Woman Drowned Car Overturns in Waterhole
BOWEN, Tuesday:--When a motor car turned over in a waterhole beside the Delta road, Mrs. Ida Robertson (34), wife of Mr. Noel Robertson…
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Two Men Have Narrow Escapes Aeroplane Accident Near Warwick
WARWICK, Tuesday:--Two Brisbane men, L. J. Sloan and E. Harrison, had fortunate escapes when the Aero Club plane they were flying…
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CHARLEVILLE, Wednesday:-- The body of Edward Arnold (87), who was drowned at Goorie crossing, Warrego River, yesterday, was found by a…
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It is estimated that 2000 Mozambique natives were drowned through the Incomati and Umbeluzi Rivers bursting their banks following a…
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CAPETOWN, Wednesday. It is estimated that 2000 natives in Mozambique have been drowned through the…
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Anxious to continue her swimming lessons, Nancy Treeweeck (11) was drowned when she returned to the river to-day. Her cries for help were…
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The South Australian fast bowler, Cotton, hurt his back while at bowling practice at Sydney cricket ground this morning. Cotton's action…
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Reginald Murphy was injured, his right shoulder being dislocated and the whole of his right side receiving abrasions, when he fell from the…
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SYDNEY, Thursday:--Nancy Treweeck (11), of Grahamstown, was drowned in the Tumut River while swimming from a pontoon in…
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PORTLAND (Oregon), Wednesday: The Italian motorship Feltre and the the American freighter Edward Luckenbach collided in a gale on the…
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SYDNEY, Thursday:--George B. Waller, of Wallarobba, a well-known stock breeder and noted judge at many show rings on the North Coast,…
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SAN FRANCISCO, Wednesday. Ten men are believed to have been killed when steel and wooden construction forms crashed from…
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Patrick Brims (19), off Burleigh Heads, met with an unusual accident on Wednesday whilst cutting wood at Currumbin. He was standing on the…
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A remarkable coincidence was associated with a shooting accident which occurred near Wingham recently…
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Betty Nowlan (6) sustained a fracture of the left arm when the horse she was riding home from the Spring Grove School, bolted, and threw her…
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Frederick Campion (56), laborer, employed by J. Evans, of Doon Doon, yesterday suffered a probable fracture of the pelvis and a dislocation…
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Mr. George B. Waller, of Wallaroboa, well-known stock-breeder and noted Shorthorn cattle judge at many show rings on the north coast, was…
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BRISBANE, Friday:-- Alice Smerdon (19), a resident of Mitchell, who was .on holiday at Noosa Heads, was drowned at the mouth of the Noosa…
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SAN PEDRO (California), Thursday:-- The explosion of a five-inch gun on the training ship Wyoming killed six men and…
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While playing in a practice cricket match at The Channon on Saturday afternoon, Roy Martin, of The Channon was struck in the face with…
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