Road Accidents
There were 2,059 street accidents in the country parts of New South Wales during the year ended 30th June, 1938, compared with 1,818 for…
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Shooting Fatality
Noel Thomas, of Narromine, died in the Dubbo Hospital from a bullet wound in the head. With four other Narromine men—Allan Thomas,…
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At the adjourned inquest at Tocumwal last Friday into the death of a man found in the Murray River on June 25 with a rifle wired round his…
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Eric Mattson (23), was shockingly injured last night, when his head was caught between the heavy rollers in a machine at F. Hughes wool…
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In Great Britain road traffic accidents involving personal injury are reported in some detail. Besides particulars of the nature of the accidents,…
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Ernest Plomley (64), an investor, met with an unusual accident last night. He was walking down King Street, carrying his umbrella, when…
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There were 2058 street accidents in the country parts of of New South Wales during the year ended 30th June, 1938,…
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Frank Coombes, of Townsend street, was admitted to Albury District Hospital yesterday afternoon suffering from an injury to the thigh. He was…
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When Miss Eileen Lourey, 32, of Glenormiston, failed to return yesterday morning from bringing in the cows, a search was commenced. Her…
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During the past five years 2399 persons have been killed, and another 34.733 received injuries, in road [?]eeidents in this State, said the Minister…
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Have you ever heard of a full-grown kangaroo without a tail? That nether part wf a [?]oo's equipment is regarded as an indispensable…
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When a man at Warrnambool was pulling his shoe on his foot he felt his right arm snap and it became powerless. He went to a doctor, and an…
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Eight persons died from suffocation, and many were injured in an unusual accident in a cinema theatre. The crowd on the balcony at the conclusion…
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Jean Ada Dobson, 22 months old, was drowned yesterday when she fell into a waterhole near her home in Riverstone. The hole, which was less…
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When he fell 20ft down the hold the s.s. Templar, which is berthed at No. 11 Victoria Dock, shortly after 3 a.m. to-day, Ernest Endresen, 36,…
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May Robson, the veteran film actress, broke her arm when she tripped over a pet dog and fell heavily. She was removed to hospital and the accident has…
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Emerging from under a tent fly to watch an aeroplane flying overhead a youth was accidentally shot through the head at Whittlesea…
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A car travelling along the Hume Highway from Wangaratta last night overturned about seven miles on the Melbourne side of Chiltern, when It…
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A motor car, driven by Mr. Edward Curtain, of Stanhope street. Malvern, who was accompanied by Mrs Pinchen and her daughter, Una, of Finley,…
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Police this morning detained a man in connection with the case of Mrs. Georgina Spring, was was found badly injured about the head yesterday…
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