Two Brothers Drowned In Quicksand
LAUNCESTON: Two of six brothers were drowned at Saltwood Lagoons, near Bridport yesterday when they got into…
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Accidents, 1947
785 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 1 of 40
Pensioner Injured
Falling and striking her head against a door at her home yesterday, Martha Coleman, 73, pensioner, of Bourke-street, West Maitland,…
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Mrs. T. Cagney, 65, fractured her right wrist when she fell at her home at Yarigo Creek yesterday. When she fell from her bicycle…
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CANBERRA, Wednesday. — Canberra's only serviceable ambulance lost its petrol tank and broke down to-day while on the way to a double…
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Four people were injured last night when cars collided at Bennett's Green, near Belmont. They were— Gordon Griffiths, 33, of…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.—Lifesavers dived for 15 minutes in Queenscliff Lagoon this afternoon to recover the body of Malcolm John Randall…
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SYDNEY: Tragedy overtook one of the 200 searchers who participated in the search for Phillip Cupitt (63). of Mittagong…
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GLEN INNES, Friday.—Max Allen Shelton, 13, of Glen Innes, was fatally injured yesterday when he fell while riding on his father's…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—A man, believed to be William Riley, 41, of Yaralla Hospital, who fractured his skull when he fell down steps at…
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A verdict of accidental death was returned by the Coroner (Mr. A. G. Chiplin) at the inquest of Thomas Mandeville Thompson, 77, of Rocky…
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SYDNEY, Sunday.—Warren White, two years and three months, of Hartill-Law Avenue, Earlwood, was drowned in a fishpond 18in. deep at…
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Two men were injured and admitted to Maitland Hospital on Saturday night when the car in which they were travelling turned…
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Colin Roger Coward, 17. of Merriwa victim of a shooting accident on Saturday afternoon, died in Newcastle Hospital this morning. Coward was…
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Five persons were injured—four seriously—when a car returning to Queensland and a Gosford Ambulance collided near the Elizabeth bay…
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Colin Roger Coward, 17, of Merriwa, who was accidentally shot while hunting rabbits at Merriwa on Saturday, died yesterday morning in…
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The executive of the Stewarts & Lloyds sub-branch of the Ironworkers' Association has called a special meeting for 1.30 p.m. on Sunday. The…
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MELBOURNE:. Australia's wicket keeper, Don Tallon. yesterday injured the little finger of his left hand again and was withdrawn from the…
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A shiftman who had his right hand bandaged when he injured it at Kalingo Colliery today, later suffered severe burns to the hand when the…
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Newcastle Jockey Club stewards yesterday concluded an inquiry into J. Smith's fall off Hot Chilly in the second division of the Maiden…
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BOMBAY, Thursday.—Police opened fire several times in the mill area of North Bombay yesterday to quell an outbreak of communal rioting…
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