Drowned in Baths
When there is a big crowd in public baths it is always wise to be on the look out for those who may, unwittingly, get into difficulties. A…
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Accidents, 1927
306 stories in Dubbo & the Western Plains's papers · page 15 of 16
Carcoar Scalding Fatality
A little girl, aged 2½ years, named Sylvia May Campbell, died in Carcoar last week, as the result of falling into a camp fire, and upsetting a can of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Maimed and Exhausted. Survivor of Boat Accident. Auckland
Stanley Eosdown, 48, who is [?] to be the only survivor of three men who were thrown into the water when their boat capsised at Rangitoto Island,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bathurst Accidents
While a single-seater car containing four occupants was travelling along Perthville road, the machine skidded and overturned several times. Three of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Of Interest to Metorists Accident Reports
Even the most careful drivers sometimes have unavoidable accidents, or are the victims of somebody's carelessness. Always be prepared to secure the…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Injured Crover gets £3 a week
An award of £3 a week was made by the Workers' Compensarion Commission in favor of Patrick John O'Connell drover, of Bourke, the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Geurie Resident in Car Accident. "Look After My Pet Magpie."
"Ask the police to look after my magpie, it is in my car," was the first request made by a shearer who was taken into Cowra last week…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Melbourne's Big Toll in Car Accidents. Melbourne
The motor car accidents in Melbourne and suburbs during the week-end were responsible for twelve persons being injured. One…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Peculiar Accident
An immigrant named W. H. Turner aged 17 years, who had come to this country from England about five months ago, met his death in a rather peculiar…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Serious Tree Climbing Accident. High School Boy Badly Injured
Arthur Bentley, 16, a Dubbo High School pupil, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. Bentley, the former of the Peak Hill "Express," is lying in the hospital…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Railway Matters. No Accident Month
The District Superintendent of Railways, Mr. J. Usher, reports that the "No Aceident" month, namely. November, was very successfully carried…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Carried Into Sea and Drowned. Sydney
Thomas Woolridge (10) was drowned at Clovelly yesterday afternoon. He, together with several companions, were walking along the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Local and General Accident at Geurie
Mr. T. Burns (45) met with a serious accident at Geurie on Saturday. He was loading a cask on a sling to his lorry when the cask slipped, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motor Fatality at Canberra. Canberra
When a collision occurred here yesterday between a motor coach and a motor car, Mrs. Elizabeth Carter was killed, whilst her husband and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Drowning Fatalities. Sydney
There were two drowning fatalities during the week-end. Leslie Biggs (10), of Alexandria, was playing in a water hole at Botany when…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Danger of Pillion Riding Young Man Seriously Injured. Sydney
Hollis Provost, ager 20, of Taylor's Arm, near Macksvilie, suffered dreadful injury when the motor bicycle on which he was occupying a pillion seat, collided…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Cause of Street Accidents
"Suppose any other vehicle was crossing the street at the same time, would it be possible for you to pull up and avoid an accident?" This was…
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A particularly and drowning fatality occurred at Byrock one day last week when a little toddier, the infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Bunsworth, met…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cables. Sudden Thaw Causes Numerous Accidents. London, Wednesday
Extraordinary scenes were witnessed in London and suburban streets, due to the rapid thaw which followed the resumption of frosts…
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