Accident at Sawmill
When engaged rolling logs on to a saw-bench at his work at South Murwillumbah, yesterday afternoon, Ernest Norris (18), a millhand,…
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Double Drowning Fatality Maoris Lose Lives in Mining Shaft
AUCKLAND, Tuesday:-- A double drowning tragedy, the victims of which were two Maoris, Nuhua Toki (55), married, and Mrs. Tetu Nehua…
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Joan Kinney (7) and Edward Comerford (8) had narrow escapes from being drowned when they got into difficulties while swimming in the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Two Children Narrow Escape From Drowning KYOGLE
Joan Kinney (7), and Edward Comerford (8) had narrow escapes from being drowned when they got into…
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MIAMI, Monday: -- Trapped when the collapse of a wheel caused an express bus to overturn on a highway and…
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Trapped when a wheel collapsed and caused an express motor bus to verturn on a highway and roll into canal, 17 persons, including two…
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CHUQUICAMATA (Chile), Monday:--The premature explosion of 1500 tons of dynamite in the largest copper…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Dynamite Explosion 16 Killed; 201 Injured CHUQUICAMATA (Chile)
A premature explosion of 1500 tons of dynamite in the largest copper mines in the world killed 16 and injured 201 with 15 missing. The charge…
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One of the biggest fires that has occurred in Sydney for some time broke out in the wholesale ironmongery six-storey premises of W…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday:—A woman was killed and six other passengers injured when a motor bus travelling from Rookwood to…
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NEW YORK, Wednesday:—Five hours after receiving a wound in the left hand when stiletto slipped from the grasp of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Ammonia Pipe Burst Factory Worker Injured CASINO
When an ammonia pipe burst at the Mallanganee butter factory tonight John H. Wolters, aged about 45, an engineer, received injuries…
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How a stone thrown up by the wheel of a passing car put another off the road is told by the Thora correspondent of an exchange. Two…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Mother and Baby Son Killed Daughter Badly Injured Motor Car Drops 50 FEET
CASINO, Friday: -- A mother and her infant son were killed and one of her daughters was seriously…
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SOME significant statements were made at the recent annual meeting of the U.S.A. National Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators, at which practically every National organisation interested in…
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THE N.R.M.A. views with concern the considerable number of recent accidents in which either one or both of drivers concerned…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Five of Freighter's Crew Drowned Ships in Collision Kakaraki Sinks in Three Minutes
MELBOURNE, Saturday: "It was every man for himself, with 700 tons of lead ore on board. We did not have much time to get clear,…
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Two women, and an infant were found drowned in the lake at Narrabeen to-day. The bodies of Mrs. F. Simmons (28), of Bondi, and her…
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THE Union Steam Ship Company's steamer Kakariki (887 tons) sank in three minutes after a collision with the Patrick Line…
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SYDNEY, Sunday:--Mrs. Frona Simons (28) and her youngest son (6 months) were found drowned in the Dee Why lagoon to-day…
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