Mortar Sprays Tram Passengers. Accident at Mosman
Twelve passengers in a tram bound from The Spit to Wynyard were showered with mortar, following a collision between a motor lorry, a car, and tram in Parriwi Road,…
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Girl Killed by Train. Accident at Loftus
Lorna Eileen Weigand, aged ten years, of Waratah Street, Loftus, was Struck by the engine of the Nowra-Sydney express train on Monday…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Strange Dreams After Accident Compensation Award of £100
An injured worker had dreams that he was foiling over cliffs or down a mine shaft, and once when he saw spears being hurled at him he Jumped…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Taxi Ban Relaxed Minister Exempts 3 Streets in City Quotes High Cab Accident Rate
THREE important thorough-fares will be exempted from the provisions of the regulations against…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Auto Accident on Stage
Annabella's first automobile accident since going to America three months ago from Paris befell her recently—on a sound stage. For a scene in "The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Here and There Peculiar Accident
Thomas Pullen, 26, of Terminus st., Liverpool, while working on the new broadcasting station at Prestons, slipped on the scaffolding and was caught by…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Former Jockey Drowned. Perth
Advice has been received at Derby by pedal wireless from Liveringa Station that William Skinner, 69, was drowned in the flooded Nerrima River, in the north-west. The country…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Man Drowned, Will in Flat
Ernest James Coombes, 58, a returned soldier, was found drowned to-day in the Harbor, near Manly baths…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Motor Cyclist Killed. Collision at Waterfall
Kenneth Clark, about 32, of Blakeland Road, Ryde, was killed instantly on Tuesday night, when a motor cycle be was riding crashed into a heavy…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Level Crossing Smash. Two Men Injured. Remarkable Escapes
Two young men were slightly injured, and threer others had remarkable escapes late last night, when a motor car crashed into a goods train…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Car Smash At Crossing Two Men Seriously Injured
Two men were seriously injured when a car crashed through level-crossing gates, and was struck by a train at Campbelltown late last…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Five in Crossing Collision Lucky Escapes As Car Hits Goods Train
FIVE young men narrowly escaped death about 11 o'clock last night when their car, Crashing through a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Sequel to Collision of Planes Challenge to Power Of State Courts Mascot' Drome
A LEGAL poser confronted Judge Betts in the District Court yesterday when he reserved decision on the question of whether the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Man & Woman Unconscious City Tram Accident
A MAN and a woman fell unconscious to the ground after a tram struck the former during a heavy downpour of rain at the corner of Park and Elizabeth Streets, City, last night. SUFFERING a fracture to the base…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Caretaker Found Drowned
The body of Ernest James Coombes, 38 who had been caretaker at flats in Stewart Avenue, Manly, was found floating in the harbour, near the Manly baths, yesterday,…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Injured Man's Fortitude
Remarkable fortitude was shown by R. A. Arisden, 39, of Quigg Street, Lakemha, after one of his arms had been crushed almost to pulp in machinery at the works of G. C…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Injured by Axe. Goulburn
Stantey Hawk, 19, was ruing an axe on his father's farm at Windellama, when it glanced off the limb of a tree and cut into his right foot, severing the arteries and…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →150 Known Drowned in California Floods Stars Cut Off From Hollywood By High Seas Estimated Damage Exceeds £6,000,000 Los Angeles
ONE hundred and fifty are known to be dead and more than 2500 are homeless as a result of yesterday's floods in Southern California…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Leichhardt Man Drowned Wollongong
JOHN METCALF (55), of Alberta Street, Leichhardt was drowned at Coalcliff when lie was washed off the rocks to-day while fishing, and…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Chased Pram, Saved Infant From Drowning Auckland
Noticing a perambulator. in which his infant son was sleeping, racing down an incline past the front of his store towards a…
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