To-day's Accidents Cyclist Injured
When the motor cycle he was riding' collided with a car In Hunter-street. Wickham, to-day. Fredrick Semple. 22, or Fitzroy-street. Mayfield, received…
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Accidents, 1940
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Nine Injured Newcastle Road Accidents
Road accidents at the week-end were responsible for nine persons being injured. The most serious accident occurred at the corner of Hunter and Crown…
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When the ring broke when he was taking the tyre off the wheel of a car, Eric Rowley, 25, mechanic, employed by G. Hawkins and Sons, of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Bathers Injured Newcastle Beach Shark Scare
The ringing of the shark alarm bell caused excitement at Newcastle Beach yesterday afternoon. The patrol was told that what…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Two Killed Motor-cycle Smashes Many Others Injured Sydney
George Miller, 47, of Hurstville, was killed, and four others, including two women, were injured when a motor-car swerved off the road and crashed into a…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Bombs Rain on Finland 100 Killed; Many Injured Three Hospitals Hit (Australian Associated Press.) LONDON, February 4
The Russians rained thousands of bombs on southern and central Finland yesterday. Four hundred planes took part in the heaviest…
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While riding on a 'bus through Broadmeadow to-day Reginald Boyd, 14, of Catherine Hill Bay, had his left hand jammed against an…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Three Injured When Lorry Overturns
Two men and a child were injured when a lorry capsized at the corner of Darby and Bull Streets, Cook's Hill, late yesterday, afternoon…
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Verdicts of accidental death was returned to-day at the inquest on Walter Percy Crockett, 21, of Justin-street, Lilyfield, and Harold Thomas Hockley, 19, of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →For Injured Adrenals New York, January 10
Over the kidneys lie two little adrenal glands. It is one function of the glands to pump adrenalin into the blood, which they do under the stress…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Police Probe Fire at Conveyor Injured Man Conscious
Newcastle detectives yesterday investigated the cause of the fire which damaged the Hetton-Bellbird Coal Company's conveyor on Maitland-road earlier in the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →To-day's Accidents Wheeler's Hand Jammed
Edward Strang (36), a wheeler living at Koree-street, Cessnock, had his left hand jammed when lilting a skip back to the rails at Aberdare Colliery…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Ten Die In German Bus Accident BERLIN
Ten people were killed to-day when a goods train crashed into a bus at a level crossing in Muenster…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Youth Drowned Floods Isolate Towns in Queensland BRISBANE
Julius Khan, 18, was drowned while crossing the Dawson River, near Baralaba. Floodwaters still surround the townships of Millmerran, west of Toowoomba, and…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →More Bomb Explosions in England Four Persons Injured at Euston Station Death Sentence for I.R.A. TERRORISTS (Australian Associated Press.) ENGLAND, February 6
Further bomb explosions occurred in England to-day, on the eve of the execution of two members of the Irish Republican Army for terrorist activities. Four persons were injured when two bombs…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →No Fire Now After Accidents New Petrol Tank Cap MELBOURNE
A novel type of cap for petrol tanks which was invented by Mr. F. Roberts of Sydney, and which he claims will prevent fire and explosions in accidents,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →"Did Not Know of Accident" Barman on Manslaughter Charge Case Heard Again
Circumstances surrounding the death of a 16-year-old girl on Lambton-road, New Lambton, were described yesterday at Newcastle Quarter Sessions before…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Police Court Denied Was Involved in Accident (Before Mr. C. G. Carr-boyd, P.m.)
A collision between a motor-truck and a bus, in front of the West Maitland Post-office, on September 26, had its sequel at the West Maitland Court yesterday,…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →To-day's Accidents Metal In Eye
While working at Cardiff Workshops to-day, Herbert Harmes, 35. a boilermaker of Albert Street, Newcastle, was struck in the right eye with a piece…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Mental Hospital Drowning Sydney
There was no evidence to support the suggestion that Richard Bruce Walker, an eight-year-old mental patient, was lifted out of a pen at Peat Island Mental…
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