Artilleryman Injured. Lorry Crashed Into Fence
Gunner C. A. Wood, of the 1st Artillery Survey Corps, Greta Camp, was driving a lorry along the Rothbury-road…
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Explosion in Metal Quarry Man Killed and Two Injured
One man was killed and two were injured, one critically, in an explosion on Wednesday afternoon in a metal quarry, at Neath, operated by…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Tragedy at Metal Quarry. Council Employee Killed in Explosion Two Other Men Injured
A metal quarry operated by the Kearsley Shire Council at Neath was the scene of a tragic happening on…
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Two factors contributed substantially towards increasing the road accident flumes of the State during the last two weeks…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fatal Car Accident Kurri Priest a Victim
From Moss Vale came the sad intelligence on Wednesday morning that on Tuesday evening, at about 9…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Big Increase in Accidents. (Issued by the Road Safety Council of New South Wales)
Two factors contributed substantially towards increasing the road accident figures of the Stale during the last two weeks. They…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Horse Injured Collision With Car
No one was injured when a motor car and a horse and cart collided at the intersection of High and [?]bott streets. West Maitland, last…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fast Drivers Use More Patrol Accident Ratio
Not only do [?] drivers one more petrol but, on the average, they are involved in more road accidents. This fact was…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Hand Injured
Jespher Edmunds, 10, of Russell-Street, Etreet, Homeville, had his right hand jammed in a door at his home on Sunday afternoon. He was admitted to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Two Injured. Truck Strikes Pole
When a military truck crashed through a fence near High-street station on Saturday night and struck a telegraph pole, Sergeant T. Dr[?]ery,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Car Capsized Three Men Injured
Three men were injured when a motor car overturned on the Newcastle-road, near East Maitland, on Saturday afternoon. They were…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Shot in Body. Pea Rifle Accident STROUD
Thomas Lilley, 18, o[?] Lim[?]burner’s Creek, near Stroud, was shot accidentally on Sunday afternoon. It was stated he was about to pick…
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When a motor truck struck Fishery Creek bridge on Sunday afternoon. Mrs. F. A. McNelley, of John-street, Singleton, suffered an incised…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Footballer Injured
Thomas Murphy, 17, of Northcote-street, Kurri Kurd, who was injured while playing football on Saturday, was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Injured by Car Sydney
Joyce Pauha. 5, of Paddington, had her left leg so severely crashed when [?] by a motor car at Paddington that it may have to be amputated…
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While carrying hot water at school yesterday, Colleen Darroch, 12, of Abernethy. tripped and scalded her shoulder. She…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bookmaker's Death. Accident Near Gunnedah
Mr. Howard Nelson (Harry) Perkins, well-known bookmaker of Narrabri, was killed instantly at about noon on Monday, when the car in which he was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fatal Wounds Accidental Discharge of Gun. LEETON
John Alfred McCanlifie, 2S, of Barellan, was fatally wounded when a shotgun he was carrying accidentally west off when he stropped to…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Shooting Fatality on Farm Near Guyra Mother and Son Dead
A double shooting tragedy, occurred at Ben Lawrence, a property on the New England Highway, seven miles south of Guyra on Monday…
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