7 Jews Drowned In Drama At Sea
HAIFA, Thurs. (A.A.P.): Seven Jews are believed to have been drowned after 30 immigrant passengers had been forced at gunpoint to jump into the water from an Israel-bound schooner…
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Accidents, 1949
799 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 16 of 40
Accidents at Maitland
William Penman, 69, of Victoria-st., East Maitland, a fireman at Burlington Mills, suffered a large lacerated wound…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.—Five men were injured—one critically—tonight night, when a car and lorry collided in Victoria-road, Ermington…
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Matthew Watson, 37, of Cowporuvenue, Kahibah, suffered concussion, a bruise to the head and abrasions to the face when has…
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SYDNEY.—Five persons were killed and 40 injured to-day in Sydney's worst bus smash. A double-decker bus, carrying mostly women and…
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LITHGOW, Monday.—In a rage because it could not unseat its rider, a young, fresh horse reared in the air and crashed…
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NAPLES, May. 30. A.A.P.—The 500-ton Italian cargo ship, Franca, was cut in half and sank yesterday after a collision with another ship…
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Four people were killed when a double-decker bus crashed 30 feet as it was approaching The Spit, Sydney, at 11 a.m…
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WASHINGTON, Tues. (AAP)—A total of 1,25[?]81 miners had been maimed, mangled or killed in American coalpits…
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James Kelly, 58, of Paxton, miner at Stanford Main No. 2 colliery, was jammed by a skip yesterday. He received injuries to his hip and…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The condition of all the bus passengers admitted to hospital after the smash at the approach to The Spit Bridge…
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After a jury at Maitland Circuit Court yesterday afternoon had returned a verdict for £460 damages —£60 more than the amount…
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A motor cyclist. Arthur Williams, 22, of Edith St., Waratah, received severe cuts over the right eye ana concussion…
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While riding a motor-cycle along Hunter-street West yesterday, Arthur Williams, 22, of Edith-st., Waratah, was involved in a…
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WASHINGTON, June 3. A.A.P. —President Truman, urging greater highway safety, said that more than twice as many Americans were…
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Cyril Reece, 22, or Bawson St., Aberdare, a wheeler at Stanford Main No. 2 Colliery, was injured when struck by a fall…
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Joseph Merton, 53, of Murrumbin railway siding, was hit by a car in Lambton-road, Broadmeadow, in heavy rain on Saturday…
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Struck with a golf club yesterday, Peter Threlfo (9), of Little Bourke St., Maitland, suffered a severe lacerated…
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SYDNEY, Sunday.—After battling through heavy seas, the interstate freighter Mildura (3478 tons) put into Jervis Bay this afternoon…
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Traffic police on the highways about Newcastle have prevented hundreds of accidents to motorists who, knowingly or through ignorance, would ignore the elementary traffic regulations…
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