Two Fishermen Drowned
MELBOURNE, Thursday.—Two fishermen were drowned when their dinghy capsized outside Lakes Entrance to-day…
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Accidents, 1949
799 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 3 of 40
Girl Cyclist in Collision
When her bicycle and a car collided in King-street, at the rear of the Water Board buildings, yesterday, Phyllis Batterham, 18, of…
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A schoolboy, Kenneth Charles Salt (10), of Hill 60, Kurri, was drowned while swimming in Hebburn No. 1 Colliery…
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DUBBO, Thursday.—Four people were injured when the car in which they were riding struck a culvert post and overturned twice. The…
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GRAFTON, Thursday. — Eric Bell, 2, of Waratah, suffered a lacerated wound on the right cheek when he was struck by pieces of…
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Samuel Paton, 34, of Bailey-street, Adamstown, suffered fractured ribs and left shoulder, and bru[?]ses when caught by a fall of stone in…
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SYDNEY.—A man was drowned early today trying to rescue his sister, who had fallen from a boat in Lavender…
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SYDNEY, Friday. — A pedestrian was fatally injured and a motor-cyclist and his pillion passenger seriously injured at…
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Thistle Miller, 32, of Morgan-street, Merewether, suffered a fractured right forearm and abrasions to the face and back when his…
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A man was killed and two others injured when a motor-lorry crashed into a tree and burst into flames two miles on the Paterson side of…
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Robert Brown, locomotive driver, of Kurri Kurri, was killed in an accident at Elrington colliery late last night…
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A motor-cyclist was killed and his pillion passenger injured when the motor-cycle and a truck collided on the Pacific Highway, near…
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Mervyn Langan, 17, of Wollombi, a top-hand at Maitland Main colliery, fractured his right forearm and suffered…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—Joyce Last, 18, suffered a possible fracture skull when she collided hand-on with Barry Dover, 11, at Coogee…
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Hongkong, Jan. 28. A.A.P.-Reuter. — Several hundred people are believed to have been drowned…
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Two motor-cyclists were killed and seven car passengers injured in road accidents near Newcastle…
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Yeocan, favorite and winner of the Maiden Qualifying Stake Final at Newcastle dogs this afternoon, was attacked and savaged by a fox terrier last week. The fox terrier tore pieces from Yeocan's tail…
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MELBOURNE: In ratio to their numbers, motor-cycles were involved in three times more accidents than cars…
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NEW YORK, Sun. (A.A.P.).— A Pan-American Constellation, with 23 passengers and crew of 10. collided with a single…
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WEST WYALONG. - Suffering from a fractured skull, Eileen Compton, 21, of Central. Wyalong, was found about eight…
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