Crew Men Injured
Three members of the crew of the 141 ton auxiliary schooner "Mileeta" were injured when cargo broke loose and smashed…
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Collision Between Car And Lorry
SINGLETON, Monday.—A car and a baker’s lorry were involved in a collision at the intersection of Frederick and Harriet streets…
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James Brown, 25, of Kensington-rd., Bolwarra, was thrown to the ground when his motor-cycle skidded on New England…
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MELBOURNE, Monday.—Three members of the crew of the 1141-ton auxiliary schooner, Mil[?]ta, were injured when the cargo…
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COLOMBO, Feb. 21.—Both the P. and O. liner Strathaird (22, 568 tons) and the American cargo ship Steel Age (7852 tons) were…
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Doug Pitchford, 25, of Daniel St., Cessnock, a bricklayer at Aberdare Colliery, received an injury to the right knee when his foot caught…
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AUCKLAND, Feb. 21 (AAP-Reuter).—An employees and two firemen were injured when the factory of Droid Products Ltd…
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Stockmen fear that thousands of sheep have been drowned by floodwaters in south-west N.S.W. The full extent of the damage will not be…
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Six persons were injured, one critically, when an electric train struck their car at the Diamond Creek level crossing at 5.45 p.m…
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When a piece of the horse shoe he was cutting flew up and struck him on the forehead, Thomas Reece, 69, of Richmond Street, Kitchener, received a…
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Douglas Pitchford, 25, of Daniel-street, Cessnock, bricklayer at colliery, had his right Injured when it was Jammed…
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A miner at Kent Colliery was injured to-day when he was buried by the fall of a ton of coal He was Jack McClenban. 57. of…
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HAMILTON (N.Z.). Feb. 22 (AAP-Reuter).—The Australian cricket team in New Zealand is salling close to the wind. it is…
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CESSNOCK, Wed. — Neville Baker, 18, of Attwater Avenue, Cessnock, a mineworker at Bellbird colliery, fractured his left…
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Two children were admitted to Maitland Hospital yesterday afternoon suffering from injuries received In separate…
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A tragic motor accident occurred this morning in which a local youth lost his life. He was Arthur John Elgar, 17…
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At Maitland courthouse yesterday, the deputy district coroocr (Mr. V. R. Jenkins) returned a finding of accidental death at the inquest on…
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SYDNEY, Thurs.—The Australian Railways Union will seek a full inquiry Into the explosion at White Bay powerhouse…
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Kicked in the face by a horse, Edwin Balkham, 9, of Main-road, East Greta, suffered severe contusions to his lower…
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When the fourth finger of his left hand was caught between a rope and a roller at Aberdare Colliery on Wednesday, Frederick Glasgow, 21, of…
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