Spine Injured
Kathleon Foote, 33, of Hill Street, North Sydney, dived into shallow water at The Entrance and fractured her spine. The Gosford Ambulance…
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Three Injured Accidents at Wagga WAGGA
C. J. Russell, of Railway-street, Wagga, was injured seriously when he fell from a cart. The wheels struck a ditch, and he was thrown out. One of the wheels…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →100 INJURED Sydney Celebrations SYDNEY
The celebrations held in Sydney on New Year's Eve are generally regarded as the brightest on record. Nearly 100 victims of accidents had…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Road Accidents Duly of Drivers Social Problem
In a New Year message to road users, the Commissioner for Transport (Mr. Neale), as executive vice-president of the Road Safety Council, said…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Boy Drowned Fatality at Paterson Lorn Resident
The first drowning fatality at Paterson for over 30 years occurred late on Saturday afternoon in the Paterson River at the John…
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Edward Murray Sheil, 46, grazier, of Glen Alpine, Menangle Road, Campbelltown, was found drowned in the water canal at Kelly Hill. Sheil had…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Child Drowned Sydney
Brian Buckley. 5, of Hevington Road, Auburn, who, with his father, was on a holiday visit to his aunt, Mrs. Cross, at North Richmond, was drowned in the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →In Collision German Tennis Ace Gave First Aid Canberra
When he was on his way to Canberra to play tennis before the Governor-General, the German tennis star, Gottfried Cramm, rendered first aid…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Man Killed Motor Car Overturns Four Injured Newcastle
A man was killed and four people injured as a result of a car overturning on the Wyong-road. The car skidded in [?]oose gravel at the corner of Tuggerah…
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Mr. Joseph Russell, of George-street, East Maitland, has been advised of the death of his sister-in-law, Miss Lillian Thompson, of Inverell, who wes…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Helped Firemen Accident at Cessnock CESSNOCK
Laurie Woodward, 21, of Blacks-road, Paxton was assisting the Paxton Fire Brigade at a fire which had broken out in a cottage at Paxton yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Three Drowned Holiday Tragedies SYDNEY
Three more drownings occurred in the metropolitan area yesterday, the victims being Alfred Thomas Clifford, 12, of Erskineville, Richard Roberts,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Accidents on the Roads Holiday Toll of Injury Sydney
The toll of injury from road accidents during the holiday was high, and many victims were involved. Four persons were injured last night,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Robbery Follows Collision Bus Takings Go
A collision between a motor lorry and a 'bus containing four passengers occurred at Woy Woy on Monday night…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Newcastle Nurse Drowned at Merewether Beach Newcastle
May Elizabeth Wright, 24, a nurse at the Salvation Army Hospital, Merewether, was drowned about 7 o'clock last night when she was swept out in the surf at Merewether Beach. One of several surf club members, whose gallant…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Nurse Drowned at Merewether Swept Out in Current
May Elizabeth Wright, aged 24, a nurse at the Salvation Army Hospital, Merewether, was drowned about 7 o'clock last night when she was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cars Collide Two People Injured GOSFORD
The district ambulance conveyed two occupants of a motor truck to a private hospital following a head-on collision between a sedan car and truck in…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Explosion of Ship's Rocket Three Boys Injured
Three boys were injured, two of them seriously, when a ship's rocket exploded at Balmain on Monday. Frank Charles Martin, 11, of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Young Man Drowned Wingham
A young man named Miller, from the Lansdowne district, was drowned In the Nowendoc River during the holidays. He was spending a holiday…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Tar Explodes Two Men Injured NEWCASTLE
Two men were injured when a drum of tar exploded at the old Redhead colliery, at Redhead. One was thrown off his feet, and had a leg broken, and the other was…
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