Bob Hope Injured
HOLLYWOOD, Jan 10 (AAP)— Comedian Bob Hope was admitted to hospital with a dislocated shoulder after his car skidded on a wet…
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Colliery Accidents
Keith Craft, 18, of Millfield, a wheeler at Maitland Main Colliery, received extensive lacerations td his right shin when he…
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KATOOMBA, Tuesday.—Dr. and Mrs. F. G. Steele, of Bathurst whose car was badly damaged in a collision in Sydney during the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coroner Commends Man for Bravery Death Caused by Drowning
The Acting District Coroner; (Mr. J. A. Letts) commended a man lor his bravery in endeavouring to save a…
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SYDNEY, Wed.—A 10-years-old seriously injured motor cyclist was brought by plane from Coff’s Harbour to-day for urgent medical…
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PARIS, Jan. 11.—Ten policemen, including one who was hit with a bottle and another who was hurled through a plate-glass…
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When a motor-cyclist braked to avoid a cow on the Dungog road, about three miles from Wallarobba Mountain, en Saturday night, another…
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A youth, aged 16, riding an autocycle, and a man, aged 21, riding a motor-cycle, were injured when their cycle collided at the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Stepped Off Moving Train Man Injured
A [?]0-year-old labourer who last night s[?]pped off a moving train near Maitland railway station is in Maitland Hospital in a serious…
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Attempting to hold a skip back at Rathluba colliery to-day, Harold Hanson. 26, of Pitnacreeroad. East Maitland, slipped and…
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At least 15 British sailors are entombed below the waters of the Thames Estuary, 17 miles north-west of Margate. They are trapped in the…
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CESSNOCK. Friday—Sydney King, 50, of Mount View-rd., Cessnock, a miner employed at Maitland Main colliery, was struck…
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Seven men were seriously injured and several others received minor injuries when gelignite exploded during a…
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James Rowe, 42, a clipper, of Splon Kop, [?]elaw Main, collapsed while at work at Richmond Main colliery…
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Mention the word, "accident," and most of us think in terms of screaming brakes, personal injury or material damage. The scope…
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A verdict of accidental death, was returned by Mr. W. O. Picke[?] at Kurri Courthouse yesterday when be held an inquest into the death of…
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At an inquest at the Court House, Tea Gardens on January 7, into the death of Samuel Edward Victor Wakeman, of Cessnock, it was found…
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SYDNEY, Saturday.—Two boys were drowned yesterday. Peter Franks, 14, of Wallemwang, was swinging from a rope over a,…
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Four persons were Injured in accident Maitland on Saturday, and Sunday. PELL OFF LORRY: Charles…
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Robert Millward, 10, of Margaret Street, Cessnock, shunter at Kalingo Colliery, had the fourth finger on his left hand severed at the first joint…
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