Mother and Daughter Injured When Horse Bolted SYDNEY
Mrs. Ann Garnham. aged about years, of Earlwood, and her 14 years old daughter, Veronica, were injured when they were knocked…
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Fatal Accident on Calder Highway Bendigo
An unidentified man believed to be from South Australia, was killed and four other persons were admitted to the Inglewood District Hospital on the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Week-end Accidents Claim Many Victims Fatal Crash at Warragul Melbourne
One man was killed, and three others were injured, two seriously in a crash at the Auto Cycle Union’s grass track motor cycle…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Child Drowned in Baths Sydney
Tireless efforts for two hours by ambulance officers, including treatment in an iron lung, failed to save the [?] of Eileen Abrook. aged 9, of Ko[?]…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Passengers Injured Car's Plunge Off Road BRISBANE
In a heavy fog late last night a motor car left the Springbrook road on a curve, and plunged 50 feet down the mountain side before it was halted…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Improvised Bomb Explosion in School Two Students Seriously Injured Geelong
An improvised bomb exploded in the mechanics’ shop at Geelong Grammar School this morning, with the result that two students…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motor Racing Bathurst Grand Prix Crowd Applauds Pluck of J. K. Phillips Drove Although Injured Bathurst
Covering 150 miles in the record time of one hour 59 minutes 45 seconds, A. Barrett, of Victoria, who started from scratch, won the Grand…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →“Would Become Involved in Accidents to Collect Money” Possibilities of Reform of Liability Laws in N.z.wellington (N.z.)
A committee appointed by the Government to investigate the reform of liability laws is considering recommending that motorists should…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Three Injured in Car Somersault Bendigo
Three occupants of a car which somersaulted when a front tyre blew but four miles north of Serpentine last night were injured. A fourth…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →“Asleep at the Wheel” Opinion of Coroner Sydney Road Fatality Melbourne
Stating that in his opinion the deceased had fallen asleep while driving the car, the Coroner (Mr. Tingate P.M.),at an inquiry at the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Child Accidents on Road
Request has been made by several country branches of the Road Safety Council that a State-wide appeal should be made to all…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →More Motors on Roads, But Fewer Killed N.S.W. Accident Rate Best For Four Years SYDNEY
Although there were more motor vehicles in N.S.W. last year than i any previous year, the number of persons killed in accidents in 1939 was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Soldiers Injured in City Taxi Collision MELBOURNE
Three soldiers were injured when the taxi in which they were travelling came into collision with the back of a tramways board rail cleaner at the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Another Cyclist Injured
Miss Pearl Reeve, a lieutenant in the Albury branch of the Salvation Army, received a scalp wound that necessitated the insertion of two stitches,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Boy Injured by Home-made Bomb
Two boys at the Geelong Church of England Grammar School were injured when a band bomb with which they had been experimenting,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Police Launch. Sunk in Sydney Harbor After Collision Sydney
A 14.ft police patrol hunch was hoted and sunk following n collision with a 24-ft. speed boat in the harbor off .Point Piper to-night. No one was…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Coroner Reprimands Witness Spencer Street Fatality MELBOURNE
The Coroner (Mr. Tingate. P.M) [?] a witness, Albert Rupert Thomas, of Epsom road, Kensington, of the City Norgne to-day for…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Four Injured in Car Smash
Four people were injured when two [?] collided at Tumblong near Wagga, on Saturday. Those injured were: Mrs. P. J. Thompson. Best st„ Wagga severe…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Week-end Accidents Several Motor Crashes Occur Woman Seriously Injured Melbourne
Suffering from o fractured base of the skull, and fractured collar bone, Mrs. Olive Blackford. 26 years, of Neerim road. Carnegie, was admitted…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Motor Accident
Mr. C. Lea had a very lucky escape from serious injury on Wednesday evening whilst driving his mail car from Deniliquin to Hay (states the…
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