informed that a man had been drowned in the Edward River, near the National bridge…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bus-train Collision Near Ferntree Gully 13 Bus Passengers Injured MELBOURNE
When a fully laden bus travelling from Melbourne to Belgrave, In the Dande-nong Ranges, and a narrow gauge train from Gembrook to Ferntree Gully…
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