Injured at Football
Three footballers received injuries to their right legs while they were taking port in football matches on Sunday. They were:-…
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Many Hockey Players Injured
SYDNEY, Tuesday. — Ambulance officers treated 115 players in the N.S.W: Hockey Association’s tournament at Woollahra…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Stanford Merthyr Youth's Death Motor-cycle Accident at Weston
A Stanford Merthyr youth was killed and another youth injured when the motor-cycle they were riding [?] skidded and threw them to…
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BRISBANE, Tuesday.—An olderly woman was killed instantly to-day In a freak motor accident on the Pacific Highway, 20 miles…
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When he fell at work yesterday, Darcy O’Connor, 45, of Millfield, a miner employed at Stanford Main No. 2 Colliery,…
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SYDNEY, Thurs.—A 65-year. old Invalid pensioner was fatally injured when he was struck by a car in Parramatta-road,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Injured In Welding Explosion
NEWCASTLE. Thursday. — Humphries Nixon, 38, of 40 Barton-street, Mayfield, a welder employed at Badgers Brothers’ foundry, cook’s…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Two Men Injured By Rolling Stone
A rolling stone yesterday afternoon injured two men at Greta open cut coal mine. Harold Adams, 49, of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →12 Miners Saved From Drowning
CESSNOCK Friday.— Twelve miners were rescued from Aberdare Extended colliery to-day when the dam burst and flooded…
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Four miners had to be saved from drowning when a dam at Aberdare Extended Colliery, on the Cessnock field, burst and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Furniture Van in Collision
A very heavy furniture van and a utility truck collided on the corner of Church and York Streets, Singleton, this…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →30 Injured in Brawl (By a Reuter Correspondent)
NAGPUR: A brawl over a watermelon caused injury to 30 persons, including 12 policemen here…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Motor Cyclist and Pillion Rider. Injured in Road Crash
Donald Bragg, of 78, Holm Street, Kingsford, and Beryl Hartnett, of 190, Denison Street, Hamilton, sustained severe injuries when a motor cycle…
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Darcy O'Connor, 45, Millfield. miner at Stanford Main No. 2 colliery, recelved injurles to his buck when he fell at work during the week. He was…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fewer Fatal Accidents In U.K. Mines
A total of 521 people were killed in British coal mines last year compared with 671 in 1947. The [?] accident rate in United…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Drowned At Davis Creek
Robert Keith Arthur, 20, of Croyden, whose body was found on Saturday, is believed to have been drowned. He was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Miracle of Mudie's Creek Army Saves Mass Drowning
Most outstanding instance of near mass drowning occurred at Mudie's Creex, Wl[?]gham late on Friday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Drowned in Cockfighter Backwash Singleton Flood Fatalities
Singleton fatalities were George Edward Gardiner, 25 years, married, and Douglas Clifton 15, who were…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Lighting Flood in Hunter Three Lives Lost By Drowning: Widespread Damage in District Spectacular Rise of Hunter Catches Thousands Unprepared
The most remarkable feature of the flood in the Hunter which reached Singleton in the early hours of Saturday morning was the extraordinary speed at which the river rose. According to old hands such a phenomenon had not occurred…
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Those known to be dead in the floods are: George Gardiner (25) and Basil Clifton (15), farm…
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