Boy Injured
Cutting grass in the yard of his parents' home at Greenhills on Saturday. John Beresford (11) suffered a large punctured wound in his right…
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Foot Injured in Bicycle CASINO
The whole of the skin of his right heel was torn off when Keith Mock (15) had the foot caught in the spokes of a bicycle yesterday. The lad was…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →1,000 Chinese Drowned Japanese Warship Attacks Fishing Craft
NEW YORK. Saturday:—The United Press Shanghai correspondent states: The Chinese report that a Japanese warship off…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Five Cricketers From Tweed Injured Truck Overturns
SOUTHPORT, Sunday:— Five men were injured when a truck carrying 14 cricketers from the Tweed district overturned on…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →British Told Greater Sacrifices Are Essential Five Injured in Level Crossing Smash
LONDON, Saturday:—The Chancellor of the Exchequer (Sir John Simon) in a speech at Glasgow outlined BRISBANE, Monday:—Five persons were injured when the large transport in which they were riding and the engine on the last…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Boorie Hill Accident Position Of Vehicles On Roadway Constable's Evidence
Conflicting evidence regarding the positions of two vehicles on the roadway a few seconds before one of the vehicles plunged over the side of a steep hill at Boorie Creek, on December 3, was given in the Coroner's Court…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Injured While Brushing
Whilst engaged in brushing on his farm at Doon Doon yesterday, Frank Fogarty sustained a large lacerated wound on his right cheek which…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Four Drowned In Wreck Of Yacht
AUCKLAND: During a gale a large yacht was wrecked at Matakana Island, near Tauranga, and four were drowned…
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MELBOURNE, Tuesday:—A man, his wife and two young' sons were drowned to-day when their yacht was wrecked on a sand bar near…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →School Boys Injured One Knocked Down By Car
Two school boys met with accident yesterday as the result of they are now inmates of District Hospital…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Father and Son Drowned Wellington (N.z.)
A double drowning occurred at Akaroa Harbour to-day, the victims being father and son. They, with two other members of the family,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Midsummer Madness Holiday Accidents on Roads
A holiday is the average persons opportunity to get away from the job--from office, factory or kitchen--to take to the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Kyogle Thirty Years Ago Accident on Railway
A painful accident occurred to a man named McAuliffe, employed on the railway works at Kyogle on Monday morning. He was coupling trucks…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →German Railway Smash 12 Killed; 20 Injured LONDON
Another railway smash is reported from Berlin, in which 12 were killed and 20 injured. A passenger 'bus and a train came…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Accident Involving Secret Equipment LONDON
An accident "involving special equipment," details of which are a secret, resulted in the death of three members of the Queen's Royal…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Man Killed in Car Accident Another in Critical Condition
BRISBANE, Friday:— One man was killed and another critically injured when a motor car struck a tramway pole at Hamilton Road,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Girl Drowned
SYDNEY, Sunday:—While surfing by herself at Jervis Bay yesterday, Dorothy Maude Pratt (21), of Croydon Street, Croydon, was drowned…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bots Injured
Two boys were given first aid treatment for large incised wounds in the foot as the result of accidents at Mrllumbimby swimming pool. John…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →1 Killed: Lismore Youth Injured Breakfast Creek Smash BRISBANE
Two victims of a smash in Hamilton Road, near Breakfast Creek bridge, on Friday night, in which a small car struck the tramway pole and then…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Two Injured by Bottles
When a lemonade bottle burst at he Commercial Hotel a barman, J. Blaikie, received an ineesed wound in the chin. He was given first aid…
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