Wheeler Injured Newcastle
Thomas Bryant, 31, of Turret-st Whitebridge a wheeler employed at the Croton Colliery, was hit on the head by one of the [?]…
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"Drowned" Man Prospering Also Happily Married
Thought to have been drowned eight years ago, Leslie Dunbar, then 22, is a successful business man in Melbourne. This was revealed after…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Head Injured Struck by Falling Timber
When a piece of timber fell on him yesterday afternoon, Harry Winchester, of High-street, West Maitland, suffered a lacerated and…
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A man and the wife and three children were injured this morning when the car in which they were travelling from Sydney to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Car Skidded Six Men Seriously Injured SYDNEY
Six men were injured at Harbord this morning when a car skidded and plunged over an embankment They were: Roy Conroy, 24 ; Jack…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Accident While Duck Shooting Young Man in Critical Condition. Kalgoorlie
While crawling on his hands and knees during a duck shooting expedition at Kurrawong Lake early this morning, Gordon Bennett, 22, of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Clipper Injured
Thomas Bell, 23, a clipper, of Victoria-street, Kurri Kurri, had his left hand caught between a coupling and drawbar of a skip…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Two Injured Accidents at Aberdare CESSNOCK
Coleraine workers were injured when caught by a fell of coal while working at Aberdare colliery this afternoon…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Motor Cyclists Injured at Weston
When a motor cycle skidded and went over the side of the overhead bridge at Weston on Sunday afternoon the rider…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fell Under Train Elderly Man Injured SYDNEY
Reuben Dunbar, 75, an auctioneer and estate agent of Woy Woy, was about to board a train at Gosford this morning when he slipped and fell…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Head Injuries Young Man Killed In Collision BRISBANE
James Irvine, 26, single, of kelris Grove, received head injuries when his sports tar collided with a sedan car at New Farm late yesterday at…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Hit by Tyre Singleton Youth Injured NEWCASTLE
Gerard Kiely, aged 18, of Shire was injured this morning a tyre was helping to load on to a lory at tee Hunter River wharf fell…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Big Increase in Road Accidents Reckless Driving of Heavy Trucks ([?] by the Road Sa[?] Council of Now South Wales)
Two factore contributed [?] [?]towards increasing the road accident figures of the [?] during the last two weeks, Then…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Injured Men Condition Improved To-day
The condition of the two men who n-ere injured yesterday afternoon as a result of an explosion in the metal quarry at Neath was reported to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →R.A.A.F. Officer Injured Stdkey
Pilot Officer Clifford Johnstone, 25. of the Air Force Station, Cootamundra was knocked down by a car near Parramat[?] last night…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Miner Injured
William Fawkes, 48. a miner. of Millfield-street. Spion Kop. was struck by a fall of stone in Richmond Main colliery…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Truck Accident Artilleryman Injured CESSNOCK
When a track crashed through a fence on the Greta-road early this morning, Gunner C. A. Wood, of the First Artillery Survey Corps, Greta…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Injured in Mine Cessnock
Victor McCormack, 30, of High-street, Cessnock, a wheeler employed at Aberdare Central Colliery, tripped over some timber white at work…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fatal Collision. Two Militiamen Killed. SYDNEY
Two militiamen were killed early to-day when a motor cycle they were riding came into collision with a lorry in Parramatta-road, Camperdown…
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