Soldier Injured
Pte. Ralph Young, 20, of the 17th Construction Squadron, R.A.E.. Kingsford. attached to the Balcombe…
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Two Men Drowned in Forster Wreck
Two men were drowned when the 45-ft. fishing boat, Leisure, capsized on the bar at Forster at 3.30 p.m. on Saturday. They were: the captain of the boat…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Speed Believed Cause Of Two Road Deaths Motor Cycle And Car In Head-on Collision
Speed appeared to prevent the-rider of a motor cycle from regaining his correct side of the rood to avoid an oncoming car, a witness told the deputy coroner (Mr. V. R. Jenkins) this morning…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Eye Injured
William McLaughlin, 24, of Macquarie Avenue, West Cessnock, suffered an injury to his left eye when he was struck…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Motor Cyclist Injured
When the motor cycle he was riding came into collision with a car in Alexander Street, Kurri Kurri, yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Local man's brother drowned in wreck
The brother of a Singleton man was one of the two men drowned when the 45 ft. fishing boat Leisure…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Mine Worker's Death Follows Accident
Thomas Hardy Johnson, 39, of Aberdare Road, Cessnock, died in Cessnock Hospital shortly after admission…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire and Drowning at Clarence Town
Fire broke out in the home of Mrs. Catherine Ripley, of Clarence Town on Thursday night and destroyed the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Six Injured in Car Collision
Six people were injured last night when two cars collided on the New England Highway at Eastville, near East Maitland…
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Mrs. W. J. Hardy, 21. of Marsden Street, Shortland, suffered a severely lacerated wound to her left leg and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →102 Pilgrims Drowned In Boat Capsize
SURAT (India): One hundred and two people are believed to have been drowned when a boat capsized in the Purna…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Four Injured In Utility Skid
CESSNOCK: Four Cessnock people were injured on Saturday night when a utility skidded in gravel and left the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Denman Road Accident
At 1 a.m. on Saturday cars driven by A. Banks, of Muswellbrook, and C. Killen, of Denman, collided on the Denman…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Four Injured When Utility Left Road Accident at Bellbird
When a utility truck skidded in loose gravel and left the Wollombi Road, Belibird, on Saturday night, four…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Sisters Drowned In Flooded Cre[?]
BRISBANE: Two [?] were downed yesterday [?] noon when they tried to [?] a flooded creek at Mr. [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →One Killed, Two Injured When Car Hit Tree
TAMWORTH: A man was killed and two others were injured when a car crashed into a tree on the New…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Overloading Cause Of Road Accidents
MELBOURNE: Overloaded vehicles were an “important cause” of road accidents, the president of the Federal…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Accidental Death Finding At Inquest
A finding of accidental death was returned by the deputy coroner (Mr. V. R. Jenkins) after the inquiry into the death of Edmund Foster Avard at the Kent Colliery, Beresfield, on January 25…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mineworkers Injured
When he was struck by the arm of a coal loading machine at Elrington colliery on Wednesday, Charles Crossley, 32, a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Shiftman Injured
Walfer Snoddon, 56, of O'Brien Street, Cessnock, a Shiftman, suffered lacerations to the shin when he was…
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