Runaway Truck Collision With Car Two Men Have Narrow Escape. Lismore
Two motorists traveling this morning up the Richmond Range on the Casino side had lucky escapes from serious injury when their car and a…
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Accidents, 1939
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Riots in India 40 Killed and 400 Injured. Cawnpore (India)
It is unofficially stated that 40 have been killed, 400 injured and 600 arrested since the communal rioting began on Friday. Curfew is now being…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Horse Hits Rail Accident at Gosford Races. Sydney
Towards the finish of the Maiden Handicap at Gosford races to-day. Headall swung to the outside of the track and just after passing the judge's…
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Mr Geof Smith, of Grafton, driver of the Shell oil truck, while engaged filing the bowsers at Mr. R. Wiblen's store, Chatsworth Island, yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Road Smash Armidale Ambulance Involved Superintendent Injured
A head-on collision, in which six persons were injured and admitted to the Armidale and New England Hospital, occurred late on Tuesday…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mountain Road Collision
Cars driven by Mr. A. Searl and Mr. Thompson, of Nana Glen, collided head on on the mountain road between Coramba and Eastern Dorrigo…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →13-Mile Walk on Injured Leg
When D. Bredley, 32, a gold miner at Mt. Peter, near Cairns, drove a pick through his leg, lie found himself isolated from medical attention by flood…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Car Collision Sequel in Court Negligent Driving Charge
At Coffs Police Court to-day, before Mr. A. J Bryant, P.M., Walter Cowling pleaded not guilty to a charge of having driven a motor car in a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Scooter Accident Bellingen Boy Injured Collision with Car. Bellingen
Barry Dark, 5-year-old son of Mr and Mrs. Keith Dark, of Bellingen, received painful injuries as a result of an accident in Church street. The lad,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Body in Harbor Stabbed And Drowned Coroner's Inquest. Sydney
Evidence that Thomas Raymond Mcgroary (39), of Ultimo, whose body was found floating in the harbor on January 18, had been stabbed on December 27…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Brother Shoots Brother by Accident. Sydney
Peter Borge, 3, of Pendle Hill, was accidentally shot dead by his brother, Joseph, aged 6, when a shotgun was discharged at their home…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Injured Toe Whilst Paddling
Alan Amos, 10, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Amos, of Hunter street, Grafton, suffered a large incised wound in the foot when he struck it against a sharp…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Child Drowned in Sunken Cask. Newcastle
Harold Runsby, of Warner's Bay, near Newcastle, was found drowned to-day in a cask of water in the yard of his parents home…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Plucky Constable Saves Aboriginal From Drowning in Richmond River. Lismore
Jumping into the Richmond River, opposite Coleman's Point, Lismore, almost fully clothed, this afternoon, Constable R. Peterkin saved a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Boy Drowned Ambulance Efforts Fail Call Received Too Late. Sydney
Raymond Daniels (9), of North Belmore, was drowned while swimming in East Hills Park baths, near Bankstown, to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Clarence Drowning Man Attacked By Cramp Swam Out for Duck Police Drag for Nine Hours
Apparently attacked by cramp, Keith Chandler, aged 25 years, single, of Maclean, was drowned in the Clarence River, near Waterview,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Burglary Charge Man Found Injured Stolen Car Nearby. Sydney
Observing that two sheets of iron had been removed from a grocery warehouse in the city, last night, police entered the building, and found a man…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Car Collision Sequel in Court Negligent Driving Charge
In the police court case partially reported in last issue, Walter Robert Cowling, of Nana Glen, was found not guilty last Friday afternoon, on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fatal Swim Tragedy At Waterview Verdict of Accidental Death
"I find that Ernest Keith Chandler was accidently drowned whilst swimming in the Clarence River about four miles above Grafton on…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Japanese Injured by Car
George Ajuta, a Japanese laundryman, of River street, was admitted to the Ballina District Hospital on Sunday night suffering from concussion and…
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