Strong Criticism of Tram Conductor Old Man Fatally Injured
"It seems that Robins could not wait as he wanted to leave the tram at Newtown Bridge, and he did not even [?] the next conductor that…
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Gun Accident Victim Loses Leg Glen Innes
Mr. Percival Hawks, son of Major and Mrs. J. T. Hawks, of Ben Lomond, had his leg amputated in Glen, Innes District Hospital, following an…
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The Armidale District Coroner, Mr. R. L. Blake, returned a verdict of accidental death after an inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →First Accident in 15 Years Sydney
In 65 years of cycling, Arthur Frederick Davis, 76, met with his first serious accident yesterday when his machine came into collision with a car…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Man's Death Near Grafton Gun May Have Exploded Accidentally
The death of Albert Heinz, aged 25, allegedly as a result of gunshot wounds, at Obx Creek, near Grafton, late on Monday, afternoon, is…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Three Injured Motor Car Strikes Tree DUBBO
Three men were admitted to Dubbo Hospital, after a motor car ran off the Tomingley-road and struck a tree, about 25 miles from Dubbo…
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William Knight, 23, a Jockey, of [?]eorgetown, received a probable compound fracture of the left forearm, lacerations to the scalp, and a…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Council Employee Injured
While loading a drum of tar into a cart to-day, Thomas Craft, 63, of Boomerang-street, Cessnock, an employee of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →£20 CLAIMED Cycle-Car Collision
In the Small Debts Court at Newcastle, a claim for £20 damages arising out of a collision on May 16 between a motor cycle ridden by…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Horseman's Collision with Trotting Gig
Remarkable circumstances under which Mervyn John White, aged 21, met his death were revealed at the inquest in Sydney on Wednesday…
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Eric Hall, son of Mr. and Mrs. H. Hall, of Kayuga, sustained head wounds from the shattered glass of the windscreen of a motor lorry when…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Car Driver Drowned Crash Through Spit Bridge Rail
There was a tragic happening on the Spit Bridge last night, when a car driven by James Symos, 46, of Cootamundra,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Man Drowned Car Dives Into Harbour SYDNEY
When a cur crashed through the railing on the Spit Bridge and dived into Middle Harbour yesterday, the driver, James Symos, 46, of…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Fatal Cycle Accident Brakes Failed
Thrown heavily against an iron stanchion when the bicycle he was riding got out of control and crashed into the railway bridge at…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Inquest on Harry Goodall. Verdict of Accidental Death
At Cessnock Courthouse on Wednesday last the District Coroner (Mr. W. S. Johnston) returned a verdict of accidental…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Boy Drowned George's River Tragedy SYDNEY
Robert Brannigan, 14, of Leichhardt, was drowned, and his father and brother barely escaped a similar fate in a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sewerage Fatality at Grafton Side of Trench Collapses
While standing in a 20ft. trench on Friday morning at Grafton, Herbert James Moore, aged 34, was buried by a fall of earth. The side of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Hiker Injured Girl Fell 60 Feet SYDNEY
Evelyn Brewster, 17, of Albion Park, while hiking on Mount Keira, fell about 60 feet down the mountain-side. Her two girl companions hastened to…
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Shortly after a case commenced at the Maitland District Court to-day, the plaintiff collapsed in the witness box and was taken from…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Faults of Pedestrians No Reduction in Casualty Accidents (By Lt. Col. H. A. YOUDEN, D.S.O., V.D., Secretary, Road Safety Council of New South Wales.)
From statistics available for the last quarter of the financial year there has been no reduction in the casualty accidents…
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