URALLA Council Employee Injured Falls From Moving Lorry
Thomas Smith, of Uralla, suffered a fractured thumb, severe contusions to a shoulder and leg,. a lacerated chin and slight…
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Two More Violent 'Quakes 50 Dead and 160 Injured In Turkey ISTANBUL
Two violent Earthquakes are reported from the Niage district of southern Anatolia. They resulted in the death of 50…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Five Dead in Gunpowder Explosion Several Injured, Many Slightly Rapid Succession of Reports LONDON
Five were killed and a number injured, the majority only slightly, in terrific explosions in the Royal gunpowder factory…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Damage to Ship Accident in Sydney SYDNEY
Considerable damage was caused on an overseas cargo steamer in the harbour this morning when a large mast crashed on to the deck…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Plane Wrecked Pilot Injured Passengers' Narrow Escape Bathurst
A narrow escape from death was experienced by Dr. J. G. Woods, the "flying doctor" stationed at Broken Hill, and two companions…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Moree Smash Head-on Collision
When a car and lorry met in a head-on collision about the 10-mile peg on the Moree-Gurley road near Tycannah, on Friday night, William…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Man Drowned Canoe Overturns SYDNEY
An unidentified man was drowned in the Parramatta River, near Gladesville bridge, yesterday. The occupants of a launch saw a…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Unidentified Man Drowned When Canoe Overturned SYDNEY
An unidentified man was drowned in the Parramatta River, near. Gladesville Bridge yesterday. The occupants of a launch saw a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Airman Trapped and Drowned Plane Grashes Into Swamp SYDNEY
When a Gipsy Moth training plane nose-dived into a mangrove swamp at Pelican Point, near Kurnell, this morning, the pilot-instructor, A. F…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Plane Fatality Nose Dive Into Water Pilot Trapped in Cockpit SYDNEY
A Gipsy Moth training plane nose-dived into a mangrove swamp at Pelican Point, near [?]nell, this morning…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Floods in North Australia Thousands of Cattle Drowned Water Gradually Receding DARWIN
It is reported that the record floods in the Roper River valley are gradually receding. The river, however, is still 40…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Head-on Collision Young Man Killed
When a car and lorry met in a head-on collision about the 10 mile. Peg on the Moree Gurley road near Tyeannah. on Thursday night…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Boxer injured In Stadium Fight SYDNEY
The condition of the injured boxer, Billy Fundess, Mho collapsed in the last round of his fight with Dave Lefton at the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Children Injured Car Driver Arrested And Charged SYDNEY
June Gordon (5) suffered head, injuries, including a possible fracture of her skull, and Gay Brown (3) received cuts when they were knocked…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Yesterday's News Government Criticised—Flying Recruits Wanted—Coalition Government—Boxer injured—Japan in China
Some senior members of the Federal Government fear that the staying of the execution of a warrant for the arrest of Lieutenant-Colonel J. W…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Air Liner Crash Relief Captain Arrives Cause of Accident SYDNEY
Captain T. Reyers, who is flying the Royal Netherlands Indies Airways relief liner in Sydney, landed at Cloncurry last night with…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Living Long and Well Simple Rules to Observe Health a Habit, Not Accident
Great progress has been made by the health authorities in improving the sanitary conditions under which people live…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Bayonet Wound 2nd. A.I.R Man Injured Eight Others Admitted to Hospital SYDNEY
A member of the 2nd A.I.F. was admitted to the Prince of Wales Hospital, Randwick, last night, suffering, it is stated, from a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire Engine Fatality Walter Plumbe Dead SYDNEY
Substation-Officer Walter Plumbe. 42. who was injured with a number of [?]ers when a fire engine overturned at Longueville yesterday, died last…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Red Ribbon of Tragedy Runs Through Holidays Caused by Road Accidents (Issued by the Road Safety Council of New South Wales.)
A holiday is the average person's opportunity to get away from the office, factory or kitchen and take to the highway to…
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