Deaths by Accident
Last year 290 persons died in this State as a result of motor accidents. Tenterfield Shire Council received 109 applications for the position of…
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761 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 3 of 39
Drowned in Waterhole Quarry Worker's Fatal Swim
BRISBANE, Tuesday:--Duncan Kerr (50), of Kelvin Grove, was drowned in a waterhole at Belmont to-day. The victim, who was employed at a quarry…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →FELL 60 FEET Two Plumbers Injured SYDNEY
Two plumbers, E. G. Seymour and J. J. Berg, were doing repair work on the roof of the gun-mounting shop at Garden Island this morning when they…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Knife and Pick Handle Used Desperate Fight in Sydney Three Men Injured
SYDNEY, Tuesday:--Smashing a panel in a back door, William Edward Colling forced his way into a house in View Street, Annandale, last night, and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Man Electrocuted Brisbane Storm Fatality
BRISBANE, Wednesday:-- Last night's storm resulted in the death of Thomas Bunkum (58), at Apsley, this morning. He was goings into a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Tragic Accident Death Op Kr. "Ted" Whittall
Death came suddenly, under tragic circumstances on Thursday last to Mr. Edward (Ted) Whittall at Rath, lowuoy (Q.)…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Quayside Collision Steamer Sinks Tug
DUNKIRK, Wednesday:--The steamer Ville de Verdun, from Noumea, sank the tug Trapu, in a quayside collision and then Collided with the Skjold…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Boy Drowned Brisbane River Tragedy
BRISBANE, Thursday:--While playing on the banks of the river, at Norman Park to-day, Allan Whatnall (8) slipped into the water and was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Attempted Bank Robbery Bandits Foiled Manager Puts up Stout Resistance Wife Injured
WELLINGTON, Tuesday:--On Tuesday night the inspector of police at Invercargill received word from Edendale that two masked…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Boxing Alby Roberts Injured Sydney
During a fight between several coloured men and women at Redfern last night Alby Roberts, the wellknown boxer, was stabbed in the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Triple Drowning Fatality Three Girls Lose Lives Disregarded Warning
MELBOURNE, Sunday:-- A triple drowning fatality occurred at the Ovens River this afternoon, the victims being two young…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →COLLISION Patrol Car and Truck Seven Injured 1 Dead, Others Injured MELBOURNE
Five policemen and two civilians were injured (one of the latter fatally) 111 a terrific collision between a police…
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Two motor cars came into collision at the intersection of Norton and Bentinck streets, Ballina, yesterday morning, but fortunately although the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Road Racer Injured
Robert Prosser, of Lismore, a competitor in the Ballina-Lismore cycle race on Saturday last received painful abrasions mid contusions to his…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Young Man Drowned Sydney
Stanley Goodwin (18), of Newtown, was drowned in the river at National Park this afternoon. Goodwin was swimming with several friends when he…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Cyclist Killed Fatality at Melbourne Motordrome
MELBOURNE, Sunday:--The first bicycle accident occurred at the Motordrome on Saturday, when William Wood (19) sustained injuries…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Destroyer Rammed Collision in Fog New York
Much excitement and worry followed the report that a heavy coal freighter, in a dense fog off Long Island, had rammed the coastguard destroyer…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Car Goes Over Embankment Three Persons Injured Smash Near Burleigh
SOUTHPORT, Saturday:--Five persons had a remarkable escape from serious injury this afternoon when a sedan car, in which they were travelling…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bathing Tragedy Three Girls Drowned MELBOURNE
A report from Yarrawonga states that two young daughters of Thomas Naughtin and Miss McKenna, aged 19, were drowned in the Ovens River,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Smash in France 10 Killed; 30 Injured
PARIS, Sunday:--Ten persons were killed and 30 were injured in a railway accident at Saint Just, between Paris and Compiegne. A…
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