Collision At Wentworth Falls
When a motor lorry collided with a car on the Great Western Highway, Wentworth Falls, on December 21 the hood of the…
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Leura Boy Hurt In Collision
When a car and a bicycle collided on the Cliff Drive, near Leura Baths, on Sunday, January 2, the rider of the bicycle…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Dog Causes Accident
Keith Field (10) of 46 Station Street, Katoomba, received abrasions and shock, when a dog caused him to fall from his…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Collision at Shell Corner
The driver and pillion rider of a motor cycle were injured When the cycle crashed almost head-on into a car on the Great Western…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Speedway Rider Fatally Injured
A well-known Bathurst speedway rider was fatally injured when he was thrown from his motor cycle after it had skidded…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Boy Badly Injured by Explosion
An 11-year-old boy had his thumb and three fingers of his left hand blown off and his right eye injured, when a detonator…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Accidental Death
Keith Henry Jaques (23), of 15 Queen Street, Bathurst, who was fatally injured when he was thrown from his motor cycle at…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Three Linesmen Injured When Lorry Overturns
When a P.M.G. motor lorry got out of control and overturned on the Great Western Highway, Wentworth Falls, on Friday,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Motor Cyclist Injured
A 21-year-old motor cyclist received severe injuries when he was thrown from his cycle after it had crashed into the side of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motor Cyclist Injured
While riding a motor-cycle on the Great Western Highway, Wentworth Falls, on May 20, Maxurell Broughton (20), of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Leura Man Injured
John Shoebridge, of Grose Street, Leura, received scalp wounds and lacerations to his face when his car overturned…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Injured at Home
When she slipped and fell at her home in Winbourne Road, Hazelbrook, last week, Mrs. J. O. Ellis suffered a…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Aged Woman Fatally Injured
A 75-years-old woman, who was a passenger with three other women in a taxi-cab, received fatal injuries when the taxi and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Train Passenger Injured
A passenger on a train, travelling between Lawson and Katoomba recently, had his face badly cut when his head…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Injured in Collision
When a collision occurred between a motor cycle and a car in Waratah Street, Katoomba, the cyclist was injured and both…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Injured Starting Car
While attempting to start a car last week, a man had his right arm broken when it was struck by the cranking handle…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Collision in Mist
Quick thinking by a motorist prevented a serious accident when a collision occurred between the car he was driving…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Injured at Sports
While taking part in the annual combined Primary School sports at Katoomba Showground last week, a young competitor fell…
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