Only One Road Accident Over Holiday Period. Stratford Resident Injured
The Gloucester Police had a quiet time over the Christmas and New Year holiday period as far as road accidents were concerned. Only one…
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Unusual Accident
A serious and most unusual accident occurred in a passenger bus en route to Port Macquarie on January 3, when the radiator cap blew off, the…
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Mr. John Harris, aged 90, the oldest resident of Ward's River, was knocked down by a car and injured on the Pacific Highway south of…
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A horse valued at £30, owned by Mr. A. L. Schmierer which was being ridden by him across the Avon bridge on the main Highway last…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Shark Fatality at Newcastle Well Known Surfer Attacked
A 20-year-old youth was attacked and killed by a shark while he was taking part in a surf contest at Bar Beach, Newcastle, on Sunday afternoon. He…
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Astrid, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Dan, of Taree, received a compound fracture of the left forearm as the result of a fail she had at the…
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Mr. Hastings Coombes of Austral Street, Kempsey, working with the Shire gang at Kinchela on Tuesday afternoon, sustained a fractured left…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Killed When Shunting Armidale Railway Fatality
Twenty-one-year-old Bede Patrick Mackson was killed in a shunting accident at Armidale goods yard on Tuesday night…
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Bruce Wiseman, aged 4, son of the superintendent of the Manning Ambulance Station, Mr. C. E. Wise man, and Mrs, Wiseman, Sustained…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Former Craven Resident Injured at Broken Hill. Ron Melmeth in Serious Condition
Ronald Melmeth, 26, formerly of Craven, who has been employed in the zinc mines at Broken Hill for some time past was seriously…
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Robert, ten year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Vic. Corbett of The Desvett, was injured on Sunday night when he fell from a moving lorry…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Serious Accident. Bush Worker Struck By Limb of Tree
Mr. Roy Dellon, of Wingham, was seriously injured this morning (Tuesday), about 8.15, while working in the bush at Wherrol Flat for Mr. H. G…
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Mr. Sid Hall, of Lansdowne, sustained probable fractured ribs and internal haemorrhage when she was struck by a piece of Wood at the…
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Rodney Charles, nine-years-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hudson, of Fernmount, died at the Bellinger River District Hospital on Saturday night…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coroner's Inquest Lansdowne Mill Accident
The Coroner, Mr. R. S. Hawkins, conducted an inquest into the death of Sidney Hull, who died in the M.R.D. Hospital on Tuesday night of last week…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fatal Accident at Lansdowne Mill Evidence At Inquest
At the Taree Court House on Saturday morning, the Coroner, Mr. R. S. Hawkins, conducted an inquest into the death of Sidney Hull, who…
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On Saturday afternoon three members of Black Head Surf Club, Messrs W. Meggins, K. Stitz and A. Bowen, en route from Wingham to South…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Kempsey Dance Club Injured Players' Funds
It is difficult to judge the attitude of the sporting community in this division, and when the Dance Club announced that they…
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Despite the urgency of the call, the response on Saturday night at the Agricultural Hall was well below the usual Dance Club standards. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Washed Off Ship Kempsey Soldier Drowned on Way Back to Japan
Brief news was contained in press messages on Wednesday that a Macleay soldier, Private Harold William Tilbrook, of…
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