News of the Day Workman Injured
LLOYD THORLEY, 52, of Smith-st., West. Maitland, a pipelayer employed on the sewerage scheme, received a punctured wound to the left…
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Horse Bolted Rider Badly Injured GOONDIWINDI
John Townsend, 30, was admitted to the district hospital following an accident at Binnerwell, Talwood. He was riding one horse and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fatal Collision Near Lismore Car and Motor Truck
Mrs Kathleen Wilhelmina Gill, aged 43, of Newrybar, was fatally injured when the car in which she was a passenger came into collision with…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Car and Lorry Collide Traveller Injured
R. Mansfield, a commercial traveller, was seriously injured on Tuesday when a car he was driving collided head-on with a gravel lorry of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Tormented by Ants Injured Man's Long Wait
Helpless with a broken thigh and an injured collarbone, Richard Hudson, 24, was forced to lie for three hours tormented by black ants, while…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Mixed Luck Won Prize in Lottery Son Injured Sydney
Shortly after Mrs. Minnie Hall, a widowed old-age pensioner, had learned through listening to her wireless at a ticket in which she had a half share…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fatal Scalding of Baby Coroner Inquiries Into Circumstances. Accidental Death Verdict
Circumstances surrounding the tragic happening in which the 15 months old baby, John Morton, son of Mr. and Mrs…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wheeler Injured Cessnock
William Gilmore, 29, of Aberdare-road, Aberdare, a wheeler employed at Aberdare colliery, suffered an injury to his right elbow when squeezed…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Struck by Car Mr. Tom Berry Injured DUNGOG
Whilst crossing Dowling-street, Dun-gog, last night shortly after 9 o'clock, Mr. Tom Berry had the misfortune to be struck by a passing car, driven…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Martin's Creek Accidents in Quarry
Mr. E. Tapping, of Charlestown, had the middle linger of his left hand bad-ly lacerated, and the top of his third finger severed while loading stone in…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Two Drowned Week-End Accidents Surf Fatality Newcastle
William Howell, 17, of The Coral Trees, North Stockton, was drowned in the surf In the vicinity of Fort Wallace yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Two Injured Accidents at Collieries CESSNOCK
Struck by a fall of coal at Ellington Colliery to-day, John Kausmanen, 48, a miner, of Ashest., Cessnock, suffered extensive lacerations to the right…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →£400 Damages Awarded Dog Racing Accident Leg Injured
Before Judge Nield in the Maitland District Court to-day, Edward William Aubin, of Fifth-street, Weston, claimed £400 from the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Old Man Drowned Albury
The body of John Lynch, old-age pensioner, believed to be about 83 years of age, was recovered from the Murray River about a mile below the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Girl Cyclist Injured Newcastle
June Porter, 20, of Merivale-st., Pymbie, was knocked off her bicycle to-day on Watson's Bridge, Teralba, where she was holidaying. She was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Crossing Smash Man Badly Injured SYDNEY
Charles Vandertak had a remarkable escape from death to-day when the Temora mail train struck the utility truck which he was driving at a level…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fell From Fence Cessnock Youth Injured CESSNOCK
John McCord, 16, of Boomerang-street, Cessnock fell from a fence at the municipal baths yesterday and received concussion and contusions…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Motor Cyclist Seriously Injured Collision with Timber Lorry
Injuries of a very serious nature were received by Noel Potter, 28, of O'Brien Street, Cessnock, last night, when…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Seriously Injured Newcastle
Jammed by a motor lorry against the railings on the Ironbark bridge at Hoxham late last night, Arthur George Delaney, 23, of Mayfield, was seriously…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Four Injured Orange
Four persons were injured when two cars collided on tho Cargo-road. Ernest Allan Ruter, 22, of Prince-street, Orange, was admitted to…
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