Trains In Head-On Collision
ENGINES MEET HEAD ON: Two engines involved in a collision at Clarendon yesterday. The engines and a carriage were Jammed together. Many people were injured…
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Accidents, 1945
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80 Injured in Canadian Crash
MONTREAL, Monday.—Eighty persons were hurt when nine cars of a Canadian pacific railway train from Montreal to Chicago were derailed…
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SYDNEY.—Cold Shower, one of the Doncaster Handicap favorites, ran a nail into his off fore foot at Victoria Park this…
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MONTREAL, March 6. A.A.P.—Eighty persons were injured when nine cars of a Canadian Pacific Railway train from Montreal to Chicago…
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Sir,—Very few, if any, of the serious accidents that occur in the heavy industries, excluding fatal ones, are reported in the Press. I…
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At work in Stockrington No. 1 colliery, George Torrance, 58, miner, of Withers-street, West Wallsend, suffered an extensive laceration to…
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GOSFORD.—Brother and sister cyclists collided in the dark on Gosford-Terrigal Road last night. The sister. Amy Vickery (17), of Erina…
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GOSFORD, Wednesday.—Frederick Vickery, 19, and his sister, Amy, 17, were injured to-night when their bicycles collided at Erina, three miles…
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William Stevenson, 25, of Mary Street. Merewether, was admitted to Newcastle Hosptial today with extensive lacerations to the chest,…
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Mr. G. Blenman, of Gibson-avenue, Cook's Hill, has been…
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When a pole broke and fell on top of him, Thomas Hunt, 56, of Mary-street, Dungog, suffered probable internal injuries, a fractured right…
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A verdict of accidental death was returned by the Coroner (Mr. A. G. Chiplin) at the inquest on William Hopwood, 38, of Victoria-street, New…
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Sir,—Mr. E. L. McKay's statement seems to absolve the Ambulance, Board from any blame in the conspiracy to keep accident reports in…
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Norman White. 11, of Clarence Road, New Lambton, suffered abrasions to his left hand, knee and ankle when his cycle and a truck collided…
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A 13-year-old boy was seriously injured when a bicycle he was riding collided with a girl pedestrian in Main Road. Cardiff, today. He was…
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In a collision between a tram and a motor truck owned by the Greater Newcastle Council, in Union Street, near Tooke Street, today the tram…
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Warrant Officer Donald C. McLelan, R.A.A.F. lost his life in an air accident at Rutland, England…
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WINGHAM, Thursday.—Winnie Rouse, daughter of the Mayor of Wingham (Ald. H. W. Rouse) died in a bath yesterday at her home…
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William Blair Martin, a soldier of the First World War, succeeded in his claim heard by Judge Perdrian, Chairman of the Workers'…
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Struck by a falling limb from a tree on his father's property at Salt Ash yesterday, Len Masters, 18, was taken to the General Hospital by…
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