Collision at Whittingham
On Wednesday night two cars were involved in a collision near Whittingham Hall, but apart from damage to both cars, there was no…
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Miner Injured
While following his occupation of miner at Aberdare Extended Colliery this morning Richard Jackson, 54 residing…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Concerning Street Corner Collision
Further to our report of the collision of two cars at the intersection of Bathurst and Castlereagh streets on Saturday last, one of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Two Killed. Motoring Fatality. Near Biniguy
Mr. Geoffrey Onus, 27, of Yagobre Station, was killed instantly, and Mr. Hendry Milling, commercial traveller, 40, died shortly after admission to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bombing of Tarragona British Sailors Killed and Injured. (Australian Press Assn. Message.) BARCELONA
When three Rebel war planes bombed Tarragona two members of the crew of the British steamer Thorpeness, who were taking refuge,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mine Accident Cessnock
Struck by a fall of coal at Aberdare Extended colliery to-day, Richard Jackson, 54, a miner, of Allaudale-road, Cessnock, suffered injuries to…
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Victor Jarrett, 17, of Massey Creek, Eccleston, was thrown from a horse while drafting cattle at his home on Monday morning, and sustained a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Level Crossings. "Careless Motorists Cause Accidents." Railway Department's View
The Railway Department, replying to a request from the Graziers' Association of N.S. Wales, that level railway crossings should be eliminated…
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James Shearer, 63, a timber-worker, of Watson-street, Bellbird, employed at Pelton colliery, received a probable fracture…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Old Man Drowned Boorowa
A week's search by police and local residents ended with the finding of the body of William Wardell, an old ago pensioner, in the river. A weight…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Safety of Travel by Motor Vehicles Interesting Analysis of Accident Statistics
Despite the fact that the figures covering fatal accidents in Australia in 1936, recently issued by the Commonwealth Bureau of Census and Statistics, are just over 12 months old, the record contains features that are of more than passing interest…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Mine Accidents Four Men Injured CESSNOCK
Four colliery employees were admitted to Cessnock Hospital to-day as the result of accidents in the mines in which they were employed…
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Caught by a quantity of sand, which he was assisting to load on to a lorry, Matthew Bouroulie, 27, of Cardiff, but who is temporarily residing in Louth Park…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Heavy Toll Drowning in N.Z. Week-end List Wellington, (N.z.)
The record of drowning in New Zealand over the holidays was increased by three during the weekend. The fatalities bring New…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Three Killed Collision at 2000 Feet R.A.F. 'Planes London, January 21
Three persons were killed in a collision, between a civil and a R.A.F plane to-day in Hertfordshire. The civil 'plane was a training…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →DISCLOSURES The German Railways Accidents Grow London, January 23
The "Dally Herald" states that the German authorities are making desperate efforts to recall 10,000 copies of the "Die Reichs Dahs," the official organ of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Accidents. Workman Injured
While engaged in working a concrete mixer on Friday morning last, Andrew Ash, one of the men employed on the sewerage works, sustained a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Youth Drowned Coonamble
William Bently, aged 19, employed on his father's sawmill at Box Ridge, was drowned in a tank at Gummin Station. With other lads, he was…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Injured at Rodeo
Thomas Hessian, 16, of Kitchener, while riding a bullock at a rodeo in Cessnock on Saturday night, fell and received…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Air Pilot Drowned Malta
Pilot Officer Charles Heber-Percy, related to the Duke of Northumberland, was practising landing on the aircraft carrier Glorious when the…
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