Airman Injured in Road Smash
Warrant Officer Cedric Fergus, 28, of the R.A.A.F., Rathmines, suffered a probable fracture of the [?]kull when his motor-cycle ran over…
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Accidents, 1948
707 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 8 of 36
Accident Blow To Rincheval
The accident which forced the former national amateur boxing champion, Neville Rincheval, to withdraw from his return contest…
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MILAN, March 4. A.A.P.—Eleven soldiers and four civilians were seriously injured, and many others slightly injured, when a huge…
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A verdict of accidental death was returned by the Coroner (Mr. A. G. Chiplin) at the inquest on Rev. Thomas Bibby, 66, Methodist…
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Cyril P. Keppie, lorry driver, Church St., Newcastle, was fined £1 4s 6d and 5s 6d costs for falling to report an accident which occurred at…
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Peter Farnham, 51, of King-street, Cessnock, a carpenter at Aberdare Central Colliery, while operating a circular saw was struck…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—Two motorcyclists were injured in the last race, at the Speedway meeting on the Sydney Sports Ground…
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A verdict of accidental drowning was returned by the Coroner (Mr. A. G. Chiplin) at the inquest on Roy Farrar, 23, lorry…
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If a driver is able to dim his lights and fails to do so when approaching another vehicle he is a potential killer…
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View from cliff top looking down on Cungi reef, from which two boys were washed to their deaths yesterday afternoon. The cross…
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HOBART, Sunday.—Roy Gilbert, 18, of Bellerive, Hobart, fell overboard and was drowned when the yacht Active jibed rounding…
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HOBART, Sunday.—Horace Pilkington, 74, competing in Sorell Trotting Club's meeting yesterday. fell heavily when his gig collapsed…
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Warren Muirhead, 15, a pupil of Maitland Boys' High School and living at Bolwarra, lost his left eye as a result of an accident at the…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—Fourteen people were taken to hospital and 12 others were treated on the spot late this afternoon after two trams had collided near Long Bay Gaol, Malabar…
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WELLINGTON, Mar. 8. A.A.P.—The Australian trip for Beau Le Havre, who is entered in the Sydney Cup, and other important races…
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Walter Henry Conlan, 47, of Quirindi, was killed by a train near Quirindi railway station on Saturday night. Conlan was…
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Agnes Norval, 63, of Bull-street, Cook's Hill, cleaner at the Theatre Royal, suffered a compound fracture of the index and middle fingers…
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At least 50 persons were drowned in Chile when a small steamer, the Helvetia, sank in the Carahue River after a collision with a lunch…
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SCONE, Thursday.—Stanley Holmes, 69, of The Vale Pastoral Company, Rouchel Brook, near Aberdeen, was crushed to death…
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Two women injured when Queensland tourist bus and a lorry collided on the Pacific Highway. two miles south of Gosford…
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