Railway Disaster Train Crashes into 'Bus 15 Deaths; 5 Injured
A disastrous railway smash occurred at 9.30 yesterday morning at a crossing to the railway line at Hawkesbury. A 'bus plying be…
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Unusual Accident
Mr E. Fitzgerald, rabbit inspector to the Goulburn P.P. Board, was driving his car a few days ago and met with an unusual accident when…
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Beulah Galvin, aged 11, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Galvin. of Stockinbingal, was in cootamundra for a few days, and, playing about with…
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Following injuries received in a, bicycle accident on Saturday morning, the death occurred that night of Bruce Clarke. 16, member of a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Tragic Accident at Hawkesbury Station 15 Killed When Train Hit Bus
FIFTEEN persons were killed and five seriously injured when the Kempsey mail train collided with a bus at a level crossing…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Man Drowned in Narandera Canal Fell Prom Pipe Line
The body of Albert James Webster, of Narandera, who was seen to fall from a pipe-line on Thursday night, was recovered from a…
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Beulah Galvin, aged 11, daughter of Mr and Mrs Albert Galvin, of Stockinbingal was in Coota for a few days and playing about with other…
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A double drowning tragedy occurred at Nathalia, Victoria, on the afternoon of 10th January, when Matthew Thompson, aged 49, and his only son,…
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Wagga trainer Roy Stanton met with a rather painful accident during training operations at the Wagga training tracks yesterday morning…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mr. A. J. Webster Drowned in Canal
Apparently when he was returning to his home in Gundagai Street from the town about 6.30 o'clock on Thursday evening, Mr. Albert James…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Minister Killed and Wife Injured in Road Crash
MELBOURNE, Mon.: Returning to Murchison after attending a special induction service at Broadford on Friday night the Rev. Peter Geddes, 36…
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While running provisions to fire-fighters last week a Ford V-8 utility, owned by Mr. Fred Dawn, and driven by Mr. A. E. Balley, of Muttama…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Unusual Accident at River Nearly Led to Watery Grave
AN unusual accident at the river during a week-end fishing expedition, nearly resulted in a watery grave for Cecil Peacock,…
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An unusual accident at the river during a week-end fishing expedition nearly resulted in a watery grave for Cecil Peacock, as well as a ducking…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Plane Tank Bursts Two Men Seriously Injured
BRISBANE, Wednesday: While the belly-tank of an aeroplane was being welded in a workshop to-day it burst, resulting in four men…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Airman Acquitted Seaspray Beach Accident
MELBOURNE, Wed.: Flight-Sgt. Lindsay While, in a statement in his defence at the court-martial to-day, said that apart from…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Big Truck Fails to Tak[?] Corner Accident At Western End [?] Sheridan Street
A track, to which was attached a large trailer, failed to take the sharp turn at th western end of Sheridan Street, smashed in to a…
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CHUNGKING, Thursday: The Central Newsagency reports that about 1000 Japanese were drowned on January 19, when a medium-sized Jap…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Serious Accident at Junee Mr. James Fletcher Badly Injured
On Wednesday evening last a serious accident occurred at Junee in which a former resident of Narandera in the person of Mr. James Fletcher…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →16th Death in Hawkesbury Accident
The sixteenth death following the collision between a bus and a train at the Brooklyn level crossing on Thursday morning of last week…
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