Death From Injuries in Accident
NEWCASTLE, Monday.— Mr. William Johnstone, 37, of Howe-st, Lambton a son of Mr. James Johnstone, former…
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Colliery Accidents
Thomas Godfrey, of Daniel-st Cessnock, a pit-top hand at Bellbird colliery, was struck by a skip this morning and was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Flashlight Photographs Tendered In Court Case Sequel To Accident Near Long Bridge
Seven flashlight photographs token at the scene of an accident near the long bridge on the night of July 9 were tendered at Maitland court to-day when the driver of a jeep involved in the accident was charged with negligent…
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Seven-year-old Noel Trowbridge, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Trowbridge, of 122 Lindsay-street, East Maitland was admitted to hospital…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wants Ban on Solo Motor Cycles "Appalled by Accidents"
Legislation to prohibit the use of motor-cycles without sidecars is urged by the General Manager of the…
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A P.M.G. employee was trapped for several minutes in the cabin of a waggon which overturned on the Pacific Highway…
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When he struck his head on a skip while at work at Bellbird colliery yesterday, Thomas Godfrey, of Daniel Street Cessnock, a tophand, received…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Two Killed in Collision
SYDNEY, Tuesday. — Norma Tibbets, 17, hairdresser, of Punchbowl, who, with Grant Hodder, 18, of Punchbowl, was killed in a…
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Thrown, from a horse on Sunday, Keith Brennan, 13, of Millfield, received a fracture of the right arm. As a result of a fall, Ronald…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Man's Death Follows Accident Struck by Motor Lorry
After having been hit by a motor lorry on Saturday when he was alighting from a bus at the corner of Scott and Market Streets, Newcastle…
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The greyhound Josh was kicked by a horse yesterday while being exercised with three other dogs by their trainer, Mr. A. W…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Engineer Injured Trying To Save Falling Seaman
SYDNEY, Wed. — The engineer of the Swedish ship, Mirrabooka, was seriously injured this morning when he tried to…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Death Follows Cycle Accident
A 15-years-old boy, Desmond William Brazier. died-in-Maitland Hospital last night after a tall from a bicycle in Oakhampton…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Big Death Roll In South African Train Accident
JOHANNESBURG, Nov. 16. Three South African Air Force Dakotas yesterday flew between Pretoria said Eastern Transvaal…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Nurse Injured in Fall From Bicycle
Nurse Daphne Kearney, 17, who is attached to the nursing staff of Cessnock Hospital, was admitted to the outpatients…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →No Criminal Negligence By Motor Cycle Club Coroner’s Finding On Victim of Collision At Speed Tests
At Maitland courthouse yesterday the Coroner, Mr. V. R. Jenkins, returned a finding of accidental death at the inquest on the death of Neville Augustine Payton, 23, of Rutherford, who was killed in a motor cycle collision at…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Kurri Miner Injured
Leslie Armstrong, 25, a miner of Booth Street, Kurri, had his right foot injured when a piece of coal fell from a skip on it at Richmond Main…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Four Parachute From Planes In Collision
NEW YORK, Nov. 18.— Only four men who parachuted to safety are known to have survived the collision of two B29…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Superfortresses in Collision. Heavy Death Roll New York
Only four men are known to have survived a collision of two B29 Superfortresses at 2500 feet above Stockton, California, yesterday. The crews of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Double Fatality at Millfield Colliery Deputy and Under-Manager Gassed
Believed to have died after having been overcome by black damp fumes, the bodies of two officers of Millfield colliery were found by a search party in the waste area of the 3 South Dip Section of the colliery shortly after midnight on Wednesday…
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