SPEED-Main Accident Cause
"Speed is the principal cause of road accidents, whether or not it is induced by drink."…
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Cows Killed in Collision with Vehicle
CORAKI, Sunday.—A car being used to deliver newspapers in the MidRichmond district…
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WACO (Texas), Monday (AAP),—Police say 50 persons were killed in a head-on collision between two Greyhound 'buses early today. Both vehicles burst into…
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MURWILLUMBAH, Wednesday.—A four-year-old girl, Janice Welsh, was drowned in Cobaki Creek, Tweed Heads,…
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CASINO, Wednesday.—A Shannonbrook man was ordered to pay £35 for damages arising out of a…
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CASINO, Thursday.—Only minor injuries were sustained by the occupants of two cars which collided on the Lismore Boad during heavy rain at six o'clock last night…
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MURWILLUMBAH, Thursday.—Murwillumbah Coroner, Mr. C. H. Hubbard, found at an inquest…
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SYDNEY, Sunday.—Two men were killed in weekend road accidents in N.S.W. A man, who was scalped when his utility truck…
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A schoolteacher riding a motor cycle and a schoolboy cyclist collided on the Nimbin road while on their way to their schools yesterday morning. The schoolboy, 11-year-old…
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NEWCASTLE, Monday.âBritish Empire middleweight champion, Dave Sands, was killed on the Dungog-Wangat Road tonight when the truck he was…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.— Boxing champion Dave Sands was the third person to be killed at a sharp bend on the…
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A Lismore motorist was fined £5 in Lismore Court of Petty Sessions by Mr. K. Anderson, S.M.,…
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Two accidents occurred at the Kyogle Shire Council quarry on Cawongla Road within 24 hours of…
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Leading Richmond Ru[?]by League referee, Mr. Frank McGuigan, was accidentally knocked down…
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WOLLONGONG, Sunday.—An Italian migrant who went to the assistance of two men in difficulty in the surf at Fairymeadow, a Wollongong suburb, was drowned this afternoon. His…
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HONG KONG, Sunday (AAP-Reuter).—The British Vice Consul, Mr. Adrian Conway Evans, and Mr…
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SYDNEY, Sunday.—An elderly woman was killed and a motor cyclist seriously injured in accidents in Sydney…
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LONDON, Sunday (AAP).—At least ten people, including three boy scouts, were drowned, and tremendous damage caused, by a flood which swept over the moor districts of Devon and Somerset yesterday…
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SYDNEY, Sunday.—A 12 months old baby boy was drowned in floodwaters at Warren today. The baby, who fell from his pram into water near his home was the second victim of N.S.W. floods this week…
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As a result of a freak accident which occurred at the Brisbane Exhibition last week, two Kyogle people…
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