To-day's Accidents Injured in Collision
In a head-on collision between two cars at Watkins Bridge. Boolaroo. to-day. Joyce Draper, 18. of George-street. Holmesville. had her face cut…
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Accidents, 1940
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Finger Injured
While assistang to drive pegs in the ground at a sports meeting at Speer's Point Park to-day. Alan Dunne. 14. of Forbes-street. Boolaroo, was…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Twice Injured in Shield Game Melbourne
In trying to save four to-day in the match between Victoria and South Australia, G. Tamblyn, the Victorian opening batsman.slipped against the fence. He took a piece…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Launch Saved Rough Trip Fall From Tree Injured Boy's Spine SYDNEY
A 17-year-old boy was taken five miles in a launch to a motor ambulance when he was injured at National Park to-day. John Smith, of Yowie Bay, fell 30ft…
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When she slipped and struck her head on the corner of table near her home yesterday morning, Mrs. McNamara, 63, of Arcadia, near Bathmines, received…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Low Accident Toll Over New Year
No accidents were reported in Newcastle yesterday. The road toll from Friday until this afternoon was seven accidents, three…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Youth in Shooting Accident
Prank Bondes. 22, of Mortdale, was accidentally shot in the right hip at Wyee. to-day, the bullet passing across the lower part of his abdomen and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →40 Road Deaths in Victoria Holiday Toll Lighter Tivoli Theatre Manager Fatally Injured Melbourne
Nine accident deaths during the week-end brought the total of holiday tragedies to 40 since the Saturday before Christmas—an average of more than four a…
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Gordon Owens, 7, of Elizabeth-street. Tighe's Hill, fractured his left arm, and dislocated his left elbow, when he fell while playing in the yard of his home…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Shooting Accident at Wyee Rifle Bullet Through Leg
Frank Bonde, 22, living at the Bethshsn Holy Mission, Wyee, was accidentally shot while rabbiting with a companion near the mission yesterday morning. A…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Road Accidents Declined During Holidays Sydney
The holiday death roll in N.S.W. was less than half that of the same period last year. From December 23 (when the holiday period opened)…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Talkalot Destroyed: Training Accident Sydney
Talkalot, runner-up in the Carrington Stakes last Saturday, broke a leg in a training gallop at Victoria Park this morning and had to be destroyed…
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John Marshall. 10. of Arcadia, received contusions to the right thigh and ribs and abrasions to the head when his cycle and a car collided near…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →To-day's Accidents Two Cyclists Injured
Two cyclists, riding together, were Injured when their cycles collided at the Cross Roads. Cardiff, to-day. Reginald Bryant, 20. of…
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William Davies, 15 months, whose parents live in the unemployment camp at Waratah, had his left thumb fractured and severely lacerated when he placed it…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Few Accidents Ambulance Had Quiet Time Over Holidays
Except for the serious accident on the New England Highway on December 23, when four members of the Second A.I.F. were killed, Maitland Ambulance had a…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →16 Deaths on Road Over Holidays Decline Pleases Minister Fewer Accidents in 1939 TENTERFIELD
After examining the road accident figures for the holiday period the Minister for Transport (Mr. M. F. Bruxner) exclaimed to-day: "That is wonderful!"…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →To-day's Accidents Miner Injured
Struck by a capstan when some skips which he was hauling ran away at New Lambton Colliery to-day, Edward Lane, miner, of Gipp-street,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Mother Saved Son From Drowning Junee
A mother's speedy rescue of one of her sons from drowning is reported from Batlow. Two boys, aged 7 and 4, sons of Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Drowned in Dam Eight-year-old Girl at Cessnock
Dorothy Peters, 8, of the East Cessnock unemployed settlement, was drowned in a dam at East Cessnock about 5 p.m. yesterday…
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