In a sensational motor smash which occurred on Saturday afternoon at Maddon's Plains, between Stanwell Park and Bulli Lookout, a little boy ...
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Article : 184 wordsRecord crowds were reported from the various seaside resorts during the Christmas holiday season, and the pleasures of beach, bay, and ocean were fully exploited as a consequence ...
Article : 65 wordsThirteen persons were killed and 100 were injured when a theatre at Cebu was burned to the ground. The blaze started in the film projector ...
Article : 79 wordsAn audacious attempt to blow two safes was made on Saturday in broad daylight in one of the busiest parts of Queen-street. The thieves, ...
Article : 257 wordsMore industrial trouble for the Brisbane Tug Company is imminent, as the coalworkers and lightermen of the port intend to make a demand ...
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Article : 190 wordsDivid A. Woodroof, a farmer, of Rose hill, Dorrigo, and his little daughter, aged 10 years, were killed outright in a motor car accident at Bellingen yesterday ...
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Article : 82 wordsShortly before 8 o'clock to-night the body of Veronica Jessie M'Manus (3), of Brunswick-road, Brunswick, was discovered in the Moonee Ponds Creek some little ...
Article : 192 wordsThe holiday season in Bundaberg has been marred by a drowning accident, the victim being Mr. Percy Kirby, a popular young man of Bundaberg, and son of ...
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Article : 124 wordsA fatal motor accident occurred in Eaststreet on Christmas Eve. A number of pedestrians were in the street, and, as three men were standing talking, a car ...
Article : 112 wordsSix persons were injured in a motor accident at North Wagga on Boxing Day. The motor car was travelling at a fast pace, apd when the accident occurred it ...
Article : 134 wordsThe number of visitors to Maroochydore this Christmas again constitutes a record. Besides boating, surfing, and fishing, plenty of amusement is provided ...
Article : 132 wordsA New York tobacco company has offered the French Goverpnment 6OO,OOO,OO0 dollars (about £120,000,000) for the tobacco monopoly in France. ...
Article : 39 wordsAfter struggling desperately with a companion who was endeavouring to rescue him, Norman Smith (17), a clerk, residing at 71a Darlinghurst-road, was ...
Article : 114 wordsAt Mount Morgan David Aitken (50) and Edith Cronin(4) were struck by motor cars. The former sustained a dislocated right shoulder, and the lather a ...
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Article : 69 wordsAs a result of a motor accident, which occurred this afternoon, Mrs. Lucy Bailey, a resident of Chinderah (Tweed River), sustained serious injuries. Mrs. Bailey, ...
Article : 163 wordsMrs. Susan Jones, a resident at Sunshine, who was aged 93, was killed on Saturday, when a motor car in which she was riding collided with a motor ...
Article : 60 wordsThe editor of the "Observer" (Mr. James L. Garvin), reviewing 1925, says: —"There are encouraging signs of a definite recovery in trade. The ...
Article : 238 wordsA Christmas tragedy is reported from Trowbridge. Kdward Charles Richards was found shot in his own garden. He died after making a statement to the police, ...
Article : 109 wordsRonald Tompkins, 10½ years of age, was bathing in the river at Parramatta, when he got into difficulties. He cried out for help, and then disappeared. Later he ...
Article : 68 wordsIt is reported that a powerful organisation of Communists has been discovered in Borisowgrad. Minkow, the chief, fled to Greece, but eight other leaders have been ...
Article : 44 wordsA motor car dashed into eight people in Wharf-road, Leichhardt, on Christmas night, and badly injured a little girl, Norma Smith, who was taken to the ...
Article : 62 wordsAt North Pine yesterday afternoon, shortly before 4 o'clock much excite ment was caused by in unrehearsed incident that happened in the Pine River. ...
Article : 118 wordsThree motor accidents occurred in the Huon district during the holidays. Dan. Voss, of Huonville, was driving a light car from Hobart, and on approaching his ...
Article : 151 wordsAbout 12.20 a.m. on Christmas Day. Archibald M'Cowan, a widower, 46 years of age, who had lived at an hotel in Ipswich-road, was found seriously ill on a ...
Article : 103 wordsThe Vienna correspondent of the "Times" states that the Bulgarian Government to-moeeow will ask Parliament to grant an amnesty to 10,000 ...
Article : 77 wordsOn Christmas Eve a small boy named Martin, whose parents are holidaying at Yeppoon, rolled over the Bluff to the road, a distance between 80 and 90 feet. ...
Article : 63 wordsFatal injuries were sustained by James Whitney (6), whose parents reside at 40 Edward-street, Woollahra, owing to his being run over by a motor 'bus. It is ...
Article : 118 wordsHerr Schacht, president of the Reichs Bank, commends the suggestion of the former French Minister for Finance (M. Loucheur) for an international ...
Article : 103 wordsBefore Mr. J.J. Leahy, Acting P.M., in the Central Police Courit on Saturday, Patrick Terrence O'Hara (20, labourer) was charged (1) that, on December 25, at ...
Article : 122 wordsAlthough the police are inclined to favour the theory of suicide, there are stated to be certain circumstances connected with the death of thomas Doery, ...
Article : 219 wordsThe body of William Patton (67) was found on the railway line about a mile from the town on Christmas Eve Deceased had been in this district for many ...
Article : 154 wordsA motor car plunged over a bank near Hotorna. New Zealand, on Christmas Day. A Maori passenger was killed, and his wife seriously injured. Another passenger also ...
Article : 47 wordsClarice Hurst (aged 22), of Victoriastreet, Brunswick, who fell out of the carriage of the scenic railway at Luna Park on Friday night and sustained a ...
Article : 83 wordsOwing to his colliding in Parramatta Park, on Saturday afternoon, with a man who was carrying a billy of boiling tea. Adrian Farrell (7), of Henson-road. ...
Article : 68 wordsBecause he signed a charge against a man who had stolen a quantity of cigarettes and tobacco from his shop, Mr John I. Cox was confronted on his ...
Article : 107 wordsTwo sailors dashed into a dance hall at Toulon, brandishing sheath knives. They struck right and left, wounding 20 men and woman before one was capt[?]red. The ...
Article : 46 wordsJohn Cosgrove Devlin (44), married. died at Townsville on Saturday as a result of a motor accident last Tuesday night on the Townsville Ayr road. The ...
Article : 114 wordsMargaret Fern (5), whose parents reside at 51 M'Kenzie-street, Waverley, fell at her home on Saturday morning, but not feeling seriously hurt, she continued ...
Article : 89 wordsAll electric train at the North Fizroy level crossing yesterday collided with a motor lorry, driven by Victor Ford (aged 21), of High-street, Northcote. The ...
Article : 83 wordsA report was received by the police this morning to the effect that a man, whose name is at present unknown, had been found dead in the railway yards ...
Article : 72 wordsFrederick Phillips, who was arrested on Friday morning after a fatal altercation with Jack Henry Headnn, was charged i[?] the Adalaide Police Court yesterday ...
Article : 55 wordsThe body of William Hancox, the youth who was drowned in a sailing accident near the Toowong ferry on Friday, was discovered [?]oating near the scene of the tragedy ...
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The Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933), Mon 28 Dec 1925, Page 5
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