Colliery Accident
RONALD MeCANN, aged 19. of Gordon Avenue, Cessnock, a tophand at Elrington colliery, received head injuries while at work yesterday. He…
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Girl Cyclist Injured
When she rode into the back of a car in Hannan-st., West Maitland, on her bicycle late yesterday, Betty Sutton, 18, of…
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CESSNOCK Monday —George Waugh, 20, of Fisher's Creek, Bellbird, employed as a top-hand at Bellbird colliery, had his right…
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SYDNEY Mon—When a jeep carrying an Australian officer and three other men crashed into the side of a…
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SINGLETON Monday — Mr. John Wilson, aged 97, of John street, received lacerations to the forehead when he fell on the…
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CESSNOCK Tuesday.—Joseph Lorriman, 62, of Melbourne-street, Aberdare, a miner employed at Elrington colliery, was struck by…
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A woman was killed and two men seriously wounded in a shooting affray at Fitzroy early to-day. Miss Pearl Lilian Oliver (19),…
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When a jeep travelling at 25 miles per hour skidded and crashed" into he side of a stone bridge on the Western Road, Emu Plains, an…
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LONDON, July 29.—By a special order of Air-Chief Marshal Harris the gallantry of Flight-Sergeant M. B. Fetell, of Earlwood, New South Wales, who saved the lives of the crew of a wellington bomber at the expense of his own has…
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William Patrick Blakeney, 11, and his brother John Henry Blakeney. 12, were drowned in Cook’s River, when a boat which…
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Mr Clarrie Dixon, formerly of Singleton, and now of Hamilton, was injured in a collision on Friday last. Mr Dixon, who is a bus conductor,…
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A sedan car, drive nby Mr. W. McDonald, of "Whissonsett," Murrurundi, overturned when a tyre blew out near Parkville on Friday afternoon…
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CESSNOCK Tuesday. — Louis Wells, 83, of Kearsley, a miner employed at Aberdare Extended colliery, received Injuries to his…
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NEWCASTLE Wed. — Roy Ferguson (18), of Wallsend, employed at the steel works as a welder, was killed while…
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Four vehicles were "engaged in collisions which occurred in town during yesterday, but damage was slight in all cases. When Mr W. K…
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SYDNEY Thurs: Dressed only in her nightgown, a 25-year-old woman was dragged out of the water at Chinaman’s Beach this…
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CESSNOCK Thursday. — Edward Smith, 21, of McLean-st., Cessnock, a clipper employed at Millfield colliery, received…
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It is officially announced that more than 1000 persons were drowned in floods which submerged the town of Vijainagar some…
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The-deputy-coroner, Mr. E. C. [?]lett, returned a verdict of [?]ath from natural causes at [?]est Maitland Court to-day when…
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LONDON Aug. 6.—The Istanbul correspondent of the Associated Press of America states that Roumanians have announced…
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