Surfing Fatality at Brunswick Heads. Splendid Work by Reserves
The holiday spirit at Brunswick Heads was married on boxing Day by the sad drowning fatality of Mr Leslie Mckee, middle-aged married man of…
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Drowned in Water Hole Young Boy's Death Casino Inquiry Casino
A verdict of accidentally drowned was recorded by the District Coroner (Mr. Elsmer Jones) to-day after an inquiry…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Samoan Natives Brawl One Fatally Injured Knives, Spears and Axes Used
WELLINGTON, Wednesday:- The Samoan correspondent of the New Zealand Press Association states that on the evening of December 13 an affray…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Odd Accident. Melbourne, January 3
There was a queer accident at Geelong on Monday, when Alan Connelly (20), jumped on to the pillion seat of his brother's motor cycle. A pair of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Gashed Leg with Adze Kunghur Man Second Accident in Family Since Christmas
Whilst adzing timber for a pole for his bullock waggon on Tuesday, Mr. Alex Burger, of Kunghur, inflicted a severe gash in his left leg. Three…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Lessen Number of Motor Accidents New System Adopted in Britain
LONDON, Tuesday:-As a sequel to conferences between the Ministry of Transport and various road users' organisations, a new scheme has been…
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Francis Mannix (36), of Orange, was fatally injured when a car travelling from Lucknow ran off the road, dropped down a 120 foot embankment,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sawmill Accident
An accident occurred on Wednesday at 4.30 p.m. to Gilbert Seccombe (18), whilst working at the saw bench in the sawmill at Cougal. The middle…
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ORANGE, Friday:--A motor car fatality [?]red at 3 0'clock yesterday morning on the Bat[?]-road, he tween Orange and L[?]know A…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Saved Three From Drowning Gallant Girl Surfers Caught in Undertow
SYDNEY, Friday:--After having been forcibly kept from the water until an improvised life-line was obtained, Miss Joyce Graham…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Struck by Cycle Woman Fatally Injured Sydney
Margaret O'Connor (45), Trafalgar-street, Annandale, was fatally injured when she was knocked down by a bicycle in Parramatta road,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →6 KILLED, 20 Injured Rival Gaol Factions Calcutta
Six men were killed and twenty injured in a riot between prisoners in Dikhah gaol on the frontier. Ill feeling, which had been acute for…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fell Eighty Feet to Roadway Woman Killed Little Girl Badly Injured
SYDNEY, Friday: -- Hundreds of wharf laborers wafting for the pick-up to-day saw Mrs. Doris Halstead (24), of Miller's Point, and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Girl Injured by Motor Lorry
Through being knocked down by a motor lorry in Wharf Street, Tweed Heads, on Saturday afternoon, Josephine Bookallil (14), living with her…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Four Drowned in Moreton Bay Rater Capsizes Brisbane
Four young men were drowned in Moreton Bay on Friday night when a 22 foot rater, the Romp, with seven men…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Man Drowned at Bowen Fell Overboard When Big Wave Struck Boat
BOWEN (Q.), Sunday:-William Lake, a married man, with two children, was drowned to-day when a big wave struck his motor boat as it was returning from…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fan Crashes From Roof Three Injured in Theatre Sydney
An electric fan, with a motor and shaft, weighing in all between 60lb and 70lb., snapped from its fastenings and hurtled 30 ft from the roof, yesterday,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Boy Killed Alstonville Tragedy Accidental Discharge of Gun
William Alfred Lang, the 14 year-old son of Mr. Alexander Lang, of Lismore, was killed instantly at Alstonville on Saturday…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Driving Accident
A painful accident happened to Mr. E. A. Lewis when driving into Alstonville from Rous in a spring cart with Mr. Owen Daley…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fatal Injuries Xmas Day Car Accident Coroner's Verdict
That he heard someone calling out for water, and on proceeding to a paddock 250 or 300 yards away discovered a man lying…
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