Swimmer and Her Father Injured
LISMORE, Thursday: The State junior breaststroke champion, Jill Petersen, of Kyoglc and her father, Charles A…
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Kyogle Girl Swimmer Hurt In Accident
GLEN INNES, Thursday.--State junior breaststroke champion, Jill Petersen, of Kyogle, and her father, Charles A. Petersen, jeweller, of…
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Following an accident, near Glen Innes yesterday, when the car in which he was travelling overturned, Mr. C. A. Petersen was admitted to…
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BRISBANE, Friday: In four road accidents in Brisbane today an elderly couple were killed and four persons injured…
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John Thompson Elvery Turnock, 20, of Cudgen, was drowned when he was seized by cramp while surfing at Maroochydore, Queensland,…
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John Thomson Elvery Turnock (20), of Cudgen, was drowned while surfing at Maroochydore,…
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SYDNEY, Monday.-- Lawrence Desmond Walsh, 23, single, of Ocean Parade, The Entrance, was drowned when a rowing boat…
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SYDNEY, Monday: Two fatalities occurred today to mar the holiday. A woman and a young man were…
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MANILA, Monday (AAP).--At least 21 deaths and many injured were reported in the earthquake which shook the five principal islands of the central Philippines for four hours on Saturday…
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BRISBANE, Monday: Heavy seas pounded Queensland seaside resorts today. Many bathers were injured when they were washed against rocks at Kirra, and at Surfers' Paradise…
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MT. ISA, Tuesday: Two railway workers were killed instantly when a small rail motor crashed into the rear of a…
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TOKIO, Wednesday: Two hundred and fifty Japanese pas[?]engers on a wooden ferry were drowned to-day when the vessel…
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Richard Allison, of Bonalbo, was treated at a doctor's surgery on Monday for a probable fracture of the right collarbone…
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BRISBANE, Friday: Thor Long (30), one of Queensland's best surf swimmers, and who won the Australian surf…
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BRISBANE, Friday. -- Thor Long, 30, one of Queensland's best surf swimmers, who won the Australian surf swimming title in 1948, was…
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CASINO, Sunday.--George Ackland. Hall, 20, sawyer, died in Casino Hospital yesterday from injuries received on Friday afternoon…
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LISMORE, Monday: Gregory Francis Pollard (19), of 100 Casino Street, South Lismore, died in…
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SYDNEY, Monday: Police and life-savers today searched at the foot of the cliffs at Bondi for the body of a boy believed to have…
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Gregory Francis Pollard, 19, of 100 Casino Street, South Lismore, died in Gosford District Hospital early yesterday morning from injuries…
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KYOGLE, Monday: After being trapped in the cabin of a truck for two hours following a collision,…
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