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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Claim for Damages Collision Between Lorry and Bicycle
Echoes of a collision between a bicycle ridden by Ann Melvin Hancoak and a lorry driven by Garney Craft was heard at Cessnock Small Debts…
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Albert Beckett, 37, of Church-street, Cessnock, a miner employed at Stanford Main No. 2 colliery, slipped while walking to his working…
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Davi Kerr, 28, of Marlton-street, Cessnock, a road-layer employed at Ellington Colliery, sustained a fracture of the left…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Head-On Collision
MRS. ANNIE PHILLIPS, of Paterson, was injured when a head-on collision occurred near Johnson's Creek bridge, on the Pacific Highway, near…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →An Echo of the Past Drowned in Glendonbrook
A resident has handed us a copy of the "Sydney Mail" of September ½, 1873. It contains the following paragraph:—…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Spine Injured Aberdare-Central Accident CESSNOCK
James Duffin of Gallngher-street, Cessnock, a miner employed at Aberdare Central colliery, was admitted to the Cessnock Hospital to-day with the injury…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Drowned in Whey Wellington (N.z.)
William Mills (4) met a tragic fate on a farm at Stratford. When he was reported missing a search was made…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Four Drowned Holiday Tragedies SYDNEY
Dudley Borecham, 33, of Grenfell, who was spending a holiday at Narooma, was drowned in the surf at Moruya Heads. Liando Ferguson, 21, of Ealgowalh,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Engineer Injured Auckland (N.z.)
The coastal steamer Kakapo raced through heavy seas to bring to New Plymouth the fourth engineer, W. G. Crawford, who was in a grave…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Three Ships Involved in Collision Harbour Stir Sydney
Seamen scattered for safety to-day when three ships collided in the harbour under Pyrmont Bridge. Two of the ships were slightly damaged,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Five Injured Motor Car Overturned SWANSEA
When a blowout caused a car to run off Pacific Highway, near the Elizabeth Bay turn-off, and overturn, five people were injured…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Miner Injured Struck by Fall of Coal CESSNOCK
Struck by a fall of coal in Elrington colliery to-day, Thomas O'Loughlin, 39 a miner, of William-street, Cessnock, suffered an injury to the lower portion…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Three Killed Motor Cycle Accidents SYDNEY
William Henry Ogle (24), of Waratah, was killed when thrown from his motor cycle at Georgetown. It is believed that the chain, came off and locked a wheel…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Doctor's Son Drowned
Graeme Gibson, 8, a son of Dr. and Mrs D. D. Gibson, of Mullumbimby, was drowned in the South Arm of the Brunswick River, near…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →News of the Day Shunter Injured
WHEN the coupling he was lifting slipped and struck him while engaged in shunting work late last night, Jack Smith, 30, of Catherine-street…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Carried Out in Undertow Youth Drowned at Bellambi
Kenneth Cram, aged 18, of Bellambi, was carried out in a heavy undertow at Bellambi on Wednesday morning, and has not been seen…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Car Overturns on Neath Hill Woman Seriously Injured
When a car driven by John McDonald skidded and overturned on Neath Hill yesterday afternoon, Winifred…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Lorry Crashes Into Tree Nine Men Injured. Sydney
Failing to take a bend in the road when the steering gear jambed, a lorry carrying 47 relief workers to a construction job at Church Point,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Stroud Car Accident
On Monday afternoon a head-on collision occurred near the Johnson's Creek bridge on the Pacific Highway; when the service car driven by Mr. S…
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