Australian newspapers
1803 – 1954
Old Local Papers
Every story
read free on Trove

These are historical newspapers. Some stories use language and express views that are offensive today.

← Accidents, all years

Riverina · Accidents

Accidents, 1912

593 stories in Riverina's papers · page 7 of 30

District News Yerong Creek. a Serious Accident

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 7 March 1912 · page 2

On Monday afternoon, just before sundown, a bright little toddler, of 18 months, named Seifa Ethel, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Stamp, met with…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

A Brave Girl. Rescues Children From Drowning. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Monday 11 March 1912 · page 2

A girl aged 12 years rescued two younger children from drowning at Clontarf yesterday by bravely plunging in, without divesting herself of her…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Sad Burning Fatality. COOLAMON

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 12 March 1912 · page 2

A very sad burning accident, which ended fatally, occurred at Methul, 20 miles put, on Friday evening last. Mr. G. Tonacia, an old man, aged 72…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Accident to a Horseman

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 12 March 1912 · page 2

A middle aged man named James Livingstone was admitted to the District Hospital yesterday afternoon in an unconscious state, suffering from…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Boat Accident at Manly Two Fishermen Drowned

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 14 March 1912 · page 3

A boat, containing a party of four fishermen capsized off Blue Fish Point, [?]mly on Tuesday evening, and recalled in two of the occupants being…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Sensational Collision. Tram and Milk Cart. Miraculous Escapes. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 14 March 1912 · page 2

A sensational smash up occurred in New South Head-road to-day between a tram and a milk cart. The latter was badly broken up, while the tram…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Sad Burning Fatality

Coolamon Farmers' Review · Friday 15 March 1912 · page 5

A peculiarly sad accident happened on Friday last to an elderly and much respected resident of our district, viz., Mr. Guiseppe…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

200 Bogus Claims. "Accidents" As Living

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 15 March 1912 · page 2

When Ernest Pendrigh, of Scales road. Tottenham, pleaded guilty at the Central Criminal Court yesterday (says the "News" of November 30) to three…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Accident

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 15 March 1912 · page 2

Mr. David Barker, of Jindalee, had the misfortune to break his left leg while going from work on Monday night, as the result of a fall from…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Serious Driving Accident

Coolamon Farmers' Review · Friday 15 March 1912 · page 5

Whilst returning from the Matong races to Coolamon on Monday evening last, Mr. Dave Hamilton the popular Coolamon…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Railway Fatality. Man Run Over. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Monday 18 March 1912 · page 2

Reuben George Armstrong, a resident of Windsor, was attempting to cross the railway line at Blacktown late last night, when he was struck…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Stabbing Affray. Man Seriously Injured. Interferes in an Argument. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Monday 18 March 1912 · page 2

While a man named Walter Brown was walking along William-street, Woolloomooloo, late last night he saw a man who was engaged in a…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

P. and O. Boat Sunk. Collision in English Channel. Two Hundred Passengers. All Believed to Be Saved. London

Daily Advertiser · Monday 18 March 1912 · page 2

The German barque, Pisagua, collided with the P. and O. vessel, Ociana, outward bound for Bombay. The collision occurred off Beachy Head early…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Motor Cyclist Killed. Accident on Racing Track. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Monday 18 March 1912 · page 2

While doing his preliminary spin at the Sports Ground last night, before starting in a motor cycle race, W. Bearpark, the old-time racing cyclist…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Sports Accident Miner's Law Suit. £300 From a Football Union

Daily Advertiser · Monday 18 March 1912 · page 2

A Cardiff coal trimmer, a spectator at the Wales v. Ireland football match in 1911, has been awarded £300 damages against the Welsh Rugby Union…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Novelists Discovered by Accident

Daily Advertiser · Monday 18 March 1912 · page 4

Everybody to-day takes Mrs. Humphry Ward for granted. She is generally admitted to be in the very front rank of women writers. But it is quite…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Occana Wreck. Seventeen Persons Believed to Be Drowned. London

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 19 March 1912 · page 2

It is now believed that 17 persons were drowned as the result of the sinking of the Occana after the collision with a Prussian barque in the…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Steamers in Collision Ten Persons Missing. London

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 20 March 1912 · page 2

Seven passengers and three of the crew of the steamer Occana are missing. Several bodies have been washed ashore at Eastbourne. After the…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Accident to a Horseman

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 21 March 1912 · page 2

White riding on horseback at the back of the Show Ground early yesterday afternoon, a man named PatricK Vaughan, a resident of Gundagai…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Painful Accident. Mrs. Arthur Bragg Sustains a Broken Leg

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 22 March 1912 · page 2

On Tuesday morning last Mrs. A. Bragg; of Landgrove," wife of one of Cootamundra's most highly respected public men had the [?]…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →