Two Injured Motor Cycles Collide
A motor cycle and-side-car capsized after a collision with another motor cycle at the corner of Orrington and James streets. Horseshoe Bend, late…
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Timber Fell Accident in Hold of Ship NEWCASTLE
Frank Hart. M. of [?] street, Cook‘s Hill, a [?] labonrer, was injured this morning when a piece of timber fell down the hold of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Three Injured Accidents in Kurri Mines Kurri Kurri
Three mine workers were injured while working in collieries on the Kurri [?]ld to-day. Robert Green, 20, of Flich-st, West…
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William Stathard (26), of Wollombi-road. Bellbird, a wheeler, employed at Pellon Colliery, suffered injuries to the back when lifting a trolley…
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Thomas Hodge, 16, of Sixth-street South Cessnock, dislocated and fractured his left wrist, and James, Hutton, 16. of Roomerang-street…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Girl Injured Knocked Off Cycle
Thelma Leacey, 18, of Aberglasslyn, suffered a probable fracture of the left leg when she was knocked off a bicycle at the corner of Ledsam and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Ettalong Boating Tragedy Father and Son Drowned
In a desperate attempt to save the life of his son, who had fallen from a boat 200 yards from the shore at Ettalong on Saturlay, a Haberfield…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Two Drowned Brisbane Water Tragedy Fell From Launch [?]
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Slipping and breaking her thigh. Elizabeth Hope. 78, lay helpless for five days without food or water on the door of her bedroom in the house where she…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Racing Cyclist Killed in Motor Accident SYDNEY
Arthur George (“Bluey”) Wilkinson, 23. of Birrige Read Bellevue Hill [?] former world’s champion racing motor cyclist was killed in a motor accident…
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Car registrations have fallen, but deaths from road accidents in June were greater than in June last year. This is revealed by a preliminary…
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William Staa[?] 26. of Wollombi-road, Bellbird. a wheeler of Pelton colliery, received an injury to his back while lifting timber yesterday…
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Alexander Grant (50) of [?] was knocked down by a motor car and Hospital with a prokablo fracture of the right…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fire and Explosion at Paint Works Five Persons Killed and 200 INJURED. (Australian Press Assn. Message.) CAMDEN (New Jersey)
Five persons were killed and 200 injured in a fire and explosion at a paint works. The fire which followed destroyed…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Road Accidents Many lives' Lost Safety Appeal (Issued by the Road [?] Council of N.S.W
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Continued on Trove, page 4 →Chichester Dam Accidents Water Board Men Hurt in Well DUNGOG
Two employees et Hunter District "Water Board, Frank Tonkin, 35 engineer, of Newcastle, and Robert Dowery 35 oxy welder of…
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Two employees of Hunter District Water Board, Prank Tonkin, 35, engineer, of Newcastle, and Robert Dowey, 35, oxy welder, of New…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Providential Escape from Drowning Baby's Experience at Abermain
A 20-months old baby had a providential escape, from drowning at Abermain. The infant, Mervyn Smith, was…
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As the result of a fall at Abermain on Wednesday afternoon, Ralph Maynerd, 9, of Old School Hill, Abermain, had two toes of his right foot…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Double Accident Two Men Down a Well Ambulance Work in Difficult Conditions
Two employees of Hunter District Water Board, Frank Tonkin, 35, engineer, of Newcastle, and Robert Dowey, 35, oxy-welder, of New…
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