Harbour Collision Ferry Passengers Escape Injury SYDNEY
When the ferry steamers Barrenjoey and Kubu collided near Bradley's Head this afternoon, passengers on both vessels became excited, but calmed when it was…
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Accidents, 1940
1,366 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 9 of 69
Found on Road Near Dungog Newcastle Motor-cyclist Injured DUNGOG
After having an accident on a motorcycle at a bend in the road near Dungog this afternoon Gordon Hilary Smith, 21, of Dawson-street, Cook's Hill, lay on the…
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Wilhelmus Adrianus Johannus Van Haren, 26, was fined £15, in default 30 days' imprisonment, for having, on January 27, driven a utility truck while under…
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Thrown from his car when it overturned on the Wallsend Road near the Cross-roads to-day, Charles Horn. 45, of Toronto, escaped with severe…
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When the girth strap on the horse he was riding broke, Eric Newell, 22, a farm hand, of Vacy, received abrasions to the left arm and elbow, contusions to the…
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When he rolled down a heap of coal at Aberdare Central colliery, William Long, 40, miner, Cessnock-street, Aberdare, injured his elbow and neck…
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Henry McCarron, 60, of Dapto, received head injuries and fractured his right leg when a bicycle he was riding on Prince's Highway at Brownsville, collided with a…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Seven People Injured Race Trains Collide at Wyong Two Men Taken to Hospital
Two Newcastle racing men received injuries necessitating hospital treatment and five other passengers suffered cuts and bruises…
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Robert Larritt, 24. Evans-street, Belmont, had the back of his right leg burnt when petrol fumes came in contact with a hot exhaust pipe oil a motor-cycle he…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Drowned When Dinghy Overturned Melbourne
When a dinghy overturned to-day, Leslie Raymond Dooley, 30, of Avondale-avenue. Chelsea, was drowned at Inverloch. His brother-in-law, Roy Marsh, 25, of St…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Newcastle Pilot Injured Hit by Plane's Propeller at Bundaberg BUNDABERG
Roy Bailey, 27. married, a pilot of Newcastle Aero Club, received severe head injuries when he was struck by the propeller of a plane-at Bundaberg aerodrome…
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Gordon Hilary Smith, 21, of Dawson-street, Cook's Hill, has not yet fully regained consciousness, but his condition is improving. Smith was admitted to…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Woman's Death After Car Accident Tenterfield
Victim of a motor-car accident yesterday, afternoon, Mrs. Dorothy Slater died at Tenterfield Prince Albert Memorial Hospital late last night…
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When his car overturned on the Wallsend-road, near the Cross Roads, C. Horne, 40, of Toronto, lacerated his right arm and shoulder. Lake Macquarie District…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Girl Drowned in Waterhole Companion Saved Sister TENTERFIELD
Lilian Ruth Ridgewell, 10, was drowned at Stormer's Ridge, near Amosfield, 40 miles from Tenterfield, yesterday afternoon. She was bathing in a waterhole on…
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Joyce Sutton, 23, Lockyer-street, Adamstown, had her right leg fractured when she became involved in a collision with a motor-cycle on the Pacific Highway,…
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Tal Rowlands, 53, of Paxton, a miner employed at Stanford Main No. 2 colliery, was struck by a fall of coal yesterday and received lacerations to the scalp…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Two Youths Injured Bolting Horse Charged Into Fence at Teralba
Two youths were injured when a horse they were breaking in to a sulky bolted across a vacant allotment and crashed into a fence at Teralba last night…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Tick in Chest of Baby "Treated to Best of Doctor's Ability" Accidental Death Finding Sydney
While the doctor had treated a tick in a baby to the best of his ability, whether it was the best treatment possible in the circumstances was another…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →£865 for Husband's Death in Accident Melbourne
As damages for the death of her husband Ernest Pilsen, 29, a butcher's assistant, who was killed when a motor-car in which he was a passenger collided with…
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