Road Accidents
Figures issued by the Road Safety Council show that in the year ended June 30, 600 persons were killed and 8615 injured in road accidents in New…
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Accident
Whilst working at the Stroud Road mill on Friday, Councillor A. Turner had the misfortune to have his hand caught in the belting. Before he…
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Between 1928 and 1937 inclusive, 120 persons lost their lives in coalmine accidents in New South Wales. Non-fatal accidents totalled 601…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Woman Awarded £207. Claim Against Car Driver Echo of Accident
In the Maitland District Courthouse this week George V. Rose, of Abermain, claimed £100 from Samuel Penrose Fraser, of Nulkaba. Fraser, in a…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Echo of Ill-fated Rabbit Shooting Expedition. 15-year-old Bellbird Boy Shot Dead. Coroner Returns Verdict of Accidental Death
The circumstances surrounding the tragic death of the 15-year-old Bellbird boy, Robert Sidney Sharpe, who was shot dead while out shooting rabbits with several other boys, at Sleems' Brush, about a mile and a half…
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When the motor-cycle on which they were seated crashed into the back of a car, Colin Harris, 19, of Laverton, was killed, and Gordon Leahy, 19, was…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Harbour Collision Motor Ship Damaged Huge Hole Amidships Sydney
A survey of the damage to the Blue Star Line motor freighter, Sydney Star, of 11,095 tons, and the A.U.S.N. interstate freighter,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fatal Accident Thrown From Horse Coroner's Finding
The Singleton District Coroner, Mr. Alex Morrison, J.P., conducted an inquiry into the death of Doreen Joan Frost, who died in the Dangar Cottage…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bridge Fatality Victim Identified BRISRANE
After remaining unknown for nearly four months, the young man who crashed to his death from Storey Bridge on tho night of May 28 has…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fatal Collision Truck Driver for Trial TAMWORTH
William Thwaites, 20, a bridge contractor, of Newcastle, was committed for trial by the Deputy Coroner (Dr. , A. H. MacTaggart) for trial at…
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Two men were drowned and three others were injured when a motor car struck a culvert on the Morrinsville-road, near Auckland, and…
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Two men wore drowned and three others were injured when a motor-car somersaulted Into a stream near Morrinsville. George Trevor Pahl, 29, and…
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Miss Shirley Ann Richards, the Cinesound film star, met with an unusual accident yesterday. She was riding at Penrith when she…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Road Smashes Ten Hurt in Collision Week-end Toll Gosford
When two were and a motor cycle were Involved in an accident at the Intersection of Pac[?]ic Highway and Woy Woy road last…
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At an inquest on Percy Stanley Hawkes, 28, who died in the district hospital, following a shooting accident on his father's property at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Accident to Shirley Ann Richards Horse Bolted at Penrith Sydney
Miss Shirley Ann Richards, the well-known film actress, met with an unusual accident yesterday afternoon…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fell From the Platform Elderly Man Injured NEWCASTLE
When he fell between the platform , and a train which was moving out of Cockle Creek station early last night, Samuel Laybutt, 83, of Fennell Bay…
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Mr. Arthur Turner, sen., sawmiller, had a nasty accident, which might easily have been fatal, a few days ago; his band became caught in a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fell Between Platform and Train Man of 83 Years Injured
When he fell between the platform and a train which was moving out of Cockle Creek station on Monday night, Samuel Laybutt, aged 83,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Jockey Injured Melbourne
L. J. Hynes, the former prominent jockey, who recently gave up training to resume cross-country riding, had his left collarbone fractured when…
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