Almost a Fatality
Messrs Norman Craven and C. Furlonger, with their wives and families had an unenviable experience on Sunday afternoon, which they have no do…
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Sent to Gaol Echo of Hawkesbury Drowning Stolen Motor Car
SYDNEY, Wednesday.--A large crowd attended the Newtown Police Court to-day, to try and get a glimpse of George Peters (20) of West…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Jumping off a moving lorry in Central Squire tonight, Harold Johnson (17), of Lakcmba, slipped and fell under the…
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A sensational shooting affray occurred in Inmisfail's Chinatown last night, as the result of which Salvatore Zammutz, a Maltese wharf…
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The body of Bert Wishart, who had, been an inmate of Caulfield Military Hospital, was found floating near Pier. The man had tied a pieeQ. rope from a…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.—A collision occurred to-day near Goat Island between the North Coast steamer Nambucca and the oil tender Tigi. The…
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TOWNSVILLE, Thursday.—A collision occurred yesterday on the Charters Road, between a car, allegedly driven by W. Gleeson, a horse trainer,…
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A collision occurrcd to-day near Goat Island between the North Coast steaiher” Nambueea and the oil tender Tigi. The Tigi had a large hole torn in her hull above the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Flood Tragedy. Little Girl Drowned in Backyard
Patricia Margaret Patrick, who would have attained her third birthday on March 2, was drowned under tragic circumstances at Murwillumbbah on…
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Accidents would be fewer, and the comfort of all road users would be greater if motor drivers observed the following practical advice, issued by the…
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On Thursday morning, when the motor train from Kyogle to Casino was approaching the level crossing at High-field the driver noticed a motor truck…
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A collision occurred on Thursday near Goat Island between the North Coast steamer Nambucca and the oil tender Tigi. The Tigi had a large hole…
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Aftfer knocking clown and seriously injuring a bicycle rider in Campbell-street, StPeters, shortly after 9 o'clock to-night, a taxi driver switched off the head lights and…
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HOBART, Friday. -- That the boat was unseaworthy, was the evidence of Constable Challenger to-day, at an inquest concerning the death of Harold…
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A father's fight to clear the name of his dead son was a pathetic feature of the inquest yesterday regarding the death of the victim of…
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MELBOURNE, Thursday. -- Jack Burrows (27) and Cornelius Brennan (28), tramway employees, were found in an unconscious condition on the footpath…
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BERLIN, Thursday. -- Many men were seriously injured when one of the great motor launches used to convey Hamburg dock laborers to…
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One of the great motor launches used to convey Hamburg's dock labourers to work caught fire on the Elbe River resulting in the oxplosion of the petrol…
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A young man named Karl Smith was cut about the face and hands yesterday afternoon, when he fell from a motor cycle on the Murwillumbah…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Car Overturns Occupants Injured. Murwillumbah Residents Boyd's Bay Accident
Three Murwillumbah residents were injured at Tweed Heads on Saturday afternoon, when a motor car in which they were travelling…
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