McCormick Injured
McCormick severely tore a thigh muscle in the match against the English XI, at Scarborough, to-day, and will not play again during the tour…
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Nearly Drowned. An Old Man's Experience. SYDNEY, Tuesday Afternoon
George Ellis, aged 82, collapsed last night after having struggled from the water at Rushcutter's Bay, three hours earlier. He told the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Three Killed Level Crossing Smash Rail Car and Motor Boy Also Injured Melbourne
Three of the four occupants of a [?] car which collided with the Maryborough-A[?]at rail car at A[?] this afternoon were killed, and…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A Peculiar Accident. Car Jumps Footpath. SYDNEY
George Henry Schmidt (30) was driving a lorry loaded with flour at Auburn, when, the vehicle jumped the footpath, smashed through a fence…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Fatal Car Accident. a Broadcaster Killed. BRISBANE
Thomas Davidson, of 2KY Broadcasting Station, Sydney, was killed, and four others were injured at Nambour, when a motor car left the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Racecourse Accidents Horse Pilot Drops Dead. Hilltop's Owner's Views. MELBOURNE
Pilot, one of the horses which fell in the accident at Moonee Valley races, on Saturday, dropped dead in a veterinary hospital to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Valley Accident Pilot Dies From Injuries Frill Prince in a Bad Way Melbourne
Pilot, one or the four horses involved in the sensational accident at Moonee Valley on Saturday, dropped dead this morning at the stables of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Lavington Lads Injured in Bicycle Collision
When two youths collided head-on while they were riding bicycles last night, they received head injuries which necessitated their admission to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Elderly Cyclist Injured at Chiltern
As the result of a collision with another cyclist on the Hume Highway, about 3 miles on the Springhurst side of Chiltern yesterday morning, Mr. H…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Butcher Injured
Mr. Ross Evans, butchers sustained a painful accident this week. While driving Mr. G. Hetherington’s delivery cart along a rough of his seat when the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Cyclist Injured at Chiltern
As the result of a collision with another cyclist on the Hume Highway, about three miles on tho Springhurst side of Chiltern, Mr. R. Black, 73, of…
Continued on Trove, page 44 →Fatality at the Spit. Car Crashes Through Railings. SYDNEY
Crashing through the railings of the Spit bridge last night, a car dived into the harbour. The driver, Jas. Symon (46) a resident of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Driver Drowned When Car Plunges Into Sydney Harbor Sydney
Crashing through the railing of the Spit Bridge to-night, a car dived into the harbor, drowning the driver, James Symos, 46, a resident of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Filly Badly Injured in Youngsters’ Trial Sydney
An unfortunate mishap marred the two-year-old trials at Randwick this morning. Margay, a Brazen-Royal Coon City, left the harrier and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Drowned in Garage Pit Tragedy at Wodonga Mr. H. Stead—well-known Taxi Proprietor
: The body of Mr. Henry Stead, 59, a, widely-known and lifelong Wodonga resident, was found floating in four feet of water, which had drained into…
Continued on Trove, page 46 →Road Safety Campaign Cyclists Figure in Accidents Some Seasonable Advice
In country districts the pedal cycle is a very common means of transport during the day and at night (especially when pictures are being shown)…
Continued on Trove, page 28 →Traffic Lights Help to Cut Down Accidents Sydney
The installation of traffic lights had been of great assistance in preventing road accidents, declared the chief of fleer of the Central District…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Miner Found-drowned Avoca
The body of Samuel Torney, 68, miner, was found by a search party to-day lying in 3ft. of water at Hard Hill, near Avoca Lead. It is thought…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Boy Drowned Vain Rescue Attempts Father and Brother Also in Difficulties SYDNEY
Robert Brannigan, 14 of Lei[?] was drowned, and his father and a brother barely escaped a similar fate in a boating tragedy at George’s…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Year of Casualties Toll of the Road in N.S.W. 2059 Accidents in the Country
There were 2059 street accidents in the country parts of N.S.W. during the year ended June 30, 1938, compared with 1818 for the previous year. Many of these were caused to travellers through a district, including…
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