Injured Man's Ordeal. Crawls Two Miles. Leg Broken. Goondiwindi (Q.)
After one of his legs had been broken in a fall from a horse yesterday, Edward Binney, a station hand, crawled two miles on hands and knees…
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Man Killed in Fall From Cliff. Coogee Accident
James William Donahoo, 42, who lived in Surry Hills until several weeks ago, but whose address could not be ascertained by the police last night, was killed instantly yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Causes in No. 5 COURT. (Before Mr. Justice Owen and jury.) Tram Accident. Adlington v Commissioner for Road Transport and Tramways
The jury awarded damages of £1,000 to George Arthur Adlington against the Commissioner for Road Transport and Tramways…
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Horace Birch, a middle-aged man living at Woonona, was drowned in the shallow water of Bellambi Creek to-day. It is thought he became ill…
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ARTHUR COTTON, 22, was drowned in the surf near Burleigh Heads this afternoon. His elderly father. Mr. Arthur Cotton, gallantly attempted…
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DEATH and serious injury resulted from a number of tragic road and other accidents yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →3 Die, 10 Hurt-- Service Coach & Car Crash Injured And Dead Tossed To Roadway Terrific Head-on Collision On Culvert Near Albury; Car Is Wrecked ALBURY
TWO MEN AND A WOMAN WERE KILLED AND TEN OTHERS WERE INJURED, FIVE SERIOUSLY, IN A HEAD-ON COLLISION LAST NIGHT BETWEEN A SERVICE COACH…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Aeroplane Accident
THE sleek, new aeroplane stood on the flying-field, while eager hands helped to make the final adjustments necessary before its first…
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Suffering from a fractured left arm, Vivian Webb, of Ballandella-road, Toongabbie, was admitted to Parramatta District Hospital on Saturday…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fisherman Drowned Wollongong
Leaving his home at Woonca early on Saturday morning, Horace Birch. 46, stated he was "going to do a bit of fishing." Subsequently, his…
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NEWCASTLE, Sunday.--Mrs. Cora Mawer (31), of Charlestown, received concussion when a car in which she was a passenger capsized near the Mark's Point…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fatal Collision Near Penrith. Penrith
The driver of a car was fatally injured, and four of the passengers were admitted to hospital, as a result of a collision between two cars this evening at the foot of Quarry Hill,…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Station Employee Injured. Wellington
Frederick Russell, an employee at Katella Station, near Wellington, suffered severe concussion and probably a fractured skull while he was cutting willow trees for fodder. A…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Stop Press Four Injured in Smash
Four persons were injured, including an 18-months-old baby, Late last night, when two cars collided at the corner of Birrell…
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Albert Hutton, 30, of The Crescent, McMahon's Point, was found seriously injured on Saturday in General Holmes Drive, Brighton-le-Sands…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Youth and Boy Drowned. Tragedies on Coast and at Forbes
Arthur Cotton, 22, of Lindum, Brisbane, was drowned on a beach between Little Burleigh and Big Burleigh, north of Tweed Heads, and Patrick Shanahan, 12, of the Marist…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Toll of the Road Seven Killed in Smashes Husband and Wife Victims Service Car In Collision
SEVEN persons lost their lives in motor accidents on the State highways during the week-end, which was one on the most tragic for some…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Man Killed. Accident With Rifle. QUIRINDI
When examining a rifle, Thomas Boland, a dairy hand, employed at Courbold's farm, near Quirindi, was accidentally shot, and was killed instantly, this afternoon…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Tragic Road Accidents. Several Deaths in Week-end. Car and Bus Collide. MELBOURNE
Four persons were killed and nine injured—four seriously—when the Murray Valley service bus and a motor-car collided on the Murray…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Spotlight on Society Visiting sons at Sutton Forest . . . Foursomes at club . . . Bits and pieces of news . . . American news of Miss Lane-Poole . . . Taking tea outside the Heads . . . Well-known woman rider injured . . . Getting ready for trip to England
LADY WAKEHURST, accompanied by her daughter, the Honorable Henrietta Loder, is at Sutton Forest visiting her sons at Tudor House, for…
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