Queensland Floods. Youth Drowned. Brave Rescue Attempt. Brisbane
A youth was drowned in floodwaters at South Johnstone, and a survey party is marooned at Bullyard, Jarra Creek, following torrential rains, which have…
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2,492 stories in Sydney's papers · page 19 of 125
Stop Press Phone M2406 Newcastle 472 Drowning Pearl Wellington (N.z.), Sunday.--
Three men and a boy are believed drowned in New River estuary, Invercargill, as result of a sudden gale upsetting dinghy. They are: Thomas…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fishing Rods As Stretcher Injured Man Carried Two Miles
NEWCASTLE, Sunday.--Riding a motorcycle along the sand at Stockton Bight this afternoon, Harold Botham, 19, of Albert Street, Speers Point, was injured when the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Police Fire on Rioters. 11 Killed; 19 Injured. MANDALAY[?] Feb. 12
Twenty-four persons were killed and 69 wounded when the military police fired on a procession of 10,000 people which developed into a riot…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Lorry's Plunge Down Bank. Two Killed; 14 Injured. Crushed by Tractor. Grafton
Two men were killed and fourteen other men were injured, two critically, when a contractor's lorry from Lismore loaded with 18 men, missed the…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Riots in India. 15 Killed; 157 Injured. Police Fire on Mob. Cawnpore, Feb. 12
Hindu and Moslem rioting broke out last night, Moslems objecting to Hindus playing music in front of a mosque. The police fired six times on the rioters,…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Orama Not Delayed by Accident. London, Feb. 12
The damage to the bows of the Orient [?] Orama in a collision with a [?]ug on Friday was of minor nature, and repairs were quickly effected[?] allowing the vessel to sail for Australian ports [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Police Seek Cyclist Road Accidents At Weekend
Hugh McQuoid, of Rossmore Avenue, Punchbowl, was found beside his ice waggon on Saturday,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Workman Drowned in Swamp
Entangled in reeds in the swamp which has formed in the disused Maroubra Speedway, a workman was drowned…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Forty Drowned in Floods. Johannesburg, Feb. 13
Forty people were drowned in floods, which have isolated the town of Barberton, near the eastern border of the Transvaal. The floods threaten a food shortage among…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Speedy Assistance For Injured Miners Is Aim
I READ with interest the article dealing with the transport of the injured at the Mt. Kiera Mine. I agree that the time is long overdue for more modern conveyance. To-day, the majority of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Two Killed in Crash Cyclists' Head-On Collision INVERELL
Their bodies mutilated almost beyond recognition as a result of injuries suffered in a head-on collision, Harold Downes. 28, married,…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Man Drowned in Floods Drought Relieved In Queensland BRISBANE
William Joseph Clark, 19. is believed to have been drowned in the flooded Mulgrave River to-day. Clark was crossing the river on…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Man Drowned in Lagoon. Entangled in Weeds. Rescue Effort Fails
James Murdoch, 50, of Watson's Bay, who was employed by the Water and Sewerage Board, was drowned in a snake-infested lagoon near the…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Man Crashes 130 Feet. Fall Down Air Duct. Critically Injured
Thomas Edward Warris, 27, of Canterbury Road, Belmore, a sub-contractor's plumber's foreman, fell about 130 feet down an air duct at the…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Mechanical Hand For Injured Rider In Speedway Test Invention by English Captain for Statham
A "MECHANICAL steel hand" is being made to enable Alex. Statham to ride for England in the final speedway Test against Australia at the Sydney Sports Ground on Saturday night…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Wanton Driving Alleged Sequel To Accident New Year's Day
An allegation that a motor cyclist drove at 40 to 50 miles an hour into a number of pedestrians who were crossing Burwood-road, Belmore, at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Death In Operation, Accident
The dilemma that faces all doctors confronted the doctors concerned in the fatal operation on Joan Doyle, the Acting…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Cyclists Die in Collision
INVERELL, Tuesday.--Two cyclists simultaneously came into collision with the left and right front mudguards of a car near here last night…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Two Hurt in Collision
When a motor cycle collided with a pole in Carlton Crescent, Summer Hill, yesterday Donald McCarthy, 28, of Cleveland Street. Redfern, and Arthur Shaw, of Wilton Street,…
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