Nine Injured Terrific Head-on Smash
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Nine persons were injured in a terrific head-on smash between a motor lorry and motor car at Campsie this afternoon…
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Holidays' Toll Accidents in New Zealand
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—During the Christmas and New Year holidays in New Zealand, 13 fatal accidents occurred. Five of the victims were killed in…
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On Boxing Day Mr. S. A. Bentley, a settler at Buccarumbi, met with a painful accident which incapacitated him during the festive season. He was…
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One day last week Leslie Reed, 30, a farmer, of Woodville, near Maitland, met a couple of men on the road, and, while he was talking to them a…
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During the holidays there was very heavy traffic on the roads, motor and otherwise, but it speaks well for the carefulness of the drivers that no…
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Constable F. S. Scroop, of Lismore, is off duty owing to an injury to his eye. This was caused by a prisoner throwing a ping of tobacco as the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Boy Drowned Third Tragedy at Ipswich Could Not Swim
IPSWICH, Wednesday.--The third fatality in Ipswich during the holidays occurred yesterday afternoon, when Percy Verall (12), who resides…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Level Crossing Smash One Killed; Six Injured
WELLINGTON (N.Z), Wednesday.-- A train cashed into a car at Weddon's crossing last night, and Phyllis Beson (14), was fatally injured. Six…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Another Drowning Fatality. Robert Henry Slaymaker
Another drowning tragedy occurred on Sunday last, this time at Cooper's Crock, when a young English youth named Robert Henry Slaymaker, aged…
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Three narrow escapes from drowning occurred in the Clarence River at South Grafton, and Winifred Gibson (aged 19), displayed heroism that…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motor Fatality at Norwood
Sydney, Friday.--Lawrence Carrol was fatally injured and two other persons are in a serious condition as a result of a motor car colliding with…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Exploration Fatality. Scaling Mt. Lindsay
In an endeavour to find a new track to the summit of Mt. Lindsay, Edwin Lyle Vider (25 years of age), an officer of the Agricultural…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.—At Terrigal yesterday, a young woman, Miss Florence Louise Woods, was swept out to sea and drowned. A gallant…
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The third fatality in Ipswich during the holidays occurred on Wednesday afternoon, when Percy Verall (12), who resides with his widowed another…
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MELBOURNE, Thursday.— James Hart, an engineer attached to the Civil Aviation Department, giving evidence at the inquiry concerning, the death of…
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At Terrigal yesterday a young woman, Miss Florence Louise Woods, was swept out to sea and drowned. A gallant attempt at rescue was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Lorries Collide Two Persons Seriously Injured
SYDNEY, Friday.—When two motor lorries collided at Haberfield last night, two persons were seriously injured, viz., Miss Marjorie Doherty (21), and George…
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ADELAIDE, Friday.—Three persons were injured in a collision at Norwood, when a motor car driven by Mrs. Gwendoline Everett ran down a pedestrian,…
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Four persons were injured, two seriously, in a motor smash at Evans Head at 8.30 on Wednesday night. The smash occurred on the beach fronting the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Serious Motor Accident. Another Evans River Sensation
A serious motor accident at Evans River, about 8.30 o'clock on Wednesday night, cast quite a damper on tho joyous holiday spirit that has prevailed at…
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