Thrown From Truck One Dead; Two Injured
When a truck in which a party of 11 men were returning from sleeper cutting, at Picola, on Friday night, apparently struck a rut and then hit…
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More Deaths in Road Accidents
This is the time of the year when there are more deaths in road accidents than at any other period Experience over the last…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →More Deaths in Road Accidents. (Issued by the Read Safety Council of New South Wales.)
This is the time of the year when there arc more deaths in road accidents than at any other per[?] Experience over the last five years…
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This is the time of the year when there are more deaths in road accidents than at any other period. Experience over the last…
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Two young Wagga militia men, returning by car to camp from leave, were both killed as a result of their car overturning near…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →One Killed, Four Injured in Military Truck Collision Sydney
When a collision occurred between a military track from Holdsworth camp and a car on the Hume Highway in Liverpool early this morning…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fatal Road Accident One Killed, Three Injured SYDNEY, Friday Morning
Norman Tuck, 55, electrical engineer of Campbelltown, was killed instantly and his son Graham Tuck, 30, and his nine year old grandson, were…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fatality at Soap Works Man Killed When Vacuum Tank Explodes Melbourne
One workman was killed and two injured when a vacuums tank exploded this morning at the soap and glycerine works of J. Kitchen & Sons,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Car Smash Accident on Cookardinia Road Driver's Miraculous Escape
(James Samuel Hall, 28 years, of Holbrook, can consider himself a very fortunate young man, as the outcome of a motor accident on the Cookardima…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Euston News Narrow Escape From Fatality
Whilst driving a utility truck in Eleventh street,Mildura, last week, Reg. Mengler, accompanied by his mother, and sister Brenda, collided…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Soldiers Injured In Mornington Military Camp Destruction Caused by Gale Melbourne
The military camp at Mornington racecourse Was devastated by a gate last night and [?] injured when struck by [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Pedestrian Fatally Injured Melbourne
Struck by a motor car in Barkly [?] Footscray, last night, Johannah Burn [?] aged 60 years, of Swan st Footscra[?] received head injuries from which she…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Crashing Tree Kills Man in Car Son Seriously Injured Sydney
G. H. Bradley, of Stewart St., Longueville. manager of the X-ray department of Philips Lamp-: (Australasia) Pty. Ltd., was killed by a [?] which…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Thousands Terrorised Earthquake in America Five Persons Killed; Scores Injured El Centro (California). May 19
Eleven earthquake shocks in widely separated cities over an 800 miles area. including south-eastern California and Arizona, killed at least five…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →To Hospital Under Escort Police Action After Accident Melbourne
While descending a hill into Gisborne to-day a car containing four men skidded and overturned. After the accident a police patrol car escorted the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Corowa Brilliantly Defeats Last Year’s Premier Team Albury Down by 11 Goals Wodonga and Rutherglen Play a Draw Gordon Strang Goals After Bell Games in Other District Leagues; Rand Footballer Injured
There Were two surprises in the Ovens and Murray League games on Saturday—at Corowa, when the home team made hacks of the Albury players, and at YarraWonga, where the Pigeons won very comfortably from…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Little Girl Fatally Injured Melbourne
Caught in the wheels of a chaff cutter at her home at Epping, this evening, Valerie. May Smith, aged a yens, was fatally injured…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Truck Crashes Into Telephone Pole Contractor Severely Injured; Wife & Employee Also Hurt Accident on Finley Road
When the utility truck in which they were driving missed a bend in the Deniliquin-Finley road and crashed into a telephone pole on Saturday evening, Mr. Hector King, aged 34 years, received very, serious injuries, while his wife and an employee, Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Finley Shooting Accident Boy Wounded In Side
Kenneth Graham, aged 15 years, Of Finley was wounded in the right side When a rifle he was handing to a companion exploded near Finley…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Lift Fatality Finding Melbourne
A finding of accidental death was recorded by the Coroner (Mr. Tingate, P.M.) after an inquiry to-day into the death of Arthur Jones, aged 35. waiter…
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