Just Missed Collision
A motorist last night had an experience of the dangerous habit of huge vehicles whose drivers halt at Singleton and…
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Speed Star Injured
Australian speedway rider Ron Johnson, who fractured his skull in a race at Wimbledon, is in hospital under observation, says…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sad Fatality at Taree Little Girl Killed
Last Friday morning an unfortunate fatal accident happened at Taree, It appears that Dorothy, the 4-years-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Albert…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Reds Allege Amethyst Sank Passenger Steamer Several Hundred People Drowned Says Communist Radio
HONGKONG, August 3 (A.A.P.-Reuter).—The Communist Peiping Radio last night alleged that the British frigate Amethyst sank a Chinese passenger steamer, Kiangling, in the course of its escape down the Yangtse…
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Collision late yesterday afternoon of a motor cycle and a bicycle caused two men to be taken to the outpatients’…
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LONDON, Aug. 4. — Bruce Woodcock was injured this morning when the truck in which he was travelling skidded and…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—Nine people were Injured when a ten-ton truck smashed Into the side of a tram In Botany-road, Rosebery,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Muswellbrook Men Injured in Motor Crash
R. Quinn and J. Holdsworth, of Muswellbrook, were seriously injured when the car in which they were travelling overturned near Scone…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Car Crashes on Highway Two Young Muswellbrook Residents Seriously Injured
When a car, said to be travelling at a fast speed, turned over on the main highway, just north of Scone, early yesterday afternoon, two young men, Ronald Quinn and James Holdsworth, both of Muswellbrook, were…
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The much-damaged Austin sedan, which turned over three times on the New England Highway, near Scone yesterday afternoon. Two men received serious injuries. (See story, Page 1)…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Drover Injured At Saleyards
When he was kicked by a bullock Campbell’s Hill saleyards to-day, William Smith, 30, drover, of Woodville, fell over backwards striking…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Struck by Car Man Injured at Kurri
Struck by a car at Lane-street, Kurri Kurri on Saturday night Ellis Vincent Drinnon, 62, pensioner, of Meller-street, Largs, received…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Local and General News Accident in John Street
A motor cycle and a car collided in John Street yesterday when both vehicles were slightly damaged. The car driven by…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →70 Policemen Injured In Fierce Struggle
MUNICH, August 11. Seventy German policemen were injured, same seriously, in a hand-to-hand struggle with 300 Jewish displaced persons yesterday. Five Jews were injured, one of them seriously, when a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Dentist Killed in Collision
SYDNEY, Sat.—William Kennelly, 30, dentist, of Main-street, Lithgow, was killed instantly when his car collided with 3…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Cyclist Hurt in Collision
Mervyn Heath, 27, labourer, of 66 High-street. East Maitland. was injured yesterday in a collision with a car while riding a bicycle, at the…
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NEWCASTLE, Monday. — Ronald Jones, 25, of 14 Emily-st., Mark’s Point, a carpenter employed by Davis and Company,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Famechon Injured In Accident
MELBOURNE: Andre Famechon’s fight with Australian welter champion, Kev Delaney, to Sydney on August 29 will probably be put back…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Three Children Injured
When she fell from her bicycle yesterday, Margaret .McGilvray, 9, of Shalamah-st., Cessnock, received a fracture of the left forearm…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Two Mine workers Injured
Two mineworks were injured yesterday. Struck by skips, Neil Wilson, 18, of Atkinson-st., Bellbird, a wheeler, at…
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