Less Miles Travelled But More Accidents Occur Toll Grows in Country
It is the considered opinion of experts in a position to judge, that the milage travelled by the 328,000 motor vehicles in the State is less…
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Two Injured Motor Cycle Crash SYDNEY
When a motor cycle rider, Reginald White (22). and his passenger, Bessie Jones (14). who was riding pillion, were thrown to the roadway…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Man Drowned Believed to Have Hit Rock Chinchilla (Q.)
Fred Swain (aged between 48 and 50 years) was swimming with three other companions in Rocky Creek, when he was missed. Several…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Child Drowned Tragedy At Picnic SYDNEY
Philip Bryan O'Reilly (5) was drowned in Nattai River, Burragorang Valley, yesterday afternoon, He was one of a picnic party with…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Motor Lorry Accident
On the night of January 19th a lorry from Warialda on which eight persons were riding overturned on the read between Yetman and…
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William Lewis, of Niagara-street, suffered a large lacerated wound on the right side of his forehead when he was kicked by a horse yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Woman Killed Four Injured Sydney
Two cars collided on Hume Highway at Picton. late last night, Mrs. Myrtle Thefs. a resident of Peakhurst. was killed,a dn four others…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Highway Crash Woman Killed, Four Injured SYDNEY
When two cars collided on the Hume Highway at Picton late last night, Mrs. Myrtle Thefs, a resident of Peakhurst, was killed and four…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Missiles Thrown From Trains Dangerous, Says Commissioner Four Persons Injured Lately SYDNEY
The Railway Commissioner (Mr. Hartigan) to-day issued special Warnings against the dangerous practice of throwing missiles from…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Hand Amputated Accident At Rockvale Mine
William Battersby, of Kirkwoodstreet, Armidale, had his right hand amputated at the Armidale and New England District Hospital late last…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Man and Wife Injured at Show
A. Egan, of Nowra, was heavily thrown at Wollongong Show on Saturday in a trotting event. On Friday his wife was injured when a horse…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Found Drowned Ernest H. Moffatt SYDNEY
The body of Ernest Hilton Moffatt, 41, unemployed, was found floating in the water at Drummoyne yesterday. It is believed that he has relatives at…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Rear Type Ripped Off Truck In Collision With Lorry
The rear tyres of a utility were ripped off when it was In a collision with a motor lorry at the corner of Barney and Douglas…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Hand Amputated Accident at Rockvale Mine
William Battersby, of Kirkwood-street, Armidale, had his right hand amputated at the Armidale and New England Hospital last week as the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Road Accidents In Holiday Period 25 Per Cent Reduction
The Minister for Transport. Col. Bruxner, at a meeting of the Albury branch of the Road Safety Council on Thursday night…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Car Fatality Man Killed: Four Injured SYDNEY
George Miller, 47. was Killed and four outers, including two women, were injured, when a motor car swerved off the road, crashed into a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Intersection Collision Military Truck And Sports Car
A military truck driven by Lieutenant Sharpe and a sports car driven by Alfred Lennon, of Armidale, collided at the intersection of Markham and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Brothers Drowned One Went to Assist Other HOBART
John and Joseph Maxwell, brothers, were drowned near Stanley yesterday, It appears that John Maxwell went to the asistance of his brother, who…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Another Earthquake in Turkey 45 Dead, Hundreds Injured ANKARA
An earthquake on Saturday killed 45, injured hundreds, and destroyed the villages of Besni and Pulur. Relief parties have been despatched…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →To the Rescue Unemployed Digger Woman Saved From Drowning Sydney
While Jack Armstrong: (45), a returned soldier, an unemployed labourer, was lying on the banks of the river at Parramatta…
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