Boy Drowned At Swimming Lesson
A 10-years-old boy was drow-ned at Shelley Beach Baths yesterday during a swimming lesson…
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Accident at Potteries
Noel Stothard, 15, of Racecourse Road, Cessnock, a labourer at the Cessnock Potteries, suffered a probable…
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WELLINGTON (N.Z.): A woman, who was knocked down by a truck in 1953, died after lying 197 days…
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CESSNOCK: Gus Kembrey, 39, of Catherine-street, Cessnock, a shift man, employed at Pelton colliery, injured his…
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Arthur John Bailey 9. of Karrabah Road, Auburn, was drowned yesterday in the lagoon at Wattamolla Beach,…
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Mr. L. J. Allen, of Church Street, a miner employed at the Liddell State mine, suffered lacerated wounds to…
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When he was jammed while spragging a skip at Abermain No. 1 colliery yesterday, Thomas Jurd, 38, a miner, of…
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Two cars were extensively damaged when they collided on Sandy Creek bridge, on the New England Highway, on…
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CESSNOCK: Frank Peters, 30, of Cornish-street, Cessnock, a wheeler at Bellbird Colliery had a finger on his…
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A shiftman at Kent Colliery, Noel Hillier, 19, of Grenville street, Beresfield, was caught between a skip and a prop…
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INCHON (Korea), Friday.Twenty-eight U.S. Marines were drowned yesterday when a vessel carrying…
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MOSS VALE: Two youths were killed when their [?]illion motor cycle collided with a lorry, in the village of Sutton…
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Osterley Haviland, 84, of Brisbane-street, East Maitland, fell on the footpath on the corner of George and Lawes…
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Mrs. D. Edwards of Church Street suffered a probable fracture of the right ankle when she fell from…
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KARACHI: About 60 people are believed to have died when the crack Pakistan Express turned into a blazing inferno after plunging into a petrol waggon near Karachi yesterday…
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Five mineworkers were injured in pit accidents on Tuesday. Four of the accidents were at Bellbird colliery and the other at Aberdare colliery and…
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Mr. Clem. Markham, transport officer and first-aid man at Glenbawn Dam for three years, met with a serious accident in Scone yesterday afternoon. Mr. Markham, who is a…
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Mr. Anderson, landscape Gardener for Wollongong City Council was accidentally killed on Thursday morning…
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Miss Marie Martin, of Warkworth, suffered a punctured wound and contusions to the left side of the…
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Damage was caused to both vehicles when a Holden car and a motor cycle came into collision at the intersection…
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