Colliery Accident
Robert Sharpe, 42, of Michael Street, Cessnock, a clipper at Aberdare Extended colliery, suffered lacerations and contusions to both legs, and shock…
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Drowned with His Rifle
When told to drop his rifle before he began to swim across the Richmond River on manoeuvres, a Netherlands soldier replied, "A good soldier…
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NEWCASTLE Monday.—James Lennox, 39, Of Cowlishaw-street, Redhead, employed as a shiftman at Burwood Colliery, suffered a…
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Henry Fenwick, of Northcotestreet, Kurri Kurri, pleaded not guilty at West Haitians court today to having failed to stop his…
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NEWCASTLE, Tuesday.—Mrs. Catherine Jane Agland (70), of Dumaresq-street, Hamilton, was fatally injured yesterday…
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Accident cases at Richmond Main colliery since the beginning of the year totalled 1760, according to delegate when proposed increased compensation…
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SYDNEY. Wed.—When a car overturned at Picnic Point, near East Hille, last night a mother and son were seriously injured…
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Whilst galloping after a beast on Sunday afternoon, the horse ridden by Mr. Thomas E. Jordan fell with the result that his…
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CESSNOCK, Wed, — Robert Dow, IS, of Gordon Avenue, Cessnock, a top-band, employed at Maitland Main colliery, received…
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CESSNOCK Friday — Charlie Laut, 35, a clipper, of Northcote-street, Aberdare, a road-layer, employed at Aberdare Extended…
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A party of Homebush residents were involved in a motor accident near Scone on Wednesday last. Five of the six occupants of the…
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NEWCASTLE Monday — William Alfred French, 40, of Denison-street, Carrington, was seriously injured near the Bank…
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MELBOURNE Monday.—Four were injured when tens of thousands of people attempted to board trains at St. Kilda station…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Road Accidents to Children Same Sad Story (Issued by the Road Safety Council of New South Wales)
The reports on road accidents to children in New South Wales during the last few months contain few fresh features. It is the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Four Die After Car Crash Glen Innes Fatality
GLEN INNES Tues.—One of a party of eight returning from a picnic was killed, three fatally injured, and two others seriously…
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On the 15th September, Bill Wood, Jnr. ,of Stroud Road, was seriously injured when the branch of a falling tree caught him whilst engaged in…
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CESSNOCK Wed. — George Tomlinson, 42, of View-street, Cessnock, a boret- employed at Abermain No. 2 Colliery, was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Pathetic Facts of Road Accidents (Issued by the Road Safety Council of N.S.W.)
Here are some pathetic facts from road accident reports in New South Wates: A 5-year-old girl, together with…
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NEWCASTLE, Thurs.—Struck by a tram yesterday afternoon, Catherine Dorrington, 60. of Christoe-road, Waratah, was…
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The vigilance of the engine crew attached to a special train was responsible, for averting a tragedy at the Muswellbrook Railway…
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