Injured Whil Cranking Car
Mr. J. H. Lyons, farmer, aged 60 years, of Mangoplah. had a lucky escape from serious injury, if not death, on Wednesday evening. He was cranking a motor…
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Accident Toll Much Lower
The toll of holiday deaths in Victoria up to and including Boxing Day was eight, against is for the same period last year A man was drowned in the Goulbu…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Burning Accident Spirit Lamp Explodes
On Tuesday afternoon a methybated spirit [?] at the residence of Mr. and Mrs Harry Woods, Millwood Road, blazing spirit being thrown…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Three Toes Severed Accident At South Gundagai Axe Fell on Young Man’s Foot
A most unusual accident is . reported from Jackalas. On Monday, 29th December a young man lost three of his toes in a…
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Reginald Birchenough, watchman on the Manchester Ship Canal, fell five inches from a couch and died. Mrs. Eric Long fell 150 feet from…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Slipped on Plank at Power House Engine Drivers Death Due to Accident
ON December 18 last the staff at the Yanco Power House was having a busy day switching from the old boilers to the new, When the late Mr W.[?]Dudfield, who had been employed at the works [?] years, was signalled to raise the power, he slipped…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Griffith Cyclist Injured Collision with Motor Car
Eric Grinly, aged 18 yean, is an outpatient at the Griffith District Hospital as the result of a collision between the bicycle that be was riding and a motor,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Darlington Point Inquest Man's Neck Broken Verdict of Accidental Death
An inquest was held at Darlington Point this week by the Griffith district coroner (Mr. Johns) into the circumstances of the death of Robert Clarke, aged 28 years,…
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The Griffith District Coroner, Mr. E. W, Johns, after an inquest held last Friday, found that Robert Clarke, aged 32. labourer, had died at the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Local & General Railway Guard Injured
Guard Bob. Bromham, of the Cootamundra railway staff, was coupling two carriages at Batlow recently, when the coupling threw off…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Training Accident Fifonella Breaks Leg
MELBOURNE, Thursday.—Fifonella, which had accepted for the fifth division of the Angleses Trial at Ascot on Saturday, broke a leg while galloping…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Road Accidents Are Sabotage (Issue by the Road Safety Council of New South Wales.)
Road accidents today are destructive of national fitness, and, therefore, cannot be tolerated. An avoidable road accident is virtually an act of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →L. Meenan Injured Schooling Accident at Epsom
MELBOURNE, Monday.—Leading cross-country Jockey L. Meenan. who had won 15 out of his last 30 mounts, had a collarbone fractured to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Railwayman Injured
Cecil O'Connor, railway employee, of 133 Faithfull street. Goulburn, on Monday suffered a probable fracture of the right foot. While engaged at…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Demolition Workers Injured Struck by Falling Wall Two Men in Hospital
Pinned from the waist down by a [?]lling wall when engaged in demolition work at the headmasters residence of the Wagga High School…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Gobarralong Soldier Believed Drowned
The latest A.l.F. casualty list, for New South Wales issued on Thursday, includes:— Previously reported wounded in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Injured Trough Fall From Tree
When he fell from a peach tree at hie home in George-street, North Wagga, yes-terday morning, Edward Lucas, aged 10 years, sustained a probable fracture of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fatality at Yanco Little Girl Electrocuted
LEETON, Wednesday. — A shocking tragedy occurred at Yanco last night about 6 o'clock when the six-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. P. Grace, Noreen. came…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Young Monteagle Soldier Killed MotHer Seriously Injured Four Others Have Miraculous Escape
A fatal motor smash occurred near Young in the early hours on Sunday morning, when a young soldier, Pte Walter Mad…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Girl Injured
A 10-year-old girl, whilst playing at the residence of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Clarice, in Fitzroy-street, Junee, fell from a verandah, striking an…
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