Liner Otranto in Collision
LONDON, Feb. 12. A.A.P.—After having disembarked passengers from Australia, the Orient liner Otranto (20,026 tons) collided with the wheat…
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Accidents, 1947
785 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 6 of 40
Horse Killed, Two Jockeys Injured
MELBOURNE, Wednesday.—A horse was killed and two jockeys injured in a fall at Colac races to-day…
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At the inquest on Alexander Blanch, 75, pensioner, at Newcastle, the Coroner (Mr. A. G. Chiplin) was told that Blanch was carrying a bag…
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SYDNEY.—When a woman injured herself in a fall from a gangplank as she walked off a ferry at Circular Quay last night,…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—William Stanley Vincent, 29, of High View-avenue, Bankstown, was seriously injured when his motor cycle and a lorry…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—Five people were injured to-night when a crowded tram crashed into the back of another in…
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A verdict of accidental death was returned by the Coroner (Mr. A. G. Chiplin) at the inquest on Colin Roger Coward, 15, of Merriwa. On January…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—The City Coroner (Mr. Stewart) returned a finding, of accidental death at the inquiry into the death of John Erro[?]…
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Francis Don Stevens, 9, was drowned when he fell into a waterhole on the property of T. L. Ireland, at Stroud, yesterday…
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SYDNEY, Sunday.—Six soldiers were injured, two seriously, when a military truck overturned on Razorback Mountain, about six miles from…
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WASHINGTON, Feb. 16. A.A.P.—President Truman's 94-year-old mother Mrs. Martha Truman, fractured her right hip last night when she…
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A probable fracture of the leg was suffered by Richard Hales, 9, of Newcastle-street, Hamilton North, when he was struck by a car in…
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SYDNEY, Sunday.—A man was drowned when a launch was wrecked off Middle Head cliffs in heavy seas yesterday…
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SYDNEY: Six people were injured in a head-on collision between two double-decker buses at The Boulevarde, Strathfield, this morning. The drivers of both vehicles were trapped in the wrecked…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—When two double-decker buses collided head-on to-day, seven people were injured. The collision occurred in The…
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SYDNEY: Despite a daring rescue attempt in pitch darkness, a young woman was drowned at Palm Beach last night, following…
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GYMPIE: Pinned under 2ft. 6in ! of water by the wheel of a truck on Saturday night, Charles Godwin (56). laborer, was dead before the truck…
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A verdict or accidental death was returned by the Coroner (Mr. A. G. Chiplin) at the Inquest on Herbert Vaughan Beatty, 65, pensioner, of…
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William Joseph Graham (65) of Ward Street, West Maitland. had his left leg scalded while at work at the Maitland Gas Works this morning…
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David Davies. 30. of Blackwood Av., Cessnock. a butcher, suffered a lacerated wound of the right hand when a knife he was using slipped…
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