545 Road Accidents Last Year
During 1951 there were 545 road accidents in Broken Mill, in which 16 persons were killed or fatally. Injured. Over the holiday period…
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Accidents, 1952
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Drowned in Reservoir
MELBOURNE —Brian Wilson (20), of Bishop Place, Kensington, S.A., was drowned…
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Sydney, January 3.—An eight years old boy was drowned while cray fishing in the Georges River Liverpool, today, He was James…
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Melbourne, Jan. 3.—Government Investigations will be made at Luna Park, St Kilda, where more than 40 people…
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An elderly man was injured when he fell from a cart in Chloride Street about 2 p.m. today. He was Daniel…
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Newcastle. January 3.—One man was fatally injured and another suffered minor injuries yesterday afternoon when they were…
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The condition of former local boy, V. Faggotter (24), who was seriously injured in a race smash at Oxley…
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Sydney. —A woman returning' from her sister's funeral was injured when her husband's car was…
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Brisbane, January 6.—Harry Dowet "Ellis (30). of Bullina Street, Lismore, was drowned last night near West Urlelgh, South…
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R. G. Matten (North) was treated at the Hospital yesterday for burns to an ear. He was later taken home to 505 Chappie Lane…
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A utility was damaged on Sunday night in an accident following the fusing of its lights one the Wilcannia Road. No-one was…
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A 24-year-old motor cyclist, who fell from his machine yesterday afternoon when passing a horse and…
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Broken Hill's road accident during 1951 totalled 545—an aver age of more than ten accidents week. There is no record of the…
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New York.— Fifty-four people were injured in two railway acciidents. The worst was near Yonkers, in Canada, where two trains…
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Adelaide—Mrs. Lillian Jean Rayraent, the central figure in last night's semaphore jetty tragedy, is alleged to have told her husband when he reached home…
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Following the hearing of further evidence yesterday, the inquest into the deaths of Amy Adelaide Owen, Rhonda Jay Owen and William Joseph Baker was…
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Bathurst, January 9.—Arthur Baston and John Hilary Williams, timber-getters, of Kirkconnell, near Bathurst appeared on…
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F. E. Martin (North Mine) strained the muscles of his right thigh while at work yesterday and was treated for the injury before…
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Sydney. January 9.—Sydney radio actress Nell Stirling (42) met her death by accidentally taking an overdose of sleeping tablets…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Finding By Coroner: Kennedy Accidentally Killed on Christmas Eve Manslaughter Charge Accordingly Dismissed
A finding of accidental death was returned by the Cononer, Mr. C. K Ward, when an inquest was held yesterday into the death of Kevin Joseph Patrick Kennedy, who was struck by a motor vehicle in Oxide Street on Christmas Eve. Mr. Ward…
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