Old Man Drowned Swept Front Punt Sydney
When a heavy ware struck the punt in which he was rowing Reenben Richards, ah 82 years old [?]ioner, was flung into the water in Botany Bay…
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Fireman Injured In Bondi Outbreak SYDNEY
A fireman was injured and extensive damage done by a fire in a dry cleaning shop at Hall Street, Bondi, last night…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Five Injured When Shell Drops on British Destroyer LONDON
During one of four insurgent air raids on Valencia the night before last, an anti-aircraft shell was dropped by a loyalist bomber…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Death by Drowning
Execution by drowning was one of the most universal forms of punishing capital offence. The Swiss, the Australians, the Icelanders, the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fatal Explosion Port Kembla Accident SYDNEY
Leslie Dowling, foreman in Road Construction Supply Ltd., was killed in an explosion in excavations for new coke ovens at Port Kembla…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Brave Soldier Saves Drowning Boy MELBOURNE
Although he lost one of his arms at the elbow in the war, Mr. Fry, of Kew, dived into the Yarra and rescued Richard Clarke, aged 8, who had sunk…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Sultans and Their Wives Drowned For "Naughtiness"
It wasn't all luxury and laziness—living in a harem in the old days of the Sultans of Turkey in Constantinople. Wives were often put into sacks…
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"Billie" Barton, the well-known Show rider, had his collar bone broken this morning when riding Mr. McDonagh's horse in the brush hunt…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Train Smash Two Killed, Six Injured ROME
Two were killed and six injured to-day when a runaway engine collided with an oncoming train near Udine…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Train Fatality Man Run Over Result of Practical Joke GOSFORD
Patrick Harrington, aged about 65, was found dead on the railway line near Narara Creek last night. He might have been alive if some…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Ex-m.p. Injured Knocked Down by Tram SYDNEY
John Chambers Eldridge, formerly Labor, member for Martin in the House of Representatives, was knocked down by a tram near his home in…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Constable Injured Struck by Car
Constable C. C. Ayres of the local police station, received injuries to his right ankle when he was struck by a car while on duty at…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Road Defects As Accident Causes
In the report of the Administration of the British Road Fund for 1935-6 there is given an analysis of the causation of 760 accidents on roads in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Six Drowned Three Rescued Launch in Heavy Sea SYDNEY
Six men were drowned yesterday, when the 33ft. launch Voyager was wrecked, in heavy seas, at Sydney Heads…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Six Men Drowned: Bishop Condemns War and Industry Outspoken Sermon Prudent Parents Industrial Tyranny Anti-Christian Forces LONDON
In an outspoken sermon to-day the Bishop of Birmingham, Dr. R. W. Barnes, preaching to the University of Oxford, said prudent…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Frank Vosper Death Supposed Accidental LONDON
Dr. Peter Vosper, father of the noted playwright and stage and film actor. Prank Vosper, who disappeared from the liner Paris, between New…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Another Death Accident at Boggabri
As a result of injuries received when the car she was travelling in got out of control and turned over on Friday, Mrs. E. McGrath, of Boggabri, died in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Death of Frank Vosper Father States Was Accidental Mistook Cabin Window For Door London
Dr, Peter Vosper, father of the noted playwright and stage and film actor, Frank Vosper, who disappeared from the liner Paris…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fatal Accident at Boggabri Mrs E McGRATH
The sad news reached Warialda by telephone on Sunday evening that Mrs E McGrath, former resident of Warialda, had passed away in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Boy Drowned Artarmon Tragedy SYDNEY
Kevin Eyres, aged 6, of Artarmon, was drowned in a hole containing about eight feet of water near his home…
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