Boy Drowned In Colleryu Dam. Fell From Raft
A 10-year-old boy was drowned while playing in the Hebburn No. 1 colliery dam on Friday. . He was Kenneth Charles Sault, of…
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Drive to Reduce Accidents
SYDNEY. Wed. — Nine persons were killed in road accidents in the State during the eleven days the Christmas New Year…
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MELBOURNE. Thursday. — The apprentice jockey, Peter Riley, who received a fractured spine when Gold Crag fell at…
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SYDNEY. — Jammed against the roof of Hermitage Colliers' by a heavy baulk of timber yesterday afternoon, Era Sheppard,…
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When the steering of his car locked whilst being driven along John Street about 9 o'clock last night, Mr. L. Lynch, an officer…
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An 18-years-old shunter was crushed to death at Elrlngton colliery on Tuesday night when a set of skips he was riding became uncoupled and crashed…
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SHANGHAI, January 29.—Only about 40 out of 650 people on board two ships which sank after a collision in the China Sea yesterday have been accounted for. The vessels were the Peiping, operated by the Chung…
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Two motor cyclists were killed in road accidents yesterday afternoon. Albert Hall,. 47, of Sabrace…
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NEWCASTLE, Monday.—A 70-year-old woman, Mrs. Adelaide Dashford, of Swansea, was fatally injured when she was…
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NEWCASTLE.—A 45-years-old miner was injured yesterday in a fall of coal at Waratah Colliery. He was Horace Marks, of Marks…
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Albert Hall, 47, of Subiaco-avenue. Cossnock, was cut to pieces by a train when the motor, cycle he was riding came into collision with it at Neath…
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James Albert Stewart, 24, lorry driver, appeared at Cessnock Court this morning on two charges arising from an, accident on the Cessnock-roa 1. at…
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Ronald Winra, 14. of Wollombi-road. Cessnock, severed the top of a [?]inger on his left hand when he caught it in a…
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CESSNOCK, Tuesday.—Arising out of a collision between a motor vehicle and a cyclist on the Neath Road on December 11,…
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Two men, a slaughterman and a butcher. Injured themselves with butchers’ knives In two separate accidents nearly an hour apart early…
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SYDNEY. Wed.—A five-year-old boy suffered terrible Injuries when he was run over by a truck outside his home in Penshurst-street,…
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CESSNOCK, Thursday. — The District Coroner (Mr. W. O. Pickering) returned a verdict of accidental death when he held…
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NEW YORK, Feb. 3. — Ben Hogan, United States national open golf champion, was seriously injured in a collision between…
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CESSNOCK.—A verdict of occidental death was returned by the Coroner (Mr. W. Johnston) at Cessnock Courthouse…
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