Young Man Drowned Threw Up His Arms and Sank
Clement Henry Jackson, of Lumley-street, Granville, 22 years of age, was drowned at Lake Parramatta, on Saturday…
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Attacked by Swans. Bulldog Nearly Drowned. Master Dives to Rescue
A battle between a prize bulldog and two black swans in a pool in Centennial Park yesterday ended in the ignominious defeat of the bulldog Half-drowned he was rescued by…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →EXPLOSION Main Seriously Injured Near Lismore LISMORE
Keith Hicks, 24, received serious injuries as a result of the premature explosion of a charge of gelignite at Rosebank, near Lismore. The…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Explosion in Tube. Aged Watchmaker Injured. MELBOURNE
Mystery surrounds an explosion yesterday at Balaclava which rocked the shop of R. T. Barnes, an aged watchmaker. Two of Mr. Barnes' fingers were blown off, and his face…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Death of Three by Drowning Youth At Bottom Of Crowded Baths River Dragged
DEATH by drowning claimed three victims at the weekend--a youth in a crowded baths at Rockdale--another when his…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Demented Man. Night Attack on Family. Aged Father and Brothers Injured. Adelaide
A demented man violently attacked members of his family with a hammer early this morning at Blackwood, and as a result his father and a brother were taken to Adelaide…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Arrest Follows Accident
Shortly before 6 o'clock yesterday morning a motor car crashed into a kerb at Parramatta. Alighting, the driver called to a man who witnessed the accident. "Please keep your eye on…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Church Leader Killed Rev. T. F. Potts Victim of Accident
One of the leaders of the Methodist Church in Australia, Rev. Thomas Frederick Potts, 71, of Longworth Avenue, Woollahra Point…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Woman Struck by Lorry Is Seriously Injured
When she alighted from a bus near her residence in Wollongong Road, Arncliffe, last night, Mrs. Nellie Box, 38, was struck by a motor lorry…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Dead on Hands and Knees Peculiar Incident in Car Fatality
AFTER being knocked down and killed by a car in King Street, St. Peters, this month, Raymond Arthur Walton, 6, of Park Road, St…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Silent About Assault Injured Man Told Police Little
Staggering along Balmain Road, near Callan Park, early yesterday morning, with blood pouring freely from several…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fishing Tragedy. Three Men Drowned. Heroic Rescue Attempt Fails. Wellington (N.z.)
The drowning of three men at Nuggets (reported yesterday) was caused by the men being swept off the rocks by a heavy sea, and not through the capsize of the boat as at first…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Loss of Memory. Man Found After 21 Months. Believed to Be Drowned. Melbourne
Lawrence Rhodes, 26, who was believed to have been drowned near Frankston in April, 1932, when he was the owner of the Beaumaris Service Station, Beaumaris, has been…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Shooting Accident. Brewarrina
The funeral of Mr. Victor Loughnan, [?] of a pea-rifle accident at Oakleigh Station[?] Tarcoon, took place at Brewarrina yesterday[?] Mr. Loughnan was shot when a pea-rifle [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Workman Injured. Lismore
Anthony condon, 22, of Lismore, received a contused wound to an elbow when his arm was caught in a belt driving a butter churn at Foley Bros.' butter factory…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Boy Drowned In Crowded Swimming Hole
Stanley Furlong, 11, of Henderson-road, Alexandria, was drowned in a swimming hole in the old slaughter yards between Sutherland and National Park yesterday afternoon…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Level Crossing Accident. Motor Truck Crushed by Engine. Man Killed and Another Injured. Melbourne
William Hay Mills, 28, carrier, was killed, and William Richards, 58, invalid pensioner, Melbourne, suffered head and internal injuries and shock, when the motor truck on…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →In Plaster Jacket Injured Jockey Is Recovering
His neck and the upper part of his body in a plaster jacket, C. Laycock, the jockey, who fell with Old Master at Warwick Farm on January 13, was…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fire Engine Overturned. Officer Killed and Two Others Injured. HOBART
Mr. George Alton, superintendent of the Burnie Fire Brigade, was killed late last night when a fire engine owned by the Hobart Fire Brigade overturned at the intersection of…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Leap For Life From Flames Blazing Train Sensation Three Youths Seriously Injured
EIGHT blazing trucks-- one containing drums of petrol-- of a moving goods train, which had caught fire three miles out on the Nyngan line, provided a remarkable spectacle for Dubbo townsfolk early…
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