Jet Accidents
LONDON, Thurs. (AAP)—There were 91 fatal accidents in R.A.F. jets in Britain last year and 112…
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Accidents, 1954
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Injured Ship's Officer Directs Own First Aid
BRISBANE: A ship's officer stoically directed first aid attention for himself while the British…
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The Cessnock District Coroner (Mr. W. Frazer) today returned a finding of accidental death when…
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James Hall, 29, of Gordon-avenue, Cessnock, skip repairer at Kalingo colliery, injured his back lifting a skip yesterday…
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Edward Oliver Walton, 49, was accidentally killed at Richmond Main Colliery on January 8, the Kurri Kurri…
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MONTREAL, Jan. 31. A.A.P.—Between 20 and 30 people were killed in a head-on collision between a bus and a lorry 85 miles north of Montreal late last night…
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SYDNEY.—The condition of Senior Constable Jack Grubb is now "quite satisfactory."…
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ADELAIDE.—A police constable was drowned when he fell from a dinghy being towed by a launch taking a party of men and women on a fishing trip in rough seas off Outer Harbor yesterday. The dead man was John…
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Four people were killed in road accidents in New South Wales at the week-end. When a car skidded and…
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MELBOURNE, Monday.—A 19-year-old girl was injured to-day when a taxi which had been missing crashed into a telegraph pole at Donvale…
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The riders of two motor-cycles were injured in an accident at the corner of the Pacific Highway and Warner's…
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A motor-cyclist and a bicycle rider were injured when their machines collided at Maitland-road, near the Migrant Centre,…
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NUREMBERG Feb. 2. A.A.P.—Fifty-one persons were injured, nine seriously, when two passenger trains…
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Thomas Hardy Johnson, 39, of Aberdare-road, Cessnock, who was injured in Aberdare shaft on Tuesday, died in…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday.—A large ketch packed with people watching the Gothic berth at Circular Quay to-day was…
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LONDON, Thur. (A.A.P.)—Six people were injured last night when the famous express, Royal Scot…
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Redvers Aspinall, 51, of Martin's Creek, a jackhammer operator at the Perway quarry, suffered lacerations and…
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Six people were injured when, two cars collided head-on in Main-road, Warner's Bay, last night…
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SYDNEY, Sunday.—Police are still searching for a man who was reported to have drowned near toe Bogey Hole…
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SURAT (India), Mon., (A.A.P.): More than 100 people are believed to have been drowned when a boat capsized in the Purna River about 50 miles from Surat yesterday. The boat was carrying…
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