Train Disaster 4 KILLED; 12 INJURED London Express Derailed LONDON
The engine of the noon express from Edinburgh to London leapt the rails at a sharp curve near Carlisle, burying its nose in the loose stones of the…
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City Chase Thrill 50 Miles an Hour Police and Motor-Cyclist Constable Injured
SYDNEY, Sunday:--Two policemen were injured last night when a powerful police patrol car, the Blue Bird, was chasing a motor cyclist, who is…
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Reginald Dimmock (9), who was swimming in shallow water in the Hunter River at Aberglasslyn, slipped into a hole and was not missed until…
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SYDNEY, Monday:--Reginald Dimmock (9) who swimming in shallow water in the Hunter River at Aberglasslyn when he slipped into a hole…
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William Pallister (26) and Norman Wingfield (28) were drowned in a dam at the State farm at Brunswick. They were bathing when Wingfield got into…
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SYDNEY, Monday:--The resource fulness of a five years old boy was responsible for saving the life of his sister, yesterday. Three children,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Speedway Crash New Zealander Injured SYDNEY
While leading in the first heat of Gold Cup Handicap at Maitland Speedway, Spencer Stratton, the star New Zealand rider met with dreadful…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Train Derailed No Passengers Injured SYDNEY
Two carriages, a brake van and several trucks of a milk train from Goulburn to Canberra were derailed near Queanbeyan this morning. The…
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Mrs. C. Pitts, 46, was found on the railway line near Mount Colan last night suffering from a fractured skull and severly fractured left arm. Sle…
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When a motor car overturned on the Prince's Highway near Nowra, yesterday, Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Mildreri. were killed, and their son, aged…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.--Believed to have been knocked down by a train, Mrs. U. Pitts (46) was found on the railway line near Mount Coolah last…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday:--Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Mildren, aged 52 and 49 respectively, were killed and their son, aged 20, badly injured when a motor car…
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Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Mildren, aged 52 and 49, respectively, were killed, and their son, aged 20, was badly injured when a motor car overturned at the…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.--Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Mildren, aged 52 and 49 respectively, were killed, and their son, aged 20, badly injured, when a car…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Tragedy of Sea 6 KILLED; 2 INJURED Explosion Follows Fire. Motor Ship Lost
COLOMBO, Wednesday:-- The Norwegian motor ship, Tricolor, well-known in Australia, came to grief off Bentota on Monday…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Double Drowning Fatality. Brother to the Rescue. Sydney
When Mrs. Dorothy Elliott got into difficulties while bathing in the Thomson River near Walsalla, Victoria, her brother, James Murray, aged 21, went…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →5 KILLED; 3 INJURED Italy's Rejoicing Turned to Sorrow
ROME, Wednesday:--Rejoicing over the success of the Atlanic air armada was turned into sorrow on receipt of a message from…
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Falling from his sulky over Moonbi range, 14 miles from Tamworth on Monday, Joseph Wright (66), farm hand, of Moonbi, sustained severe…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Naval Blunder. an Accident of the War. London
That a misreading of a submarine's title caused British gunners to kill nineteen of the crew of a British submarine, and…
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When times are bad and hard cash is difficult to come by, various expedients are resorted to to propitiate the evil powers responsible for them…
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