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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Accidents
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Newcastle Ambulance attended 4479 accidents in Newcastle and suburbs between January 1 and December 31, 1937. In addition 5251 persons were treated at the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Two women and a man were struck by cars in Newcastle and district yesterday and last night. Newcastle and Lake Macquarie Ambulances were kept busy…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Many accidents marred Sydney's gayest New Year's Eve revelries lost night and the ambulance had its busiest night for years…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Hilton Joseph Thomas, a married man, of Orange, was drowned to-day while swimming in the Nepean River, about six miles from Penrith. His body has not…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Charles Millar, 15, son of Mr. Charles Millar, of Warrane-street, Lorn, West Maitland, was drowned in the Paterson River, near Queen's Wharf, at Paterson,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →While he who on his way to Canberra to play tennis before the Governor-General, the German tennis star, Gottfried Cramm, rendered first aid to motor-cyclists…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A young man was killed and four persons were injured as a result of a car overturning on the Wyong-road on Saturday afternoon. The car skidded in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Three boys were injured today when a ship's distress rocket exploded at Balmain after another lad had applied…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Betty George, 4, of Lake View-street, Speers Point, had her left car bitten by a dog at her home yesterday afternoon. She was created by the Lake Macquarie…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →James Lewis, 5, of Edden-street, Bellbird, fell from a fence while playing yesterday morning, and fractured his left arm…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Colin Chenery, 4, cut his right foot on a piece of glass at his home in North-street. Toronto, to-day. He was treated by the Lake Macquarie…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Margaret Harris, 3, or Black's-road, Paxton. had her left upper arm cut by a broken plate at her home to-day. She was given first aid…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Eleven persons were drowned and 16 an missing, Including holiday-makers, [?] result of the oil burner, Midori Maru ([?] tons), capsizing in high seas during…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A man and his mother were admitted to Gosford Hospital to-day as a result of a collision between a motor lorry and a car, In the vicinity of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →There were three drownings in the metropolitan area to-day, the victims being Alfred Thomas Clifford, 12, of Erskineville, Richard…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Three boys were Injured, two of them seriously, when a ship's rocket exploded at Balmain to-day. Frank Charles Martin, 11, of Balmain,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The holidays ended in Newcastle without a serious accident. Thousands of people an hundreds of cars from the north and south came home last night,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Robert Williams, 10 of Malley-avenue Earlwood, Sydney, who is holidaying at Lake Macquarie, fell from a tree yesterday. He received a probable fracture of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Twenty-two lives were lost in road accidents and drownings in New Zealand during the Christmas and New Year holidays…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A sequel to a fatal accident at Kangaroo Point on December 27 was the appearance to-day at the Hornsby Court of Roy Vincent Seldal, 26, a…
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