Marine Court. (Before Judge Backhouse and Capts. Chudleigh and Simpson, as assessors.) Dunmore-champion Collision
The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 8 March 1918 · page 4
Benjan[?]n Martin Chellow, master of the Champioin, appeared to allow causo why his certificate should not he concollcd or suspended, the Court having on the 4th last, held…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Parramatta Boy Injured
The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 9 March 1918 · page 6
The danger to passengers on suburban trains through lads throwing stones in the vicinity of the railway was emphasised at Petersham station on Wednesday…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Soldier Drowned. Body Found in Yarra
The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 9 March 1918 · page 11
MELBOURNE, Friday. -- The body of a soldier was found floating in the Yarra this morning. A pay-book shooed that he recently returned from the front. It was in the name of Private…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →London Air Raid Moonless Night Attack 11 KILLED, 46 Injured London, Friday Night
The Sun · Saturday 9 March 1918 · page 1
Although the German air-raiders prefer the moonlit nights for their attacks on London, they occasionally make raids in the dark. Last night was an example. The…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Sleep Walking. Serious Accident to Boy
The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 9 March 1918 · page 10
URALLA, Friday. -- Ross Campbell, the youngest son of the local postmaster, when walking in his sleep fell from the balcony window of the post office to the footpath. He was…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Fatalities and Accidents. Returned Soldier's Throat Cut
The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 9 March 1918 · page 12
Shortly after 7 o'clock last evening Sidney M'Kee (38). a returned soldier, was found in the washhouse at his home in Ivy Street, Darlington, with his throat cut. He was removed to…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Accidents to Children
The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 9 March 1918 · page 6
Eric Budin fell whilst jumping in the Parramatta school ground, and sustained a greenstick fracture, of the right wrist. He was treated for the injury at the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wentworthville. Two Accidents
The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 9 March 1918 · page 11
Mr. F. W. Todhunter, solicitor, Parramatta wrote on behalf of Mr. Alfred Douglas, directing attention to the dangerous condition of Woodpark-road, at a…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Horse Injured at Rosehill
Sunday Times · Sunday 10 March 1918 · page 7
When Rant fell in the Hurdle Race at Rosehill he was unable to rise for some time, but subsequently recovered sufficiently to be able to walk back to the paddock. Later he got…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →London Air Raid Eleven Killed, 46 Injured London
The Sun · Sunday 10 March 1918 · page 1
Seven or eight aeroplanes carried out last night's raid. Two bombed London. The first two raiders, following the Thames, were turned back before they…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Motor Capsizes Accident at Manly Occupants' Narrow Escape
The Sun · Sunday 10 March 1918 · page 2
Two men, two women, and a baby narrowly escaped serious injury in a motor car smash at Manly yesterday afternoon. Mr. Richard Alfred Penfold, of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motor Smash at Manly. Several Persons Injured
The Daily Telegraph · Monday 11 March 1918 · page 4
A motor car driven by Mr. Richard A. Penfold, of Hilltop Avenue, Manly, capsized and was badly damaged while turning from the Sydney Road into Park View Road, Manly, on…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Autumn Carnival V.R.C. Meeting Concludes Two Horses Injured Dunwil Wins Again Melbourne
The Sun · Monday 11 March 1918 · page 5
Genial and bright weather was experienced for the concluding day of the Victoria Racing Club's Autumn meeting at Flemington this afternoon…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fatalities & Accidents. Woman's Thigh Fractured
The Daily Telegraph · Monday 11 March 1918 · page 6
Mrs. Margaret Ann Wood (71) fell down at her home in Farr Street, Marrickville, yesterday morning, and fractured her left thigh. The Newtown District Ambulance Brigade took her…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A Boating Fatality. Three Men Believed Drowned
The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 12 March 1918 · page 4
The body of a man named George Ainsworth Crawshaw was found at Williamstown (Vic.) on Sunday morning. He was one of a party of there men that went on…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Rider Fatally Injured. Collision with a Blind Cow
The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 12 March 1918 · page 4
Mr. Arnold Backhouse, who recently purchased a property at Wyalong (N.S.W.), was galloping after some stock on Thursday, when a blind cow ran in front of his…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Shooting Fatality. Singleton
The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 12 March 1918 · page 7
The body of a youth named Leslie Olding, aged 16, was taken from the north-west mall upon arrival here on Saturday morning. The deceased, who resided at Forest Lodge,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Another Cyclone Babinda Suffers One Killed; 17 Injured
The Sun · Tuesday 12 March 1918 · page 5
A special report issued by the Weather Bureau on Sunday night at Brisbane stated that a dangerous cyclone was approaching, the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Crimes of Violence Metal Thrown and Shots Fired. Injured in a Train
The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 12 March 1918 · page 4
When a train bound from Sydney Parramatta was passing through Petersham Station on Wednesday afternoon last. a lad named Harry Tory, aged…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Another Cyclone. Damage in Queensland. Babinda Suffers Severely. One Killed, 17 Injured. Brisbane
Evening News · Tuesday 12 March 1918 · page 5
Cyclonic rains have occurred in North Queensland and in consequence five inches of rain fell at Clarke River Township. There was a rapid rise in the Burdekin River at Charters…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →