Alarming Report Drowning Rumors
Considerable excitement was generated at Prospect last week as the result of a telephone message received by Mr. Joe -Hicks…
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Canoe Fatality Hobart
Percy R. Wade. 18, was out in a canoo at Wynward, on the North-West Coast, when it suddenly swamped and sank. Wade struggled for a…
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"I think it would be advisable for the council to erect a warning of danger at the spot," said the City Coroner (Mr. Fletcher), in returning a verdict of accidental death at…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Motor-Cyclist Injured
About 5 p.m. on Saturday, Windsorroad, road, Baulkham Hills, was the scene of a collision between a motor-cycle ridden by Gordon R. Saunders, of Inch-street,…
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Eight members of two families, besides two others, were injured on Monday afternoon last, when motor cars collided on Prince's Highway,…
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Thomas Sharpe (53 years), a moulder of West Thebarton, was found dead in two feet of water in the Torrens River this morning. He had been out…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Modest Boy Hero Drowning Mate Rescued Slipped Quietly Home
A gallant rescue was made by Leonard James aged foruteen, of Geelong, in Carlo Bay (Vic.) on Monday. James was walking along the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Boy Injured by Air-gun
While a resident of South Hurstville was proceeding along Woniora Road in a motor car last Monday, accompanied by his family, a lad…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Carpenter Injured Struck by Bucket
A bucket of concrete fell on Claude Phillips (39), carpenter, of Second Avenue, Blacktown, when he naps working on the top of a building under…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Lorry Overturns. Fatality on Bulli Pass Road
Frederick Henry Lavis, aged 61 years, of Woid's Avenue, Hurstville, received fatal injuries when a motor lorry on which he was riding…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Motor Fatality Beecroft Touring Party Car Overturns
Mr. W. H. Ballard, president of Beecroft Bowling Club, has been advised that his son Stewart, aged 21 years, was killed on Wednesday afternoon. Only…
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A verdict of accidental death was recorded at an inquiry into the death of Stanley John Shaw, tramway employee, of Sydney, who was drowned in the Hunter River at Morpeth on…
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After an heroic struggle in a heavy sea off Brighton Beach yesterday, Mr. R. F. Richardson, of Brighton Baths, and Eric Royce, of Hampton, brought…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Two Injured Collided With Stray Horse
Late on Tuesday night, at Mt. Druitt, a straying horse was responsible for serious injury to Richard Wotton (19), of Augusta-street, Punchbowl, and Thelma…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Collision at Sutherland. Ten Hurt in Car Smash
Eight members of two families, besides two others, were injured last Monday afternoon when motor cars collided on Prince's Highway, Sutherland…
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George Noonan, aged 65, resident of Sydney-road, Granville, met with a serious accident on Monday evening last. He was crossing Sydney-road, near…
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Word was received in town to-day that Jack McLeod, 32, who had been missing for some weeks, had been drowned in Brisbane River. His body…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Man Killed Two Others Injured Car Over Embankment
An accident that ended fatally for one of the victims occurred on the Western-road. Prospect, about 7.30 a.m., on Sunday…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Engine Crashes Into Car Motorist Injured Dangerous Curve Newcastle
A light railway engine collided with a motor-car driven by Mr. W. Mirsopp, 40, contractor, at the railway crossing at Kahlbah this afternoon…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Intruder Trapped Had Rope From Roof Injured by Fall Wollongong
FURTHER details concerning the capture of a man in the drapery establishment of J. T. sykes. Crown-street, at 3.30 a.m. yesterday, show…
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