Men Injured
William James Borlace, of 116 Hebbard-street, employed at the Zinc Corporation as a laborer, received injuries to the ankle while at. work to-day…
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Accidents, 1939
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Boy Suffers Wounds Gun Accident In Chappie-Lane
THE condition of Ronald Hulbert (15), of 516 Chappie-street, who was admitted to the Hospital last night suffering from gunshot wounds…
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EVIDENCE of how a motorist had failed to stop after he had allegedly been concerned in an accident in Williams-street on the night of October 1, and was chased by a motor cyclist who brought him back to the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Woman Burned to Death Car Blazes After Accident MELBOURNE
MRS. Elisabeth White,(62), of Walwa, was burnt to.death when a motor car driven by her husband, Mr. R.C. White, burst' into Hames…
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AUCKLAND (N.Z.), February 21: —When a shooting party stopped at a motor car service-station for a supply of petrol a loaded shot gun…
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Harry Burford, 75 Nicholls-street, employed at the South mine as a trucker, suffered injuries to the hand when a bar fell on it while at work…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Accidentai Death Of Boy Coroner Tells Of Rifle Danger Sparrow Shooting Fatality
AFINDING of accidental death was given by the Coroner (Mr. A. B. Collins) at the inquest at the Courthouse this morning into the death of Ronald Hulbert (15), who died at the Hospital yesterday morning…
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MELBOURNE, Friday.— James Albert John Phillips (37) and William Stewart Ferguson (43) were killed, and Kenneth Madeley (41), hotel…
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F. Borich employed at the North mine injured his leg while at work today. He was taken in the ambulance to his home in Chloride-street…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—On February 17 six-year-old Joseph Borg accidentally shot dead his two-year-old brother Peter at their home at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Stop-Work For Fatal Accidents Union Rule Likely to Be Mine Managers Hear W.I.U. Delegates
THE 25-year-old rule of the W.I.U. which says that members employed at a mine on, or in which a fatal accident occurs must miss a round of shifts may be abolished, following a conference between members of…
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MELBOURNE, Thursday.—Eddie Speed was rabbiting with his fathe[?] in flood waters near Sale yesterday when he was caught in flood waters…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.—The Police Commissioner (Mr. Mackay) and two friends had narrow escapes from drowning last night. It appears that…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Three Men Injured on the Mines
Harry Delbridge, of 130 Iodidestreet, a miner at the North mine, suffered a ricked back while at work today. He was taken to the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Injured Woman Found on Railway Line
SYDNEY, Thursday.—Miss Catherine Anne Watkins (33) was found unconscious badly injured at the side of the railway line between Lindfield…
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Evidence that an unauthorised person was driving the towing inspection car when William Conrad Buss was killed on the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Under Liquor Influence Motor Cyclist To Pay Fine Of £8 Was Involved in Collision
A MOTOR cyclist was fined £8 in the Police Court today by Mr. A. B. Collins, S.M., for having driven a motor cycle in Oxide-atreet on the night of February 27 while under the influence of liquor. Evidence was given that…
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A CCORDING to data collected by the National Safety Council of U.S.A. the severity of motor accidents in that country, with its 29[?]…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →'Unauthorised Man Driving" Railway Officer's Story At "Trike" Fatality Inquest
EVIDENCE was given by a sub-inspector of the New South Wales Government Railways when the inquest into the death of William Conrad Buss (50), single, of Kinalung, was continued yesterday. He said that…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Finding Of Accidental Death Inspection Car Taken Off Its Patrol Area; Driver Was Negligent Coroner Hears Story of Washaways Crash
AN open finding of accidental death was given at the Courthouse today by the Coroner (Mr. A. B. Collins) at the conclusion of the inquest into the death of William Conrad Buss. The coroner found that John Emmett Howe, who was driving the railway towing inspection car on which Buss was killed, was negligent,…
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