Youth Fatally Injured
SYDNEY, Monday.—Donald Andrews (14), of Cross-Roads, Ingleburn, was fatally injured on the Hume Highway, Liverpool, late last…
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Accidents, 1939
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Stop Press Mr. McBRIDERS Death Was Accidental
The jury returned a finding of accidental death at the conclusion of the inquest this afternoon into the death of…
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MELBOURNE, Thursday.—From New Year's Day to last Friday 309 persons lost their lives in Victoria in road, drowning and fire accidents…
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A FINDING of accidental death was returned by the jury at the conclusion of the inquest, yesterday before the Coroner (Mr. A. B. Collins) into the death of William John McBride, who was fatally injured in a fall…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.—Phyllis Gough (18), and Oscar Whiteman (29) were injured last night when their motor cycle outfit and a motor car collided…
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Alfred Hennessey (73), of 153 Gaffney-street, and Andrew Deboney, of Oxide-street, are in Ward 1 at the Hospital as a result of minor…
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SYDNEY, Saturday.—Sidney Clay (23), of Waverley, was swept out to sea and drowned while fishing from rocks at Vaucluse yesterday. His…
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MELBOURNE, Saturday.—Torrential rain fell over a wide area of Victoria yesterday. Kenneth Reid (25), of West…
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ACCORDING to traffic authorities, foolish and unnecessary hurrying is responsible for twothirds of all motor accidents…
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AUCKLAND (N.Z.), April ll.— Louis Murphy (50) and John Henrickson (30) were drowned yesterday when a launch which was bringing…
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AUCKLAND (N.Z.), April. 12.— While on their way home from a wedding reception at Takapuna, a suburb of Auckland, last night, Miss…
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CHARLES DAVIS (19), son of Mr. William Davis, of Encounter Bay, was drowned while fishing at…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.— The Commissioner for Road Transport and Tramways (Mr. Neale) stated last night that five persons had been…
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Last Eas[?] a man, his wife and two young children ways motoring along one of the State Highways to bring home for the holidays a daughter who…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday—When his bicycle struck a pedestrian at Undercliff last night, Harold Carrett (25) was thrown to the roadway and received…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.— Jack Cunliff (20) was fatally injured when he catapulted from his bicycle through a rear side window of a car. The…
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A RISING out of a collision between two motor cars at the intersection of Jamieson and Central streets or the night of February 1, the…
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The condition of Ronald Tydsall, who was injured in a collision between a motor cycle which he was riding and a utility truck driven by…
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William Miller, 75 Gaffney-street, a miner at the North mine, suffered abrasions to the forehead when he was struck by a bar while at work today…
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MELBOURNE, Tuesday.— The jockeys, E. Cox and K. Bird were badly injured, and the horse, Galen was killed and African injured in a…
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