Freighter Damaged Collision at Newcastle NEWCASTLE
The Union steamship freighter, Kahiki, was extensively damaged in a shipping mishap caused by a strong wind at Sulphide wharf to-day. The…
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One Dead; One Injured BRISBANE
When three trucks were involved in a crash near Stanthorpe carly to-day. one man was killed and another seriously injured. The first lorry…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Crashed Down Embankment Father and Son Injured KYOGLE
Frederick Byden, a wholesale fruiterer, of Windsor, Brisbane, and his son, Dally Byden, had a narrow escape when a motor lorry in which…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Three Lorries in Accident Passenger Killed Outright
STANTHORPE, Friday:—Roy Albert Bavister was killed outright and Cyril J. Walters sustained a broken leg and other serious…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Three Men Injured in Car Accidents
Two young men were injured when a touring car left the roadway on Bugden's Hill, about six miles from Lismore,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Brothers Drowned Sailing Boat in Heavy Sea
MELBOURNE, Sunday:—Jack O'Donnell (34) and his brother Edward (29), both of East Brunswick, were drowned on Friday…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Car Capsizes Mother and Child Injured
SYDNEY, Saturday:-Six young children and their mother and father had an amazing escape from death on the Gosford road…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Surfers Injured Heavy Seas at Twin Towns Beaches
Heavy seas were running on the Coolangatta beaches yesterday, and two surfers had to receive Ambulance attention for injuries…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →M'bah Resident Injured Road Smashes Mile Apart
LISMORE, Sunday:— Three men were injured in motor accidents which occurred on the same road and within a mile of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Collision With Cow Broke Leg
Miss Daisy Goodall, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Goodall, of Green Pigeon, broke a bone in her leg recently when she collided with a cow…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Youth Fatally Injured MELBOURNE
Hector Jenkins (17), of North Kew, was fatally wounded to-day when a shotgun which his brother was carrying accidentally discharged…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Girl Killed in Collision Inouest Held at Coolangatta
Mr. J. J. Leahy, P.M. and City Coroner, Brisbane, conducted an inquest at Coolangatta info the death of Gloria Dawn Cox (10)…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Injured When Mine Shaft Collapses LAUNCESTON
Almost buried in a heap of dirt and broken timber, J. J. Hill, owner of the Swansea mine, was seriously injured when the main prospecting shaft…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Injured Footballer Still in Hospital
On July 24 last year Lester Bultitude, a member of Marist Brothers' rugby league football team, fractured his thigh in a match against Byron Bay in the All Rivers' League competition. Bultitude is still in the Lismore Base Hospital with his leg in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Swept Out to Sea Youth and Girl Drowned
AUCKLAND, Tuesday—A youth and girl were drowned six miles from Thames in a gale which swept the whole of Auckland…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →70ft. Wave Strikes Ship Men Injured and Great Damage
PERTH, Tuesday:—A huge wave over 70 feet high which rose out of a moderate sea on Sunday and struck the freighter City of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Local and General Limpinwood Accident
While playing at his home at Limpinwood H. Sproule fell and broke his arm in two places…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Man Drowned Companion Injured Boat Washed on Rocks
SYDNEY, Thursday:—Henry Donnington Gooding (52), of Chatswood, was drowned when a small fishing boat fitted with, a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Children Drowned Melbourne
Two young children, Edith Betson (10) and her sister Desma, were drowned at Torumbarry weir, near Echuca, yesterday. Their bodies…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Drowned in Baths Finding of Accidental Death SYDNEY
While 3000 people were swimming in Enfield baths on January 14, when the temperature was 113.6 degrees, William Copp (14) slipped into…
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