Three Injured In Collision
Three men were injured, two being admitted to Newcastle Hospital, when two motor trucks collided on the Medowie-road near…
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Migrant Timber Cutter Injured
A Ukranian migrant, Nicholas Zabak, 34, employed by the Masonite Corporation as a timber-getter 14 miles from…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Boy Drowned In Colliery Dam. Warning by Coroner
"Despite warning notices, boys repeatedly swim in this dam, where there have been several drowning fatalities." These remarks were made by Kurri…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Personality of the Week Three Generations- of Royalty Five-times Injured "Digger" Served with Three Fighting Units in One Year (Concluding)
It's doubtful if any men in Australia have been brought in contact with Royalty on more State occasions than has Senior Constable W. J. R. Boyd, who will sever connections with the New South Wales Police Force when long service…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bound Over On Fail To Stop Charge. Sequel to Neath Accident
After finding the offence proved the Magistrate (Mr. F. It. Wood) did not proceed to conviction, but discharged James Albert Stewart, 24,…
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Harold Powell. 20. of Bridge-street. Cessnock miner at [?] colliery, was struck by a fall of stone during the week and received punctured…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Verdict of Accidental Death
An inquest into the death of Raymond Keith Blowes was held by the Coroner (Mr. R. Clendinning, J.P.) at the Muswellbrook Court House on…
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CHICAGO, Feb. 4.—Accidents killed 98,000 persons and injured one of every 14 persons in the United States in 1948—yet it was…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bicycle Accident
On Thursday morning two schoolboys had a nasty spill from the bicycle on which they were riding to school. The boys were Tommy…
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Three men were injured—one seriously—when two trucks collided on the Medowie road near Williamtown on Thursday. They were Norman…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—On Sunday afternoon a boy was drowned in a private swimming pool next to his home in vista-st., Sans…
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SYDNEY: Charles Shearer, 62, of George-street, South Windsor, was killed Instantly when the truck in which he was riding overturned…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Two firemen fighting a fire at Rushcutters Bay early to-day were severely burned when blazing plastic fell on them…
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Buben Rundle, 26, miner, of Tomalpin-street. Kearsley, suffered severe lacerations to his bead when struck by a fall of coal at Abermain No. 2…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Prevention Of Road Accidents
Residents of the City of Maitland are to be asked to do something to protect themselves from road accidents which have again begun to…
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NEWCASTLE.—The Superintending inspector of Factories of the Department of Labour and Industry (Mr. E. J. Wade) said…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Accident at Rayon Machine Department’s Prosecution Of Burlington’s
On the suggestion of Mr. D. F. Faulkner, who appeared for the defendant company, Mr. F. R. Wood, S.M., made an inspection of a machine at Burlington mills at Rutherford yesterday afternoon prior to hearing evidence in a case in…
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CESSNOCK, Tuesday.—Raymond Wallace Pinchen was fined £2, with 10/ costs, at the Cessnock court today for falling to report an…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Abattoir Worker Injured
An employee of Maitland city abattoir, Ken Laing, 18, of 41 Wallace-street, West Maitland, struck a moulding tlr[?] at work this…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Week-end Accidents Flat Tops Mishap
On Sunday afternoon a truck driven by Mr. Tom Brewer, of Flat Tops, struck a stump and threw a passenger riding in the back of the truck on to…
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