Canoe Breaks in Half. Boy Drowned
When a tiny canoe, in which he was paddling broke in halves, Thomas Arthur Avery, 16, an inmate of Westmead Boys' Home, was drowned in the…
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Drowned When Canoe Sank in Pool
SYDNEY: When a galvanised from canoe sank in the Redi[?] swimming hole, near Hawkesbury Road, Westmead, yesterday…
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Little Jennifer Jennings, 20 months infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. Jennings, Upper Allyn, pulled a saucepan of boiling water off the stove…
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CESSNOCK, Wednesday Sam Jones, 45, of Greta-st, Aberdare. Shiftman employed at Abermain No 2 Colliery received…
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Two people were injured when a lorry in which they were travelling ran off the New England Highway, at Rix's Creek, on Monday…
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NEWCASTLE: Jack Bevan, 38, of Robert-street Jesmond whilst working in the hold of S.S. Iron Knot at B.H-.P. wharf…
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In the buckjumping event, Milton Foote, of Morpeth, was thrown heavily and kicked. He was taken by ambulance to the doctor and then to…
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Jean Stedman, 11, of Paterson received a severe lacerated wound to the base of the left thumb when she was opening a window at the…
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Royal W. King, 66, of High-st, East Maitland, a miner employed Bloomfield colliery, received a probable fracture of the ribs on…
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Two people were injuired when a lorry in which they were travelling ran off the New England Highway, at Rix's Creek, on Monday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Tragic Early Morning Fatality Popular Young Resident Killed In Car Crash Mr. Tom Elliott Succumbs to Injuries
In one of the most tragic fatalities this area has known, Mr Thomas Neale Elliott, aged 30, a popular…
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Mervyn Berrie, 16, who was critically injured when a utility truck in which he was travelling overturned six miles from Manilla on November…
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The deputy coroner for Maitland district (Mr. E C. Scarlett), giving his verdict at the inquest at West Maitland courthouse yesterday afternoon into the death of Alfred Erseet Amos 18 of Morpeth expressed surprise at the…
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On Sunday afternoon an accident occurred on Pacific Highway, near Clareval, when a car driven by Mr. Frederick B. Cooper, 59, skidded in…
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LONDON, Dec 3.—Floodwaters of the Thames are believed to have caused the death of actor G. S. Melvin, near Old. Windsor…
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BLACKHEATH Thursday.— Patricia Anne Simpson, six years, was drowned in a disused well in the grounds of a cottage a abort…
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LONDON, Dec. 4.—Twenty-two passengers were injured when the Queen Elizabeth ran into a violent westerly gale approaching…
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When driving a truck at Tarro yesterday afternoon, Robert A. Reynolds of Victoria street, Burwood, stated that the truck…
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While going fishing on Tuesday, Stanley Koller, of Abermain, saw the body of an elderly man floating near the bank of the Allyn River at…
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Sequel to a collision between two cars at Tarro on July 27 was the appearance at East Maitland Court to-day of George Edward…
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