£7500 damages for road accident victim
MELBOURNE Thurs.: A 20-year-old school teacher—one of the two survivors of the Moorabbin car smash in which five other teenagers were killed—will receive £7500 damages from a…
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Wodonga Man Fatally Injured
A Wodonga man was fatally injured early last evening when the car be was driving ran off the road and bit a tree on the…
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MELBOURNE, Fri.: “We can prevent accidents by building safety into our roads,” Sir Herbert Olney, provisional…
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Miss G. McLaughlan, of Hay, was the victim of a very serious and painful accident on Saturday evening when returning from her…
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Mr. Reg Thomas met with a painful accident last week by which he sustained Injury to his right eye. He was engaged In…
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After a young man had been knocked from his cycle in Prune street, Lavington, about 6 o’clock yesterday evening in a…
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NEW YORK, Wed.: Between 30 and 40 persons may have been drowned in the basement of a ruined store in Waco, Texas, in which they sought shelter during this week’s disastrous tornadoes…
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A mart who told Wodonga Court yesterday he had driven an average of between 600 and 1000 miles a week for a…
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A car and a utility were damaged in a collision at the intersection of Townsend and Hume sts. at 2.30 yesterday afternoon. The…
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CAIRO. Sun.: Launches from Suez are searching for the captain of a small Egyptian warship sunk in collision with a Swedish…
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A man suffered severe lacerations to the head and face, also shock when he was thrown from his motor cycle in Alma st. early…
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Early in the match between Mathoura and Echuca South at Mathoura on Saturday. South player, A. Clarke, was involved…
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ADELAIDE, Mon.: Robin Callaghan, 17, son of the State Director of Agriculture (Dr. A. R. Callaghan) died today from injuries…
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John Wheatley, of Whitton, had an unfortunate accident during the week while out shooting foxes on a rice farm. After his rifle…
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A 15-year-old boy was-injured in an alleged hit and run accident at Wodonga last night. The boy, Desmond Jackson, of Glenburnie…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Train Wrecks Car : Woman Badly Injured
MELBOURNE, Tues.: A young married woman received critical injuries, but the driver of the car in which she was travelling…
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A elderly man was knocked from his bicycle in Thurgoona st. about 6 o’clock last night. He is Peter McGrath, Flat 23,…
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Although no one was injured in a collision at the corner of Mate st. and Logan rd. on Thursday, a car and motor cycle were badly…
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CANBERRA, Sun.: The Australian Army has instituted its own road safety campaign and has produced a special series of posters…
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Two owner drivers of large semi-trailers had miraculous escapes from serious injury on Sunday morning early when…
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