Schoolboy Fatally Shot As Companion Dismantles Rifle Fatality at Gloucester
Reginald (Mick) Fordham, 12-year-old schoolboy son of Mr and Mrs Sam Fordham, of Manning Street, Gloucester, was shot dead on Saturday…
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Train Smash Near Harden Four Killed, 50 Injured
Four people were killed and 50 injured when the South-west Mall train was derailed near Harden at 4.58 a.m. on Wednesday. The train…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Coroner's Warning on Careless Use of Firearms. Inquiry Into Shooting Fatality
The District Coroner, Mr. F. J. Smith, on Tuesday issued a warning, particularly to parents and to those in charge of children, on the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →"New Look" Effect on Road Accidents
The "New Look", in women's clothes has started a controversy among road, safety students. According to the NRMA, they can't make up their mind…
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When a panel van being driven from Newcastle to Kempsey, ran off the road near Tinonee at about 3 a.m. yesterday (Friday) morning,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Gored by Bull. Jersey Breeder Badly Injured
On his stud farm, Marvale, Dumaresque Island, Manning River, on Thursday last, Mr. Harold Adams was badly injured when gored by a…
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When a panel van being driven from Newcastle to Kempsey, ran off the road near Tinonee at about 3 o'clock on Friday morning last…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mr. R. James Injured Collision with Truck
Mr. Rowley James, M.P., was seriously injured in a car smash on the Pacific Highway, near Wyong, about 7 o'clock on…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Serious Accident. Mr. Jim Avery Injured
Mr. Jim A very met with a serious accident at Wingham railway yards on Monday afternoon, when he sustained severe injuries to his right foot…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Accident at Yumbunga
Returning from town last Friday afternoon, Mrs. K. A. Lind, of Yumbunga Siding, was accidentally injured when she fell on the railway…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Injured Players Fund
On Saturday night the Dance Club conducted the first of three dances allotted to assist the above. Following their usual determined attitude to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Serious Accident Tram and Bus Collide Brisbane
The driver of a bus which collided With a tram at Woollongabba last night died in hospital early to-day. The driver was C. W. Butler, 37. married, of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Accidents in Industry Can Be Minimised by Safety Methods Lecture at Taree
At the invitation of the Manufacturers' Mutual Insurance Ltd. a number of employers of labour and senior staff members attended the Taree Methodist…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fatal Accident at Forster Inquest By Coroner
The Coroner, Mr. R. S. Hawkins, conducted an inquest at the Taree Court House on Wednesday, into the death of Mr. Alexander David…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Collision on Highway
Two cars collided at the top of the Mograni on Saturday morning, but no one was injured and light damage was done to the cars. The collision…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fatal Accident at Forster Inquest By Coroner
The Coroner. Mr. R. S. Hawkins, conducted an inquest at the Taree Court House on Wednesday, into the death of Mr. Alexander David…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Injured In Fall From Ladder
Mr. Rex Cossill, of Wingham, suffered a probable fracture of the right thigh and a cut above the right eye, when a ladder fell with him while he…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Accident on Bulahdelah Mountain. Four Persons Injured
Last night a lorry driven by Mr Laurence Croft, of Bungwahl, turned over on Bulahdelah cutting. 5½ miles south of Bulahdelah. Mr. Croft…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →ACCIDENT Four Persons Iniured
When a lorry went over a cutting at Bulahdelah, on Monday night, four people were injured. They were: Mr. L. Croft, the driver of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Local and General Minor Accident
When she fell while playing basket-ball at school on Wednesday, Noeline Field, 14, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. S. Field, of Kemp…
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