Eye Injured in Colliery
CESSNOCK Friday — Robert Foster, 55, of Greta-st., Aberdare, a shot firer employed at Eirington colliery, receded an injury to…
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Accidents On Coalfields
CESSNOCK Friday — William King, 29, Kearsley, a locomotive driver at Abermain No. 2 colliery, fell from his engine and received…
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SYDNEY Sat.—in a collision between two cars at the corner of Darby-st. and Parkway-avenue, Bar Beach, last night, a passenger…
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MELBOURNE Sat.—When a steel girder protrudin, from a goods train ripped out half the side of a carriage of a…
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When the up train from Tocumwal to Melbourne was nearing Wallan it collided with an obstruction protruding from a down goods train. Half…
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Carmel Boyle, 11, of King-st East Maitland, received abrasions to her face, arms and legs, concussion and probable internal…
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WINGHAM Wed. — Messrs. J. Back and F. Gibson, employees of the Cross Arms Depot, Wingham, met with a somewhat serious…
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SCONE Thurs.—Mr. W. J. Hindmarsh, of “Pola, Fogil,” To-malls, is receiving treatment in the Scott Memorial Hospital for…
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CESSNOCK Friday. — Roland Alley, 50, of Doyle-street, Cessnock, an ostler employed at Aberdare colliery, received an injury…
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Lance Joseph Partridge was drowned in the Williams River Dungog yesterday afternoon. The boy, who could not swim,…
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Just as we go to press, the sad news has come to hand that the twelve-years-old son of Pte. and Mrs. Frank Partridge was drowned in the…
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Early on Wednesday morning, between Stroud Road and Weismantels, four trucks were derailed on a goods train. This caused a delay of some…
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When a punt containing! 31 Boy Scouts and Wolf Cubs capsized in the Clarence River at Grafton late on Saturday…
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NEWCASTLE Monday — For driving a motor lorry while he was under the influence of liquor Arthur James Smith (19), stoker,…
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Suffering from severe head injuries accident received, LAC| Bert Goddard was brought plane from Lake Boga to Heidel…
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The Coroner, J. T. Williams, Esq., held an inquiry at Dungog Court House on Monday into the death of Lance Partridge, aged 12 years, whose…
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When a punt containing 31 Boy Scouts and Wolf Cubs capsized in the Clarence River at Grafton on Saturday afternoon, 13 boys were…
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DUNGOG Tuesday—The coroner for Dungog district (Mr. J. Williams), at an inquest into the death of Lance Partridge, 12,…
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Thirteen Wolf Club, the eldest of whom was 10, were drowned when they fell from a 12-foot punt in which 28 Cubs and three Boy…
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SYDNEY Wed.—The Commissioner for Railways, Mr. T. J. Hartigan, expressed concern at the number of people who were…
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