Cyclist Injured Sydney
Alan Stewart, 20. a compositor, of Kingsford, was riding pillion on a motor-cycle last night when it collided with a motor car. He was admitted…
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Dead on Footpath Man Shockingly Injured
Charles Martin McCarthy, 26, single, of Banksia, was found dead on the footpath outside an hotel in St. Peters shortly after dusk on…
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In a terrific head-on collision between a car and motor cycle at Caulfield (Vic.) early yesterday morning, the motor cyclist, Edward Morgan,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Man Drowned Fell From Hexham Punt NEWCASTLE
Falling from the Hexham punt last night, Francis Joseph Mullins, 53, of Henson Avenue, Mayfield was drown-ed. His body was recovered in…
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Eric Murray, 18, of Charlestown Road, Adamstown, a tyre hand at Steads Retreads, was the victim of an unusual accident this afternoon…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Shot in Hand Accident at Walcha WALCHA
Jack Waller, 15, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Waller, had a narrow escape while out shooting with another youth, Frank Flanagan…
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John Ord, 52, a miner of Firststreet, Weston, received contusions to his head when he was hit by a fall of coal at Hebburn No. 2…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Riding Fatality Wagga
Sister Deborah Kirkwood, 26, died in Wagga Base Hospital from head injuries received when she was throwa by a horse on to a bitumen road near…
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Sir,—In the interests of justice would you kindly have the facts of a mishap I had on Sunday afternoon, as published in your paper of Monday,…
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WHILE on the way to the barrier for the first division of the Maiden Handicap at Richmond yesterday, Jockey E. McMenamin fell from…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Youth Drowned Fell From Surfoplane GRAFTON
A verdict that Walter Stevens (17), of Warialda, was accidentally drowned at Yamba beach, after falling into deep water from a rubber surfoplane,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Road Accidents Week's Tally In Brisbane BRISBANE
A police report issued by the Act-ing Commissioner (Mr. Toohill) shows that there were 126 accidents in Brisbane streets last week—22 more than…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Car Accident Denman
A car driven by Mr. P. Luscombe overturned and a passenger was injured. Mr. E. Law was admitted to hospital with minor injuries. The driver…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Winter Dangers Road Accident Causes Care Urged (Issued by the Road Safety Council of New South Wales)
Serious road accidents, many of them fatal, have been reported from almost all parts of the State in the last few weeks, and the…
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Sir,-The sympathy of the whole of the people of the South Maitland coalfields has been aroused by the recent fatal accident at Neath railway…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Collision at Level Crossing Three Killed and Eight Injured. (Australian Press Assn. Message) LONDON
Three women passengers were killed and eight other passengers were injured as the result of a collision between an express and a lorry at…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Boxer Injured Moree
Leslie Dorry, 22, well known in Moree as a boxer, suffered a fractured leg when he was thrown from a horse while riding down Heberst., near the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Four People Killed in Motor Collision Brisbane
Four persons were killed and two injured when a car collided with a motor truck on the Ipswich road, near Goodna Creek. The victims were George Gurski, 25, married, dairy farmer,…
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George Laverick, 17, of Northcote-street, Aberdare, fell from a cart to-day and received abrasions to the head. He was…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Winter Dangers Road Accident Causes
Serious road accidents, many of them fatal, have been reported from almost all parts of the State in the last few weeks and the principal…
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