Steering Gear Fails Mail Contractor Injured
When negotiating the narrow bridge over Mason's Gully between Bendemeer and the Moonbi Ranges, Mr. H. J Gilfins, mail contractor, had…
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Hurled Out of Truck Three Men Injured
Three men were injured on Monday night when they were hurled out of a truck which overturned into a ditch off the Pacific Highway, near…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cyclists Injured Smash on Guyra-Tingha Road GUYRA
John Lyle Digman, 19, and John Hollis Ansell, 69, were admitted to Armidale and New England Hospital as a result of injuries suffered when…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Ploughing Accident Armidale
Oliver Hart, married, with three children, sustained severe internal injuries while operating a disc plough at Brushgrove, Balala. He was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Shocking Fatality Brisbane
George Thomas Starkey, 50, died almost immediately from shocking injuries he received when he stumbled and fell between the teeth of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Boys Drowned Narrabeen Tragedy SYDNEY
An inquest was held to-day into the deaths of two brothers, Kevin Alfred Griffiths, 19, and Victor William Griffiths, 10, whose bodies, clasped…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fatally Stabbed Finding of Accidental Death SYDNEY
After threatening to "bash" his six children, George Henry Nicholas, 33, fell to the floor with a stab wound in his abdomen, and died shortly…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Accidentally Shot Dead
Rex Stevenson. 23. who had been one of the Weston State League Soccer Club's forwards since 1935, was accidentally shot dead at Lemon Tree, Port Stephens…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Surf Fatality at Yamba Young Man Drowned
A young man, Adrian Stewart Yantsch, was drowned in the surf at Yamba yesterday afternoon, despite the gallant attempt at rescue by…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Car Collision Four Persons Injured NEWCASTLE
When two motor cars collided at the intersection of King and Darby streets, Newcastle, tour persons were Injured…
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Adrian Stewart Yantsch, 21, of Brisbane, was drowned while surfing at Yamba, despite gallant rescue efforts by two of his companions…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Spider Causes Car Fatality
A Melbourne messages states that a spider on the windscreen of a car was responsible for the death of an elderly woman. Alarmed by the spider,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Surf Fatality Grafton
A young man, Adrian Stewart Yantsch, was drowned in the surf at Yamba yesterday, despite the gallant attempt at rescue by two young men…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Jury Disagrees Fatality at Moree MOREE
After his Honor Judge Edwards had traversed the evidence in the case in which Tom Cross, 24, is charged with feloniously slaying Honor Humphreys…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Collision in a Fog Train Victims Asphyxiated Helsinki (Finland)
Thirteen were killed and two injured when an express and goods train collided in a fog, resulting in the explosion of a sulphide dioxide…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fatal Railway Smash Collision in Fog Helsinki, Finland, October 6
Thirteen were killed and 12 injured when an express and a goods train collided in a fog between Rauhu and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Decrease in Road Accidents SYDNEY
A decrease in the number of road deaths, accidents and injuries was reported by the Minister for Transport…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Eliminate Glare to Reduce Car Accidents Special Lens Compulsory Next Year
Accidents due to defective headlights on motor vehicles totalled 132 in New South Wales for the year ended June 30, causing the deaths of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Car Accident Singleton
William Quirk, about 20, of Temple Court Flats, was injured in a car collision at the corner of Pitt and Church streets, Singleton, this afternoon. He…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Weston Mute Hurt in Accident
A mute woman from Weston was admitted to Maitland Hospital this morning following an accident at Torro. She was Mrs. E. Williams, of…
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