Stunt Cycle Rider Injured
Stunt rider, Frank Durkin, was injured yesterday at the Albury Show. Riding in the “Whirl of Death” sideshow, in which the…
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Only One Serious Accident at Show
Injured when performing at Albury show on Wednesday, Frank Durkins, of Bexley, Sydney, stunt motor cyclist, was taken to the…
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CRAFTON. Friday: A two years old boy, Peter George Ellis, son of Ronald Joseph Ellis, of Jambs was drowned in the Nymbaida River late today…
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A young Albury radio mechanic was fatally injured on Saturday night when the motor cycle he was riding collided with a semitrailer transport vehicle on the Melbourne road about six miles from Wodonga…
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When a car crashed into a tree on Hume Highway early on Saturday morning a young man and were injured. They are…
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POWELL RIVER (Brit. Col.), Mon.—The motorship, Gulf Stream, struck a reef and sank in Queen Charlotte Sound early…
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Whilst tree climbing on the Hay Common on Sunday afternoon, Bob" ("Bunter") Anstice of South Hay' fell from a height of about 15 feet…
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MELBOURNE, Sun. — Alfred Knox, aged 36, of Kingsville road, Yarraville. is believed to have been drowned when the dingly in…
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MELBOURNE, Sun.: Four cyclists in the Melbourne-Warrnambool cycling race on Saturday were admitted to Geelong…
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James Conway, aged 70, of Wagga, fell from the balcony of the Criterion Hotel into Fitzmaurice st on Friday evening and is in…
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SYDNEY, Sun.—A man and 16-year-old youth were shockingly injured in an unusual accident on the Harbor bridge last night. They…
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LONDON, Men.— Eight persons were drowned in the Seine when a small barge ferrying passengers across the river from Melun and…
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TAMWORTH, Mon.—Alfred Austin, of Hillgrove, was fatally injured when he was thrown from a utility truck which ran over an…
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MELBOURNE, Wed.: When the motor launch Maranui sank after a collision with a RAAF crash launch in Lake King,…
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LONDON. Thurs.—Lieut. Philip Mountbatten, the future husband of Princess Elizabeth, sustained slight bruises and a twisted knee…
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BENALLA, Thurs.—Mr Dickson Heaney, of Benalla, was killed instantly on the Shepparton road shortly after seven o’clock…
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A remarkable photograph taken in the Mexico bull-ring as Jose Rodriguez—popularly known as Joselilo—famous Spanish-Mexican bull-fighter was gored by the enraged animal and seriously injured. The bull’s horn is seen ripping through the…
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MELBOURNE, Friday: Nineteen people were injured, three seriously, in two tram and truck collisions in Melbourne…
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LONDON, Sunday: Seven passengers were killed and 70 others were injured when an express train bound from Edinburgh to…
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In road smashes at the week-end, five youths, two men, and a woman were killed. Another youth was accidentally shot dead. Two men and a woman were…
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