GOVERNOR'S A.D.C. in Smash Three Injured When Car Skidded Sydney
Two daughters of Sir Hugh and Lady Poynter and Captain Blacker, A.D.C., to the Governor (Lord Wakehurst), were injured yesterday in a car smash…
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Accidents, 1938
2,129 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 6 of 107
Boys and Workmen Victims of Minor Accidents
A number of boys and three employees of the Cardiff Railway Workshops were injured in minor accidents yesterday. Jack Sherwood, 32, boilermaker, of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Jockey's Death Accidental Finding by Coroner No Irregularities on Field Sydney
A verdict of accidental death was returned by the City Coroner (Mr. Oram) to-day at the inquest on Maxwell Alfred Papworth, 15, an apprentice jockey, in…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →To-day's Accidents Struck By Bicycle
David Marshall (16), an apprentice, of Orchard-street, Cardiff, was repairing his bicycle on the side of the road this morning when he was struck by a…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Preventible Accidents Boorish Drivers A Menace
In what degree do preventible causes contribute toward road accidents in Australia? Surveys in other countries point…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Nurse Drowned Life-savers Commended Tribute by Coroner Merewether Beach Fatality
Two members of the Merewether Surf Life-saving Club were commended by the Newcastle Coroner (Mr. A. G. Chiplin) and the police for their efforts to save…
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David Sneddon, 25, of Chidgee-st., Cessnock, a shiftman at Aberdare Colliery, fell over at work to-day and injured his left shoulder…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →To-day's Accidents Woman Found Injured
Mrs. Nita Costello, of Scott-street, Newcastle, was found in front of her home early this morning suffering from extensive lacerations to the top of the…
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Rene Lord, 9, of Queen-street, Rutherford, fell off a fence while playing last night, and received at lacerated wound to the side of the head. She was treated by…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →"Was an Accident" New Lambton Fatality Car Skidded and Turned Over
About 1 p.m. on December 30 a sedan car, in which five members of the Salvation Army were returning to Newcastle, skidded off the road and overturned on…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Three Injured Smash on Maitland-road
Three men narrowly escaped more serious injury when a motor-car in which they were travelling left the Maitland-road near the Newcastle Abattoir late…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Tragic Honeymoon Young Couple Drowned Tasmanian Beach Hobart
A young Victorian couple on their honeymoon at Nubeena, about 10 miles from Port Arthur, on Tasman's Peninsula, were drowned off…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Fell Off Lorry Boy Fatally Injured Throwing Stones at Dog
John Colelough, 13, of Janet-street, Merewether, was fatally injured shortly before 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon when he fell off a motor-lorry between Toronto…
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Gerald Garmane, 13, of Mitchell-street, Tighe's Hill, was struck by a motorlorry in Downie-street, Smedmore, yesterday morning. He received a probable…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cessnock Timberworker Injured
James Shearer, 63, a timberworker, of Watson-street, Bellbird, employed at Pelton colliery received a probable fracture of the right leg when a log he was…
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Sixteen miners are reported to have been drowned in the flooding of the Plumbago mine, in the Kurunagela district, after a sudden inrush of…
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Sixteen miners are reported to have been drowned in the flooding of the plumbago mine, in the Kurunegela district, after a sudden inrush of water from a…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Lorry and Cycle Fatal Collision in Rain SYDNEY
In heavy rain a collision occurred between a motor-lorry and a cycle ridden by William Heath 58, of West Pennant Hills, at Pennant Hills to-day. Heath received…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Yesterday's Accidents
Nita Costello, 23, of Scott-street, Newcastle fell down some stairs at her home yesterday, and received lacerations to the head, and shock. Newcastle Ambulance…
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Miss Isobel Hoskins, 25, Church-street, West Maitland received severe contusions to the first finger of her left hand when it was caught in a mangle…
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