Cable Explodes Two Men Injured Sydney
Two men named Flynn and Bennett were working in a manhole in Clarence Street. City, this morning when a 5000-volt cable exploded. Both…
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Accidents, 1939
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Two Men Injured When Cable Exploded Sydney
Two men, named Flynn and Bennett, were working in a manhole in Clarence Street, city, this morning,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Unusual Accident At Nyngan
Mr. Peter Piper, a resident of Dubbo, whilst boiling some green peas at Nyngan on Monday, had the misfortune to have his left eye…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Unusual Accident Railwa[?] Loses Eye Tin Container Explodes
Twenty-two years in the railway service and about to be promoted to the position of first-class driver, Mr. Peter Piper (48), of Bourke…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Motor Accidents Publicity Campaign a Corrective Narrow Roads a Contributing Cause
The holiday road toll of 25 road deaths brought, last week, from Transport Minister Bruxner assurances that the problem of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Drowning Fatality. at Punt Cutting
A drowning fatality occurred on Saturday evening last, When a young man named Keith Hogan, aged 20 years, was drowned in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Shooting Fatality. at Silisbury Downs Bore
A shooting fatality occurred on No. 3 Bore, Salisbury Downs, on Wednesday last week, when a man named Thomas McKeown was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Tram Accident
Sixteen persons, including the tram driver were injured last night when the Birchgrove bound tram crashed into the side of an empty…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Man Loses His Arm Peculiar Accident SYDNEY
A remarkable accident happened at Kew last night. Rudolph Werner, aged 43 years, was driving his car along the highway with his arm…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bathurst Accident Death of Ex-Sergeant Jenkinson
Critically injured when a car he was driving came, into collision with another car in William Street, Bathurst last. Thursday afternoon, Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Remarkable Accident Man Loses Eyesight
A North Dubbo engine-driver, Peter Piper, was the victim of an unusual accident at Nyngan, when he lost the sight of his left eye…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Hits Air Chiefs Lyons Plages Blame R.A.A.F. Accidents and Inefficiency
"While appreciating that there have been difficulties inherent in the expansion of the force and the delivery of equipment,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Gaol for Men Responsible for Brutal Assault in Dubbo Street Man Injured Claims That He Was Kicked No Surry Hills Tactics Dubbo, Says P.M.
The Christmas spirit was not in evidence in Church Street, Dubbo, on the night of December 23, a disturbance there resulting in two…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Road Safety Drive to Reduce Accident Figures
The appalling death toll of the road during the Christmas and New Year holidays lias caused an awakening of public interest in the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Believed Drowned Men in Speedboat Melbourne
Missing in Port Phillip Bay in a 17ft. speedboat are two men, Cyril Augustus Steele and Alfred Jackson. They left Mornington in the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Man Badly Injured When Horse Bolts Sydney
Robert Dodge, aged 50 years, a resident of Revesby, was riding towards his home along a bush track when the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Man Injured Fell from Bolting Horse Sydney
Robert Dodge (50), a resident of Revesby, was riding towards his home along a bush track when the reins snapped…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Detective Injured Alleged Attack in City House Three Arrested Sydney
Detective Jack, or the Darling-hurst police, was admitted to St. Vincent's Hospital last night suffering from a deep wound in the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Accident at Freezing Works Packing Blew Out. Engineer Injures Head
The packing under an ammonia [?]ipe at the Coonabarabran Freezing Works blew out on Monday and created a mild sensation…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Woman Injured Tried to Save Child Sydney, Friday night
In an attempt to prevent her daughter being struck by a motor lorry, Mcs. Elsie Herring (25), of North Sydney, was herself seriously injured this…
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