French Oil Tanker. Sinks After Collision. LONDON
In a fog, off Eddystone, the Swedish steamer, Grangsberg, rammed the French oil tanker, Sunik, which caught fire and sank. It is believed…
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Two Injured by Atom Machine London,. July 26
Dr. R. R. Nimmo, of New Zealand, and his assistant, aged 17, had their legs broken by a steel plate, which fell from an atom-splitting machine that…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Overseas News (Australian Press Association Messages). Bombs Explode. At King's Cross. Man Killed; 17 Injured London
One man was killed and 17 persons injured in an explosion of two bombs in a luggage room at King's Cross Station, at lunch time, to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →In Flames at 170 M.P.H. Racing Motorist’s Car Driver Badly Injured Bonneville Flats (Utah), July 26
A. B. Jenkins sustained serious burns to-day when his motor car caught fire during a 24-hour endurance run…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Unexpected Is The Cause Of Road Accidents (Issued by N.S.W. Road Safety Council)
What causes a road accident ? This question was nut to world traffic authorities recently, and the final answer was, “Meeting the Unexpected.”…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Whose Fault Was It? How Accidents Are Caused and How They Can Be Avoided
It is not only in major accidents involving litigation that disputes as to responsibility can arise. Take this case, which occurred recently. On a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Riders Injured Melbourne
S. McKee, rider of Bobken in the Aberfeldie Hurdle at Moonee Valley to-day, received concussion when his mount fell When Stick On fell in the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Man Injured at Mt. Bu[?]
Mr. A. A. Bockman, of Spencer street, is in Albury District Hospital with a severe injury to the left which it is believed he sustained…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Two Feared Drowned Body of Youth Found Companion Missing Sydney
The unclothed body of Alan W. Bell, aged 17, of Port Kembl[?] was found in Lake [?]warra this afternoon…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sea Boils Where Tanker Was Involved in a Collision London, July 30
The lighthouse steamer, Satellite, has warned shipping to keep away from a mile wide cauldron of the Cornish coast, where the French…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Woman's Death After Accident Melbourne
Knocked down by a tram in Camberwell on Wednesday last, Miss Annie Margaret Quinn, aged 70, of Middlesex road, Surrey Hills, died in St…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Man Fatally Injured in Road Collision Sydney
Benjamin Hector Ross, of Granville, was fatally injured when a motor car and a lorry collided at the foot of Tavener’s Hill, Farramatta road, to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Youth injured in [?] at New Albury Hotel
While working on the interior of the new [?] Hotel in [?] yesterday Arthur [?] aged 16, of Dean street, fell some distance to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Trotting Driver Lands Betting Coup and Is Afterwards Injured Sydney
Trotting driver S. Bray met with mixed fortune at Victoria Parl trotting meeting to-day. He drove Great War, which was backed from 12/1 to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Was Not Injured Man Admitted to Hospital Court Proceedings Follow Tamworth
Walter Coultas, aged 27, pleaded guilty at Tamworth police court today to unlawfully imposing on the Tamworth Base Hospital by means of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Compromise in £5000 Accident Claim Melbourne
A fatal collision between a motor cycle and a motor car on the Calder highway near Diggers’ Rest on May 10, 1938, as a result of which Beatrice…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Man Injured When Plane Overturns Sydney
J. R. Bartlett, who received his A pilot’s licence recently, narrowly escaped serious injury when a Tiger Moth plane he was piloting…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Strikers in Clash Tear-Gas and Water Used 42 Men Injured Cleveland (Ohio) July 31
Forty-two [?]ersons were injured several seriously, when a clash occurred between strike pickets and police when police attempted to escort…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Woman Says Accident Turned Hair Grey Action Against Constable Melbourne
Claiming £499 damages from Constable H. W. Harley, of Russell street, in an action in the County Court based on the allegation that she was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Lost His Temper. Bad Manners ACCIDENT.(Issued by the Road Safety Council of New South Wales.)
They waited in hospital, nervous, and greatly disturbed [?] conscience. wishing in vain that they could [?] all that had occurred within one…
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