"Writing Up" an Accident
A long time ago Mark Twain tried his band at writing up a distressing accident for a Beston local paper, and this is what he made of it:—Last…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →North West (Tamworth to Moree) · Accidents
Accidents, 1918
304 stories in North West (Tamworth to Moree)'s papers · page 7 of 16
Accident
Mr. Alf. Carney, carter at the Red Flag Store, met with a rather serious accident late on Wednesday afternoon. It appears he was up in the cart fixing…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Shocking Railway Fatality. Sydney
The dead body of Robert MacFadden was found lying on the railway line at Newtown with the skull fractured, the right foot torn off at the instep, and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Blown to Pieces. Sundown Mining Fatality
Further particulars of the Sundown (Q.) mining disaster show that the accident was caused by a charge being struck, in a hole that had failed to…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Accident at Randwick. Sydney
While a cross-country horse, Don Hugh, ridden by O. Hanscombe, was being given a lesson over the schooling fences at Randwick, after negotiating…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Governor-general Injured. Melbourne
Yesterday Sir Ronald Munro Ferguson, the Governor-General, was slightly injured on the forehead by flying splinters while endeavoring to fall a free…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Miner Killed. Peculiar Accident at Adelong. SYDNEY
Hans Crowe was killed at Cangadang gold mine, near Adelong, in a peculiar manner. He was trying to dislodge a stone…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Collision at Orange. Mail Train Damaged. SYDNEY
This morning the Forbes mail train from Sydney, due at Orange shortly after 5 o'clock, collided wish a goods train just as it cleared the main yard,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Two Railway Employees Injured
The Tamworth district motor ambulance has been busy lately, conveying patients to the hospital from outlying centres. Last night an urgent call was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →An Explosive Tin. Mechanic Severely Injured. Mysterious Finds in Melbourne. SYDNEY
Allen Hendry, a mechanic, found a tin in a lane near the Working Men's College in Melbourne this mornnig. After examining the contents he threw it…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Serious Driving Accident
Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Fiddes, of Attunga, were driving from Tamworth on Wednesday night, when the horse tripped and fell. Mrs. Fiddes was thrown…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Taxi-cab Accident. Melbourne
A taxi-cab capsized near Heatheote on Saturday and one of the occupants, P. T. Casserley, was killed. A number of others were injured. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Injured by a Bull
Mr. E. B. Goddard, of Nindy Gully, is an inmate of the Mungind Hospital, suffering from an injury to his hip, caused through having a heated…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fatal Accident
Two men, named John Mathieson and George Oliver, employed at the Bellbird Colliery, were killed near Cessnock by a falling tree. It appears…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Hun Hospital Outrages. Over 300 Patients Injured. LONDON
In the House of Commons, replying to a question regarding the enemy bombing hospitals on the west front, Mr. Bonar Law stated that in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Found on Railway Line. Woman Badly Injured. Discovery at Maitland. MAITLAND
Shortly after 5 o'clock this morning, Mrs. Frederick Jay, a married woman, aged 26, who resides in East Maitland, was found by Mr. Branch, officer at…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Gallant Fiftieth. "Drowned by Numbers." London
Reuters correspondent at French headquarters wired on Wednesday evening: Regarding the role of the British divisions in the first two days of the Aisne…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →News of the North. Painful Sawmilling Accident
On Thursday, last, Mr. de Lepervanche, of Narrabri, met with a painful accident while engaged in the work of sawing firewood at his mill in Dangar Village,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Maitland Railway Accident. Maitland
The condition of Mrs. Jay, who was found lying on the railway line at Victoria-street station early yesterday morning, is still serious, there being no…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Son of War Prisoner Injured
Jack Gluyas, the four-year-old son of [?]ent, Gluyas, who is a prisoner of war in Germany, was riding a tricycle down Bourke-street yesterday when he collided…
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