Miner Killed; His Mate Injured
KALGOORLIE, Wed.--When he bored into an unexploded charge at No. 4 level of Cox's Find Mine, Cox's Find, at 11 a.m. to-day, James Kerrisk was killed and his…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Accidents, 1939
2,492 stories in Sydney's papers · page 11 of 125
Pioneer Settlers' Death Clothes Aflame; Badly Injured Over Eighty Years Married
BALLINA, Wed.--Mr. James McAndrew, the oldest pioneer of the Richmond River district, passed away at his home in Ballina Cutting Road at the age of 98. His PORT KEMBLA, Wednesday.--When his kerosened clothes caught fire to-day from a spark from an oxy-weldcr, Leslie Steel, of View Street, Earlwaod, was severely…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →31 KILLED, 405 Injured in Road Smashes Worst Xmas Toll On Record
Thirty-one persons were killed and 405 injured in 480 road accidents in N.S.W. during the past Christmas-New Year holidays. These figures -- easily the worst for any…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Accidents of the Week. Man Killed by Tree
Yesterday afternoon, Joseph Kilner, 59 years of age, of Marrickville, was working with a gang of relief workers on the new scenic drive from…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Three Accidents In 30 Hours Fall Before Hurdle Only One Of Series For Brace Collapses After Plucky Win On Big Thrill
JOCKEY N. Brace had three accidents in about 30 hours before he won the Hurdle at Victoria Park yesterday on Big Thrill. After the race he was in such a bad way that he had…
Continued on Trove, page 29 →Boxer Injured
Vic. White, ex paper and flyweight champion of Australia, is at present an inmate of St. Vincent's Hospital, Sydney…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Boy's Death Brother Unaware Of Drowning
How a family swimming party ended in tragedy was told to the parramatta Coroner, Mr, Williams, yesterday. He was inquiring into the death of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Turf Notes Bozzago Injured
Bozzago, who fell in the Hawthorn Hurdle Race at Caulfield on Saturday, is not likely to race again for s[?]e weeks. He injured a knee, and, according to his trainer, W…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Man and Woman Injured
Kenn[?] Sadler, 22 of Hume Street. Crow's Nest, was critically injured last night when his taxi-cab skidded and crashed head-on into a tram at the intersection of Spit and…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →2 Injured In Taxi Crash
Crashing head-on into a tram in Spit Road, Mosman, last night, a taxi was wrecked,, and the driver and a woman passenger…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Police Injured in P.d. Smash
Two policemen attached to the Manly division were injured, one seriously, when their PD. car crashed into a palm tree in North Steyne, Manly, last night…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Horror In Chile Cables From The Daily News Special Correspondents 15,000 Injured by Sudden Quake New York, Thursday. Our Own Cable Service
A STORY of mounting horror comes from the 'quake-stricken areas of Chile…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Death After Railway Accident. Bathurst
James Leslie, 15, of Cowra, received injuries which afterwards caused his death when he was struck by a train at the Bathurst Railway Station on August 17, last year, but…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Rqad Toll. 31 Fatalities in Holidays. Causes of Accidents Analysed
Thirty-one people were killed and 405 were injured in 480 road accidents in New South Wales in the holiday period, from December 23 to January 2…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Aldinga and Kahika Collision at Newcastle
A gust of wind yesterday swung the Adelaide S.S. Co., Ltd.'s steamer Aldinga against the motorship Kahika, of the Union Line…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Tiny Craft Capsized One Woman Drowned Other Saved
MELBOURNE, Friday.--Mrs. Florence Gooney, 40, of Middle Brighton, was drowned to-day when a canoe capsized 500 yards from the beach at Middle…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Accident Risks
Mr. G. R. W. McDonald, vice-president of the National Roads and Motorists' Association, yesterday raised the question whether Pedestrians as well as motorists should not…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Thrills And Drama in Every Surf boat Race; Two injured
There were thrills and drama in every surfboat race at the Manly Carnival yesterday. Not one heat, semi-final, or final passed off without a crash or a capsize. Two competitors were injured, and on at least half a dozen occasions beltmen had to stage real rescues when boats turned over or were swamped…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →Boy Drowned
The body of Richard Ian Thomson, 7, of East Perth, was found today in about a foot of water, at Crawley baths, Perth…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Man Drowned in Creek
The body of Harold Hugh Boan, 34, invalid pensioner, of Roper Street, Colyton. was found in about two feet six inches of water in Rope's Creek, hear St. Marys. Foul play is not…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →