Almost a Fatality
The three daughters of Mr. and Mrs. C. Foster, of Tumbulgum, had a narrow escape from drowning at Cudgera on Boxing Day. The three girls…
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Injured at Play
Slipping and striking his head heavily on a concrete footpath While playing at the home of his parents Mr. and Mrs. C. Hyde, of…
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PARIS, Thursday:-- M. Pierre Michelin, joint managing director of the famous tyre firm of that name, was fatally injured in a…
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When a motor car and a horse were involved in a collision near the railway viaduct crossing, Union-street, South Lismore, about 10.40 a.m. on Saturday,…
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Thrilling rescues were made at South Curl Curl on Saturday when the North Steyne "B" surfboat, competing in the surf carnival,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Man Drowned Tuggerah Tragedy SYDNEY
Swept out in heavy seas while surfing at Shelly Beach, near Boat Harbour, in the Tuggerah District, today, Max Lang, 55, postmaster of…
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SYDNEY, Saturday. -- Swept out in heavy seas while surfing at Shelly Beach, near Boat Harbour, in the Tuggerah District, to-day,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Car Overturns Mother and Son Injured GRAFTON
William Kennedy, aged 25, a resident of Edgar-street, Northgate, Brisbane, was driving along the Woolgoolga road this afternoon when…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →80 Killed and 66 INJURED Cinema Roof Collapsed Under Weight of Snow
TOKIO, Sunday: -- Eighty persons were killed and 66 injured when the roof of a cinema collapsed at…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Involved in Accident Von Cramm And Henkel
CANBERRA, Sunday: -- Gottfreid von Cramm and H. Henkel. the German tennis players, and Dr. Kleinschroth were involved in an accident…
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A survey of violent deaths throughout the nation during the New Year week-end, revealed a deathroll of 132, of which automobiles were responsible…
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Falling at her parents' home in Showview-street, Lismore, yesterday, Nola Collingwood, 4 years old, suffered severe abrasions to the left elbow…
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SYDNEY, Monday--A boy was drowned in Cook's River to-day while his companions were rescuing his young brother. Another…
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Three drownings occurred in the metropolitan area to-day. The victims were: Alfred Thomas Clifford (12), of…
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IN THE placid North Atlantic sea a magnificent passenger steamship ploughs steadily ahead bound for New York from Southampton, on her…
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Eleven were drowned and 16 were missing, including many holiday-makers, when the Midori Maru capsized on the high seas during a…
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A timely rescue was made by two bowlers at the Tweed Heads bowling green this afternoon when Val Boyle (9) slipped from a sunken pontoon…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Local and General Woman's Arm Injured
When travelling to Murwillumbah in a bus yesterday, Mrs. Elizabeth Pill, of Emerald (Q.), received injuries to her arm when it was struck by a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Three Boys Injured in Explosion Sydney
Three young boys were injured, two of them seriously, when a ship's rocket was exploded at Balmain to-day. The injured were:…
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SYDNEY, Monday.--Three of five boys who were experimenting with a ship's distress rocket were severely injured at East Balmain…
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