Pedestrians at Fault In Many Accidents SYDNEY
The traffic superintendent (Mr. Hooper) announced to-day that, in future, pedestrians who disobeyed traffic constables' signals would have…
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Boy Injured
A stitch had to be inserted in a severe cut on the back of the head suffered by Neville Rapp (9), of Coolangatta, when he fell off a building…
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Edith Irby (11), daughter of Mr Frank Irby, of Shannonbrook, received a probable fracture of the right elbow when she fell from a…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Mother Who Tried to Save Daughter Was Injured SYDNEY
In an attempt to prevent her daughter from being struck by a motor lorry, Mrs. Elsie Herring (25), of North Sydney, was herself…
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PERTH, Sunday:—Unprecedented falls in portions of the south-west of the State on Saturday following the heavy storms on…
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MELBOURNE, Sunday:—James Peter Kelly, racing official, was drowned in the early hours of Saturday when a Rolls Royce driven…
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Des Davis, 12 of Diary-street, Casino, suffered an incised wound on the top of the head when he struck a piece of rock when diving in the river at…
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When a bicycle and a motor car collided at Larnook yesterday afternoon, George Blaney (15), son of Mr. H. Blaney, of. Larnook, was thrown to…
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MELBOURNE. Monday:—Peter Foreman (19), of Fairview Road, East Malvern. was drowned at Point Leo. near Flinders, yesterday, when he was…
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SYDNEY, Monday:—Five tram passengers had to be taken to hospital when a lorry and a tram cams into collision on the Ramsay…
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MELBOURNE, Monday—Two speedboat seats, motor oil cans and a topee were recovered from between Werribee and Pt. Cook yesterday. Police…
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SUVA, Monday:—A cyclonic storm visited Fiji at the week-end and minor damage was done to plantations, roads and telephonic communications…
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With a bullet in her breast, Mrs. Lulu Suckling (41), of Derwent Park, was seen staggering in the road near her home to-night and her…
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TWO crowded trams collided in Parramatta road, Camperdown, to-day and 40 people were injured. The front of one tram and the rear of the other were smashed in and there were scenes of…
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Mr. W. H. Carter, a public works engineer, was drowned when washed from rocks by a big wave during a hurricane at Sunday Island. Carter…
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To prevent a burning tree possibly causing serious bushfires, Charles Wagner (45), of Winnaleah, the father of 10 children, decided to cut…
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A few minutes after he had told his two sons, who were swimming on January 10, in Lake Parramatta, to leave the water, James Mitchell, of…
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SYDNEY, Thursday:—Between December 23 and January 14 last, 31 persons were killed and 405 injured in road accidents in N.S.W…
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Mr. R. M. Gorton, well-known Coffs Harber resident and Treasurer of the kcal Returned Soldiers' League, met with a very severe accident at Coffs…
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Between December 23 and January 14 last, 31 persons Were killed and 405 injured in road accidents in New South Wales. These figures were released to-day by the Minister for Transport (Mr. Bruxner) and showed the toll to be the…
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