Injured at School
Phillip Brazier, 6, of 20 Odd-street, West Maitland, suffered a contused wound to the right side his head when he collided…
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Passengers in Taxi Injured
SINGLETON, Friday.—Passengers in a taxi driven by Leslie John Kelly were lucky to escape serious injury when they were…
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LONDON, Sept. 12.—Sixty persons are believed to have been injured in an explosion in the engine room of the liner Reina del Pacifico, about seven miles off the Copeland Islands, near the mouth of Belfast Lough…
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When returning to town at 2 a.m. yesterday morning along the Mount Thorley Road from a country dance, a taxi cab,…
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As the funeral cortege was about to move from the Baptist Church on Tuesday an unusual accident occurred. Two cars were parked close together…
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SINGLETON, Friday.—Mrs. E. Goyle, well-known Singletonian, had a lucky escape when an Austin car she was driving from…
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Mrs E. Coyle. of York Street, was involved in an accident on Wednesday afternoon whilst returning by road from Sydney. Mrs Coyle…
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NEWCASTLE, Sat—When two cars collided at a bend at Cardiff, near the Wallsend intersection, two men and a woman were injured…
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CESSNOCK, Monday.— An 18-months-old child wandered away from its home at Wollombi late on Saturday afternoon and was…
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SYDNEY, Monday. — Leonard Dungel, 23, of Prince’s Highway, Figtree, near Wollongong, was fatally injured on Bulli Pass,…
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SINGLETON, Monday.—Stewart Campbell, son of Mr. and Mrs. R. Campbell, of Bathurst street, Singleton, a ball boy at…
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SYDNEY, Mon.— Mervyn au[?] Foley, 22, of Cooper-road: Yagoona, was fatally injured when a lorry and another vehicle…
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Stewart Campbell son of Mr-and Mrs R. Campbell, of Bathurst Street was struck by a golf ball on the local links yesterday. The…
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Mrs E. Coyle, of York Street, has reported the loss of a fur coat valued at £80, which was found to be missing after her accident in a…
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An 18 months old girl, Maureen Crump, was drowned in a dam at Wollombi on Saturday…
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The Australian corvette Warrnambool, 780 tons, struck a mine whilst minesweeping operations were being carried out inside the Great Barrier…
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CAIRNS, Tuesday—Survivors from the corvette, Warrnambool, which sank quickly after striking a mine off the Queensland coast, were unanimous in praising the heroism of two stokers, who, although badly burnt by the explosion,…
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Last week-end the 19-months-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. Crump was found drowned in a shallow well in the yard of their…
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Mr. Bill Turner, lorry driver, referring to the recent accident, gives the following report:— "I was following Mr. Berry's truck…
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Gunnedah's two-day rodeo was, fortunately, very fre from serious accidents, James Jupp (21), of Gresford, being the only contestant…
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