Twin Boys Drowned. Melbourne
Robert and Richard Eastweil, two-year-old twin sons of Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Eastweil, of McKenzie Creek, near Horsham, were drowned in the creek near their home to-day…
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Injured in Car Crash
Keith Birch, 28, of Augustus Street, Leichhardt, suffered concussion when his car crashed through a wire fence off Carpenter Road, Colyton,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Road Accidents. Taxi-cab Mounts Footpath. Five, Persons Injured. Melbourne
Five persons were injured, and about ten others were knocked over, when a taxi-cab mounted the footpath at the corner of Collins and Swanson Streets,…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Children Injured in Falls From Trees
Two children suffered concussion when they fell from trees near their homes yesterday. They are Dorothy Dingle, 10, of Beyson…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Unhurt in Car Capsize Collision at Street Intersection
Frederick Smith, 27, Roslyn St. Ashbury, driver of a private hire car escaped unhurt yesterday when his car capsized following a collision…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Boy Cyclist Injured Riding to Meet Mother
LISMORE, Tuesday.--Cecil Quinn, 15, suffered probable fractures of the skull, jaw, leg, and internal injuries today when his push bicycle collided with a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Man Killed: Wife and Son Injured. Cowra
Ernest G. Heinrich, a business man of Young, was killed yesterday when his car turned over on the Holmwood Road, four miles from Cowra…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →£2 Fine for Ill-treating Horse Had Been Injured In Car Smash
After his horse had been badly injured in on accident with a ear yesterday Arthur Copley, 47, invalid pensioner, led the animal from…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Russian Troops Bombed And Drowned On Frozen Lake Thousands Die; Skating Finns Machine-gun Survivors London
Thousands of Russian troops were drowned in Lake Kianta when Finnish planes bombed the frozen surface of the lake. This is stated in despatches from Helsinki…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Shelling Town by Accident London
Five houses were damaged and several people narrowly escaped death during an accidental naval…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Cyclists Injured
Riding a bicycle in Church-street Parramatta, on Sunday, Thomas Donnelly. of Rosehill-street Parramatta, collided with the rear of a stationary…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Surfer Injured
A promising young swimmer, Herbert Nordstrom, was injured in a collision with another surfer at North Cronulla last week-ehd. He…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Vehicles Afire After Collision
Three men had amazing escapes yesterday when a lorry and a car caught fire after a collision at Merrylands and Centenary Roads,…
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CESSNOOK, Wednesday.--Dorothy Peters, aged eight, living at the East Cessnock Unemployed Settlement, web drowned in a colliery dam at…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Girl and Youth Injured. Motor Cycle Accident
Involved in a motor cycic accident at Palm Beach on Monday were Stella Banks, 18, of Lansdow[?]e Road, Canie[?] Vale, and Alan McLucky, 19. of Church…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Injured While Dancing
While dancing at Lapstone Hill Hotel on New Year's Day, Miss Laurie Wilkins (22), typiste, of 17 Third Street, Granville, fell and struck her…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Child Drowned in Mine Dam
CESSNOCK, Wednesday. -- Dorothy Peters, 8, was drowned in the Aberdare Pit Dam, East Cessnock, about 5.30 p.m. today…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Back Seat Passenger Injured
On Monday afternoon a car travelling east collided with a safety fence on the Westen: Read about a quarter of a mile west of Lapstone Hill Hotel…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Car Overturned Fatality on Mulgoa Road
A car conveying a young man and two girls to Mulgoa for the New Year holidays overturned on the Mulgoa Read, near Glenmore, shortly after…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fell on Rocks Lidcombe People Injured
Falling six feet from a verandah on to some rocks at Cronulla during the holidays. Miss Miriam, Tuckwell of Elimatta-street, Lidcombe and Mr. Dick…
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