Three Injured In State Cricket Side
SYDNEY, Sunday.—Stanley Sismey, New South Wales wicket-keeper, who has been selected to tour New Zealand with the…
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Accidents, 1950
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Heavy Rate of Accidents in America
NEW YORK, Sun. (O.S.R.).—More than 1200 lives were lost in catastrophes (accidents in which five or more are killed)…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—A woman who fell 20ft. died in Prince Alfred Hospital to-day, nine hours after admission…
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Albert Peterson, 32, of Park-street, Hamilton, suffered a lacerated scalp, face and hands, and shock; Mrs. June Peterson, 25,…
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SYDNEY: The Transport Commissioner (Mr. R. Winsor) today forecast "vigorous action" to halt the mounting road accident toll. A special meeting of the executive committee of the…
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John Widders, of Highfields-parade, Highfields, was fined £2, with 10/ costs and £3 witnesses' expenses, in Maitland Court…
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NEW YORK, Tues. (A.A.P.): An ex-serviceman, pinned under a wrecked car at Danville (Virginia), today, shot himself after confessing that he had lied about a fellow soldier during the last war. The ex-serviceman. Andrew…
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GOSFORD.—Two brand-new 1950 sedan cars were involved in a terrific head-on collision on the slippery Pacific…
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The repair of cars by amateur mechanics was a contributory cause of accidents, the Secretary of the Associated Motor Traders of the…
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Archibald Cameron, 45, of King-street, Abermain, a filter at Bell-bird colliery, was struck by a heavy timber beam yesterday and…
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Ronald Wells, 29, of Mt. Pleasant-st., Maitland, a wheeler employed at Bloomfield Main Colliery, received a probable…
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GRAFTON, Sunday.—A man's neck was broken in a freak cricket accident at Corindi to-day. The man is Charles William…
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Wasil Onisenko, 27, of the Methodist Mission, Hannell-street, Wickham, suffered a probable fracture of the skull, lacerated head and…
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NEW ORLEANS, Feb. 6. A.A.P.—Don Wiltse, 18, a Y.M.C.A. official, was drowned in a lake here yesterday, after he had saved four…
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Donald George Price, 23, of Neath-street, Pelaw Main, an employee of Stanford Main Colliery, was thrown to the roadway when…
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Newcastle Surf Club may have the lifesaver who broke a leg at its carnival on Saturday flown back to Sydney to-morrow…
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Lance Wallace, 29, of Atkinson St., Bellbird, a shiftman at Millfield Colliery, had a finger on his right hand fractured…
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Joan Lovell, 1 year, of Balmoral, near Wangi Wangi, was drowned in Lake Macquarie near her home yesterday afternoon…
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LONDON, Feb. 7. A.A.P.—Three of the crew of the 565-ton British vessel, Killurin, were reported to have been drowned…
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The body of 12-month-old Joan Elaine Lovell, of Letchwith-pde., Balmoral, was found by her mother yesterday…
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