Accountant Jumps From Bridge Dies of Injuries
Donald Stewart Sullivan,, 46, an acCountant, of Stanmore road, Petersham, jumped from the Harbour Bridge last night Ho died thee hours later from…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1934
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Christmas Road Traffic Increase of Courtesy
"Throughout the heavy Christmas trafic there' was a noticeao'e incrase in road courtesy among motorists, said.Air J. C. "Watson, president" of the…
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William Henry Goon, a construction overseer, of Lolchhardt, was killed instantly this morning when, while inspecting overhead wires near…
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While, inspecting "the overhead train wires at St. Peters station this moring, William Henry Doon, aged this was struck by an electric tiain and killed…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Train Fatality Head Struck Post Young Man's End Wingham
Kelvin Lester Hamlet reckoned on spending his Christmas with his parents at Randwick (Sydney)—but Fate decreed otherwise. His dead body…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fell From Motor Cycle
Mr. J. S. Balchin, farmer, was severely injured when he fell from a motor cycle which he was riding on the Denlliquin-road, about three miles…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Racing Thrills Speed Motorists Narrow Escapes
Suppose you were driving along at eighty miles an hour when, rounding a corner, you saw the closed gates of a…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Police Chase Motorist Fined
After a chase in a car, Constables Oldfield and Graham overtook a motor lorry near Bowenfols, and arrested the driver. At the Lithgow Police…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motor Smash Man Fatally Hurt SYDNEY
In a head-on collision between a motor car and a motor lorry at Avalon, Robert Melahan, 17, of Narraboon, was fatally injured, receiving a…
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Mr. Patrick Cusick, of High-street, Singleton, was killed on Saturday night, 23rd ult., when crossing Georgestreet. Dazzled by the lights, he was…
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Mr. J. Cromarty, secretary of the Ratepayers Association has received the following loiter, through Mr. Bennett, M. L. A., in reply to his letter on the above…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Narrow Escape Railway Fettlers Train Off Line Orange
It was not revealed until to-day that when the Forbes wheat train left the falls in a stoop cutting near Nashdale yesterday, a number of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bridge to Lorn (To the Editor)
Sir: It is with great interest that, I perused the letter over the name, of M. T, O'Brien re Suspension Bridge from Lorn to tho lower end of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Timber Haulage Port Stephens Shire Main Roads
The information that no objection would be raised to the carrying of reasonable loads of timber over main roads in Port…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →New Bridge Case For and Against Opinion Divided
The proposal by a correspondent to the "Daily Mercury" for the erection of a pedestrian bridge across the river in the vicinity of Hunter-Street…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Sequel French Train Smash Eight Charged Paris, January 3
As a sequel to the railway disaster at Lagny, in which 200 persons were killed and 300 injured, charges of imprudence, inefficiency, negligence and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Baby Injured Struck by Motor Lorry
Peggy Noonan (14 months) was admitted to Armidale and New England Hospital with internal injuries, the result of being struck by a motor lorry…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →ACCIDENTS Motor Statistics SYDNEY
Although motor vehicles in commission increased by 10,000, there were fewer fatal accidents in New South Wales last year than in 1932…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Value Trebled Motor Chassis Imports
Evidence of the improved purchasing power of the Australian community is contained in statistics of motor car imports into Australia which…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Over Bridge Body Unidentified SYDNEY
A middle-aged man jumped from the Sydney Harbour Bridge last night and was killed instantly. Police recovered the boyd but so…
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