Fatal Accident at Distillery
MELBOURNE, Sunday.-Joseph Webster, 60, of Wahgunya, 170 miles from Melbourne, was killed instantly yesterday when the sides of a 1…
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Child Drowned in Waterhole
BUNDABERG. Tuesday: After an all-day search by police and civilians, a two-year-old boy was found dead in a waterhole about…
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BRISBANE, Tuesday: High Seas, who escaped injury when a motor float in which he was being taken to Bundamba races…
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CASINO, Wednesday. — A Board of Tick Control officer suffered a probable fracture of the right forearm while attending bullocks…
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A passenger in a car was injured when the vehicle was involved in a collision with a motor truck on the main road near the Clunes…
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CASINO, Friday. — Accidentally struck on the head with a piece of iron while at work today, John Roberts, 18, on Canterbuy Street,…
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Warwick A. Mann, carpenter, of McKenzie Street, Lismore, received a fracture of the second finger on the left hand at Robb and Brown's…
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CASINO, Friday.—Struck in the face by an overhanging branch while chasing cattle on horseback, Mr. J. Rankin, of Hartley Street,…
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There are Emily Post rules of etiquette for the highway, just as there are for the drawingroom, according to Head Office of…
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LONDON. Sunday: The Registrar-General's return states that deaths from influenza in London and other big towns in England…
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BRISBANE, Sunday: An 18-year-old youth was drowned at Suttons Beach, Redcliffe, at 10.30 a.m. today when he fell…
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CASINO, Sunday.—Stan Clark, 23, of Alexander Parade, Lismore, received a probable fracture of the right kneecap while cranking a…
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SYDNEY, Sunday.—Attempting to rescue a woman who got into difficulties in the Hawkesbury River at Richmond this afternoon, Norm…
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TAMWORTH, Sunday.—Norman Turner, aged 11[?] years, of Curlewis, near Tamworth was drowned in the McDonald River at…
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Lacerated wounds to the top of the scalp were sustained by William Kay, labourer, of 45 Bridge Street, North Lismore, when he…
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While packing bananas under his house yesterday, a banana farmer struck his head against a rafter and suffered a severe lacerated…
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GRAFTON, Monday.—Peter Niland, 7, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Niland, of Ulmarra, was seriously injured when he was involved in a…
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Peter Niand, 7, son of Mr and Mrs J. P. Niand, of Ulmarra, was seriously injured when he was involved in a collision with a motor…
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CASINO, Tuesday.—A 21-monthsold child, Colin Bennett, of Mallanganee, fell from a stationary truck today and received a…
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A sedan car and a utility truck were damaged in a collision near McKee's Hill School about 7 o'clock last night. No one was injured…
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