Ex-m.l.a. Injured Fall From Scaffold. Newcastle
Formerly member for Hamilton in the Legislative Assembly, Jame Smith, 51, was seriously injured to-day when he fell thirty feet from some…
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Accidents, 1939
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Race Smash Two Horses Killed Two Riders Injured Five Horses Fall Melbourne
A serious smash involving the deaths of two horses and injury to two jockeys, occurred in the first division of the Maiden Plate, at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fatal Accident Kempsey Man Dies From Injuries
Mr. Charles William Stewart, of East Kempsey, died in the Quirindi Hospital on Monday night, from injuries received when a motor car in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Schoolgirl Fatally Injured
Wilma Claire Giggens, 7, a schoolgirl, was knocked down by a lorry and fatally injured on Motto Farm road, about three miles from Raymond…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Straying Stock Accidents and Grass
In reply to a letter from last month's meeting of the Shire Council the Department of Transport advised that during the twelve months ended…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fatal Motor Accident
Mr. Charles William Stewart, nephew of Mrs. Fred. White, Coffs Harbour, and brother-in-law of Mr. H. Gillies, who until recently had a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Pensioner Lay Injured All Night
Breaking into a house in Thomas street, Wallsend, on Monday, Constable J Stokes and Mr. W. Lowe, of Walls-end Unit of Newcastle Ambulance…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Five Killed Bus Strikes Truck Five Others Injured. Melbourne
Five people were killed, and five injured, in a collision between a motor bus and an empty sand truck, on the Warragul road, near Oakleigh, to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Cloudburst Man Drowned in Flood Police Rescue Settlers Train Held Up at Wagga Wagga
One man was drowned, many persons had to be evacuated in boats and thousands of pounds of damage was done when heavy rain struck the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Children Narrowly Escape Drowning
Children had narrowly escaped drowning in the Burleigh Heads reservoir through falling in while playing on the top rim. said Councillor T…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Man Drowned Fatality At Coff's Harbor Body Stilt Missing Intensive Search at Park Beach. Coff's Harbor
James Swan Hamilton Mitchell, a member of the staff of the Forestry Commission's Bo-Bo nurseries at Brooklana, was drowned in the surf…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →45 Children Drowned While Skating. Warsaw
Forty-five school children, aged between seven and nine, were drowned while skating in Lake Kremieneo. The ice cracked suddenly. The children…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Motor Collision Sir Earle and Lady Page Involved
Sir Earle and Lady Page were involved in a motor accident at Burrill Creek, about 12 miles from Taree, on Saturday night. They were on their…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Park Beach Fatality Search for Body. Coff's Harbor
Coff's Harbor police to-day continued the search for the body of James Mitchell, who was drowned at Park Beach on Saturday last…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Park Beach Tragedy Forestry Official Drowned Body Not Recovered
James Swan Hamilton Mitchell, a member of the staff of the Forestry Commission's Bo Bo Nurseries at Brooklana, was drowned…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Walked in Sleep Traveller Seriously Injured. Parkes
A printing house traveller, Alexander Parker, 38, of Newcastle, was gravely injured when he fell from the second floor of the Broadway Hotel at…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →19 DROWNED When Cutter Capsized Tragedy in Islands. Wellington (N.z.)
During a cyclone 19 members of a native crew of an island cutter were drowned when the craft capsized, on a voyage from Eua to Kologa, in the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Accident at Bellingen
Mrs. C. Lavender, of Bellingen, and her four-years-old son, were fortunate to escape serious injury when they were both struck and knocked down…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Accidents Heavy Toll in N.Z. AUCKLAND
Accidents took heavy toll in New Zealand during the week-end. Henry Kearns was fatally injured. He fell from a window of the Canvastown…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fall of Coal Two Miners Injured One in Hospital. Cessnock
While members of the Royal Commission investigating health and safety in the coal mines were investigating one section of the Aberdare Central…
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