Lucky Escape in Collision
AUCKLAND, N.Z. (AAP-Reuter). Mr. H. Donaldson, second engineer of a small coastal ship, the Aran[?] was startled from his sleep before…
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Two Small Boys Drowned
SYDNEY. Friday.—Tow small bzoys were drowned in Wollundry lagoon at Wagga. The boys Maurice Hestie 6 and…
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Brian Frederick Cook, 8, of Banks Street, East Maitland, is believed to have drowned in the Hunter River at Pitnacree,…
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Miss Alice Standen, 16-years old daughter of Mr E. S. Standen, of Lower Belford. is suifering from probable internal…
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Police were out again at daylight this morning searching for the body of Brian Frederick Cook, aged 8, of Banks-street, East Maitland, who…
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A serious accident happened to Driver Robson (42), of Taree, on Saturday afternoon. He was driving the Kempsey mail from Taree at 4.50, and…
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NEWCASTLE. Monday. — A young man, Also Shearmen, 20, was drowned in the surf at Merewether yesterday. He was swept out with…
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SINGLETON. Monday. — Allee Standen, 16-tear-old daughter of Mr. E. S. Standen of Lower Belford who is in the Dangar Cottage…
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MANILA, January 26. — At least 21 deaths and many injuries were reported in the earthquake which shook the five principal islands of the central Philippines for four hours on Saturday…
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FORSTER, Tuesday.— Mrs. Priscilla Dunn, 57, wife of Mr. Alexander Dunn, of Glebe Road, Glebe was drowned at Forster yesterday…
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MELBOURNE: Believed to have entered a farm dam for a swim too soon after a meal Edgar Brotchie, 41, chemist, of Bendigo was…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—While on a picnic party at a sandbank near Minto yesterday, John Wesley Elliott, 16, of Fields-road,…
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James Thompson, 29, Harris Street, Cessnock, a shiftman at Elrington colliery, suffered an injury to his right knee when struck by a hammer this…
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CESSNOCK, Tuesday.— James Thompson, 29, of Cessnock, employed as a shiftman at Elrington colliery received an injury to his right…
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Alan Wallace (19), of Dalley Street, Quirindi, was admitted to Quirindi District Hospital in a serious condition on Saturday afternoon after he…
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A motor accident occurred on Thursday, 22nd inst., at Macquarie Pass, when a car driven by Mr. P. W. Beckenham, suddenly left the road and…
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CESSNOCK. Wed.—Frank Mc-Millan, 45, of Gordon-avenue, Cessnock, a miner employed at Bellbird colliery was struck by…
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If an accident occurs then it is followed by two more, so the "superstitiion runs, and this was the case in the Singleton district on Saturday last, when three accidents occurred within the space of 24 hours…
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NEWCASTLE, Thursday.—When the protruding blade of a bulldozer, which was being carried on a trailer, ripped through the side of a Pioneer tourist bus at Raymond Terrace yesterday afternoon, a clergyman was killed and his…
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CESSNOCK, Thursday. — Jack Blanche. 22. of Ferguson-street, Cessnock, a shiftman at MlilfleId colliery, received extensive…
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