Serious Accident
Mr. E. A. Porter left Manilla on Saturday at 3.30 p.m. for Tuggerah Lakes. Reaching Werris Creek he had the misfortune to…
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Accidents, 1929
217 stories in North West (Tamworth to Moree)'s papers · page 1 of 11
Police Court Motor Car Accident. Charge of Manslaughter
On the night of January 1st, a motor car that was being driven from Camurra to Moree met with an accident on the bridge over the Gwydir River as…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Late Telegrams Motor Fatality. Sydney, Monday. Fell Over a Cliff. Sydney
When two motor cars collided on the Iron Cove Bridge, Palmain, last night, two men were critically injured. One, James Reddett, 6s, of Pyrmont, John Boggins, 30, second officer of s.s. Bendigo, fell 15 feet over a cliff at Killarney, Middle Harbour, when a limb of a tree broke. He received…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Train Accident. a Killed; 40 Injured. Bucharest
When an express train from Craiova broke an axle a message was sent to Balata for a relief train. The latter was hurrying to the scene of the…
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An unknown man, believed to be an employee of the Main Roads Board was fishing at Wiseman's Ferry when he overbalanced and fell into the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →British Migrant Drowned. Wagga
George Willam Thornton (20), a British migrant, was fishing in the Murrumbidgee, near Wagga. when his line caught on a snag. He went out…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Drowned While Fishing. Sydney
While fishing at Wiseman's Ferry on Saturday night, an employee at the Main Roads Hoard, whose identity could not be established, fell into…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motor Accident
Stanley Hannal, need 36, was badly injured when a motor lorry struck his motor cycle and sidecar near Casula on Saturday night. The lorry…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Drowning Fatality. Plucky Effort at Rescue. WAGGA
Miss Joyce Harris, aged 18 years, was bathing at a beach of the river near Wagga when she Rot into difficulties…
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Miss Boyce Harris, aged 18, got out of her depth while she was bathing in the Murrumbidgee River near Wagga all efforts to rescue her failed and the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Modest Hero. Saves Girl From Drowning
The pluck and promptitude of a young man at Currumbin Greek (Q.) was instrumental in saving. the life of Miss Edna Allen, machinist, of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Girlbather Drowned. Wagga Wagga
Miss [?] Harris (18) got out of [?] depth w[?]ile bathing in the Mur[?] River near Wagga. A fu[?] made to rescue the girl…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Surf Boat Cap[?]1ises Three Men Drowned
The capsising of a surf boat at Marskopa resulted in the loss of three lives. A party of seven were testing the boat and fire first…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Shark Fatality. Brisbane
Harry Wetherill, 18, was attacked by a shark whilst swimming at Alma Bay, a popular resort at Magnetic Island, near Townsville. His left arm…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Drowned in Murrumbidgee. Wagga
James Herbert Williamson, [?], was drowned in the Murrumbidgee River, near Wagga, last night while attempting to swim across the river where…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Drowned in River. Wagga Wagga
Herbert Williamson (16) was swimming in the Murrumbidgee near Wagga when he suddenly disappeared. This is the fourth drowning accident…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Peculiar Accident. Sydney
Mrs. Mary Fraser, an elderly widow, was killed in most extraordinary circumstances yesterday. She was seated beside her daughter, who was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →German Steamer Battered. Crew of 21 Drowned Lisbon
After the German steamer, D[?]ster, crashed on the rocky at Cape Leixces, a mountainous sea swept 21 of the crew from the bride one by one…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →One Thousand Sheep Drowned Bridges Swept Away. DUNEDOO
During a terrific storm on Tuesday hundreds of miles or fencing were destroyed, two concrete bridges washed away, and more than 1000…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bombay Rioting 18 Killed and 114 Injured Result of Terrorising Report Colombo
Eighteen were killed, 114 were injured in a rioting at Bombay, dut to a scare caused by the report of kidnapping children by Pathans for…
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