Boy Drowned at Narrabeen
SYDNEY.—A boy was drowned today when he slipped and fell from a bridge into the lake at Narrabeen…
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Accidents, 1951
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Kneecap Injured in Fall
Alfred Wright, 27, of Elgin-street, Maitland, suffered a probable fracture of his right kneecap when he slipped and fell last…
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Alexander Spencer McKenna, 21, of Patrick-street, Merewether, injured in a motor-cycle accident on Saturday night, died in Royal…
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SYDNEY.—A man was struck in the thigh and a boy received severe cuts in two mysterious train accidents during the past…
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DUBBO, Tuesday.—Maxwell Player, 10, of Woodward-street, Orange, who was found unconscious in Dubbo Olympic Pool to-day,…
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Falling about 12 feet when a scaffold broke at Stockrington No. 1 mine yesterday, Peter Bradley, 34, painter, of Chalmers-street,…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—A youth was fatally injured to-night when his horse bolted and threw him against a telegraph post on the…
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The Deputy Coroner (Mr. V. R. Jenkins) will conduct an inquest at Maitland at 10 a.m. to-day on the double tragedy at Pipe Clay Creek,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mystery Accidents Puzzle Railwaymen
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Two accidents to a man and a boy while they were travelling on trains are puzzling railway officials…
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William Harrison (64) of Cowper-ave., Charlestown, a passenger in a car involved in a collision with a motor cycle…
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The City Coroner (Mr. T. H. See, S.M.) returned a finding of accidental death today after an inquiry into a collision at the intersection of King and Auckland-sts. in which a…
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Charles Sandall, 64, of Durham Rd., Lambton, received a probable fracture of the skull, cuts to the head and an…
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Prompt action at Cessnock Baths this morning by an attendant probably saved the life of a seven-year-old boy…
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Two men were injured in accidents with bicycles yesterday. Charles Sandal, 63, of Durham-road, East Lambton, suffered…
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William Harrison, 64, of Cowper-avenue, Charlestown, who was injured in an accident near Charlestown on Saturday night,…
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Max Wilson (25) of Banfield St., Maitland, received extensive head injuries and a compound fracture of his left…
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A 17-year-old motor cyclist was injured when his machine collided with a truck at Charlestown this morning…
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Vincent Brooks, 15, of Gillies-street, Rutherford, probably broke his left great toe when he caught it on the springboard at Maitland…
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SYDNEY.—An elderly man was drowned this morning at Mort's Bay when he fell from the Mort's Dock Wharf…
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SYDNEY.—Condition of two jockeys who were injured in a fall at Barraba race meeting yesterday was reported today to…
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