Yesterday's Accidents
William Shuttlewood, 43, of Veronica. street, Cardiff, a blacksmith's striker at Cardiff railway workshops, sustained severe lacerations to the right heel when…
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Accidents, 1937
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North Rothbury Accident
Albert North (50), of Villiers-street Mayfield, received fractured ribs and head injuries when he was caught under a fall of stone to-day at Gwmdu…
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When the motor-cycle which he was riding came into collision with a motor car near South-street, Adamstown, to-day, Thomas Butten, 18, of…
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Six persons were injured when a car and a large lorry collided in Kilkenny this afternoon. Some of the occupants of the vehicles were hurled to the…
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Suffering from fractures in both legs and the loss of two fingers, Robert John Greer, 30, postal employee, of Arncliffe, was admitted to hospital to-day. His…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Labourer Injured Feel 30ft. After Electric Shock
Cecil Pattison, 22, of Greenway-street, Wickham, a labourer, received an electric shock from a wire carrying 500 volts, at the works of the Commonwealth Steel…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Child Drowned Fell Into Sea at Port Kembla SYDNEY
While playing with other children at Port Kembla late this afternoon Douglas Tuckwell, 9, of Port Kembla, fell over an embankment into the sea and was…
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When a tallowwood log which was being hauled by a bullock team rolled on him at Cockatoo Creek, near Tyringham, this morning, Clarence Woods received fatal…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Faulty Judgment Freighter's Collision with Tug "Not Seamanlike Care" Melbourne
An error of judgment on the part of Captain Watson, of the freighter Allara, was held by the Court of Marine Inquiry to-day, to have been responsible for the…
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Injuries to the head were sustained by two men employed in mines yesterday as a result of falls of coal and stone. Harold Hitchcock, 31, of…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Accidental Death Cyclist Killed at Mayfield Coroner Attaches No Blame
A verdict that William Henry Baynham, 39 an engineer employed at the Steel Works, and living at Section-street, Mayfield, who died in the ambulance on his…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Struck by Stone Accident at Cwmdu Colliery
Struck by a flat piece of stone, weighing about 5cwt., which fell from the roof of Gwmdu colliery yesterday morning, Albert North, 50, of Villiers-street,…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →In Bridal Robe Accident Victim Buried PERTH
Miss Coffin, who was injured in a collision between a motor-cycle and a ear on her wedding eve, November 27, when returning with her fiance, Rex Oliver,…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Fatal Fall of Coal Accidental, Says Kurri Coroner
A verdict of accidental death was returned by the Kurri District Coroner (Mr. A. W. Johns) at the inquest to-day at Kurri Courthouse into the death of…
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When his axe slipped while cutting timber, Norman Lowe (43), Clarence-town, timber-getter, sustained an incised wound to the right foot and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Road Smashes Motor-cyclists Injured Week-end Accidents
Mishaps with motor-cycles caused injuries to three persons in the Newcastle district over the week-end. In one case a man was seriously injured…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →In Collision Queensland Cabinet Minister BRISBANE
The Minister for Public Instruction (Mr. F. A. Cooper), who returned from the south yesterday, had a narrow escape from injury at about 8.50 a.m. to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →New Cruiser on The Lake Marks Point Collision
Two photos of Mr. J. A. Dakin's new cruiser Marjon, which won the cruiser race conducted by the Royal Motor Yacht Club at Toronto on Saturday…
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Swept off the rocks by a huge wave while fishing at Makara. Thomas Jones, a well-known Wellington dentist, was drowned…
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William Pratt, a young man, of Globe Point, is believed to have been drowned when a skiff overturned off Clark Island last night…
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