To-day's Accidents Miner Injured
William Thomas Close, 52. a miner, of Wallsend-street, Stanford Merthyr. sustained head injuries when struck by a fall of coal at Richmond Main…
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Accidents, 1938
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Swimmer Drowned Children Pass Help in Run for Police BRISBANE
George Misters, 11, the eldest of a family of three, was drowned in the Brisbane River, at Indooroopilly, this afternoon, He was bathing with other…
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Raymond Roddan, 4 of Railway-street Adamstown, fell and broke his left forearm while playing near his home yesterday Newcastle Ambulance took him to…
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Thomas Harrison, 23, wheeler, of Cooper-street, Cessnock, injured his abdomen while lifting a skip at Maitland Main Colliery to-day. He was…
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While her children, aged 4 and 2, stood on the bank, Mrs. Kathleen Lily Kenning, 20, was drowned in the Collie River. She went for a swim and sank…
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Struck by a small fall of coal in Richmond Man colliery yesterday William Thomas Close, 52, a miner, living in Wallsend-street Stanford Merthyr, was…
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Aided by a searchlight and torches police, lifesavers, and civilians last night searched Tuggerah Lakes in the vicinity of Killarney for two hours…
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When his canoe capsized while he was endeavouring to retrieve a lost paddle Reginald Marshall, 14 a schoolboy, of Botany, was drowned in Botany Bay to…
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The body of Leonard Glover Cooley Orr, 20, was found washed up on the shore of the lake at The Entrance between Long Jetty and Killarney last night…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Young Woman and Youth Injured Bicycles Collide with Lorries
A young woman and a youth were injured in different suburbs as the result of collisions between the bicycles they were riding and stationary motor…
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Newcastle had a day a free from accidents yesterday. No calls were received by Newcastle Ambulance yesterday or last night. Lake Macquarie Ambulance…
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Isabel White (16), of Howe-street, Lambton, fell off a bicycle on Lambton-road, New Lambton, this morning. She was treated by the Newcastle…
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Cecil Samson, 48, of Fullerton Cove, Stockton, was injured in a collision between the bicycle he was riding and a motor car at the corner of Hunter…
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Ronald Douglas, 10, of Brisbane Water-road. Adamstown, was drowning in the Speers Point baths late yesterday afternoon when he was rescued by his brother…
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A collision between, a car and a lorry on Pacific Highway, Belmont, on the night of Dec. 14 was mentioned at Newcastle Police Court to-day when John Francis…
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The Story of a New Year's Day cycling expedition by two Maitland boys, which ended in the death of the elder by drowning in the Paterson River, at Queen's…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Blown From Bed by Bomb Italian Injured At Ingham BRISBANE
An Italian baker named Dagostino was severely injured in a bomb outrage at ingham early to-day. Dagostino, according to reports…
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Police to-day arrested Ross Victor Rushton, 22, a member of the Queenscliff garrison, on a charge of manslaughter of William Stillman, 15, whose body was…
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A youth and a young woman, riding bicycles in different parts of the district yesterday, ran into the backs of motor-lorries and were injured…
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When the cycle he was riding came into collision with a motor-cycle in Aberdare-road yesterday afternoon, Les Gibson, 28, of Northcote-street, Aberdare, received an…
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