Testing Brakes To Reduce Road Accidents In Britain LONDON
As part of a campaign to reduce, the toll of life and limb in road accidents, police motor patrols began to-day to carry a device for testing the brakes…
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Few Road Accidents; Value of Safety Council
The fact that there were few motor accidents throughout the North Coast during the holidays, and that most of those…
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Three men were injured, one critically, when a fast stock train crashed into the rear of a stationary stock train at…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Drowning Tragedy. Portion Of Man's Body Found Near Evans Head Evans Head
IT is believed that the body of Aubrey Kenneth Biddle (28), who, with his wife, Phyllis Marjory Biddle (25), was swept off the rocks at the Blow Hole, near Evans Head, and drowned yesterday…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday:—When a stock train from Coonamble was crossing over points known as "the east fork," near Orange…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Accidental Death Inquiry into Tamworth Tragedy
TAMWORTH, Wednesday:—It can be assumed that the driver and his wife dozed, stated the Deputy Coroner (Dr. A. H…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Boy Cyclist Injured In Collision MALLANGANEE
When a bicycle he was riding came into collision with a motor car at Mallanganee to-day, Patrick McCabe (9). son of Mr. and Mrs. P. McCabe,…
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BRISBANE, Thursday:—While showing his granddaughter how to dive, William Thomas Denman (65), married, of Harrisville, near Ipswich,…
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Swept off a rock by a huge wave at a spot known as the "Blow Hole" about two miles south of Evans Head, on Tuesday afternoon last, Aubrey Kenneth…
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Minor damage was caused to a motor car and a truck in a collision in River-street this morning. The car, which was owned and driven by…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Dived Into Shallow Water: Drowned Brisbane
An Ipswich farmer, W. T. Denman (65) was drowned to-day when he dived into four feet of water at Wynnum, on Moreton Bay. He struck…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Minimising Road Accidents Bruxner's Talk to Taxi Men
SYDNEY, Thursday:—The Minister for Transport (Mr. Bruxner), with the Commissioner for Road transport (Sir. Ncale), to-day called…
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When analysing the causes of read accidents it is found that the most prominent factor is the failure of the human element…
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The Minister for Transport (Mr. Bruxner), with the Commissioner for Road Transport (Mr. Neale), today called into a conference…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Six Injured In Road Smash GEELONG
Six persons were Injured, one fatally, when a car, after leaving the Anglesea road near Bellbrae this afternoon, crashed through a cence,…
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SYDNEY, Friday:—Nurse Joan Quinn (21) had a remarkable escape from instant death at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital this…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sawmiller Fatally Injured Lorry Crashed Into Train at Level Crossing
SYDNEY, Friday:—Crashing headlong into a passenger train at a railway crossing at Parkes last right a me tor lorry, driven by…
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Returning a verdict of accidental death at an inquiry held into the death of Ernest Charles Wake (40), the City Coroner (Mr. Oram) to-day…
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Kay Collins (15), a son of Mr. P. Collins, of Ballina-street, Lismore, was riding a bicycle in Conway-street yesterday morning when he collided with…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Week-end Accidents at Coolangatta Man Heavily Dumped in Surf
Painful injuries were sustained by Arnold Smith (38), of New Farm, when he was heavily dumped in the surf at Kirra beach, Coolangatta, on…
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