Three Drowned Cloudburst at Manildra Motorists Trapped in Creek
Caught in raging floodwa prs 15 feet deep, following a terrific cloudburst at Manildra on Friday night, three of six…
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Accidents, 1939
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Three Drowned Car Caught in Flooded Creek Swept Away By Wall of Water
Following a cloudburst, in the Bocobora Mountains, a wall ol water rushed down Mandagery Creek, near Manildra, on Friday,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Ambulance Cases Victims of Minor Accidents
As the result of a fall at the Railway Picnic yesterday, J. Freeman, of Nyngan, a loco cleaner, was treated by the Ambulance for a laceration to…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Terrible Motor Fatality Mother and Baby Killed Ex-Wellington Postmaster Injured
A baby girl was killed and her baby brother, mother and grandfather ware badly injured when the car in which they were…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →ACCIDENT Dislocated Shoulder Thrown From Horse
Mr. Vic Cooper met with a painful accident on Monday lait, dislocating his shoulder and breaking his finger, and had to…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Statements After Accidents
A warning to motorists not to make statements to the police immediately following an accident in which they have been involved, is…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Five Killed When Bus Strikes Truck Five Others Injured Melbourne, Friday night
Five people were killed and five injured in a collision between a motor bus and an empty sand truck on the Warrigal Road, near…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Choked to Death Traveller Victim Of Motor Accident
Arthur Pryor (23), a commercial traveller, who was well-known at Dubbo and other Western towns, was killed in 2 motor accident on…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Road Safety Courtesy Needed To Reduce Accidents
The Minister for Transport (Col. Bruxner) has issued a special appeal to residents of the State to co-operate in what he calls the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Driver Killed Near Orange Sad Fatality
Arthur Pryor (23), a commercial traveller, was choked to death when a car which he was driving, overturned on a bridge on the outskirts of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Natives Drowned When Canoe Capsized Auckland (N.z.)
Caught in a cyclone between Eua and Knologa Islands in the Tongatabi group, a canoe containing 29 natives foundered, 19 of them being…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Minor Accidents Dubbo Ambulance Cases
E. Dover, who lives on the Wellington Road, received abrasions to the right side of his face and arms when he was thrown out of a sulky on…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Choked to Death Traveller Victim of Motor Accident
Arthur Pryor (23), a commercial traveller, who was wellknown in Western towns, was killed in a motor accident on a…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →French Pilot Injured in Storm Brisbane, Friday night
Too ill to recount his experiences, H. Martinet, a French pilot who left Noumea (New Caledonia) about 5,30 a.m., Eastern Standard…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Man Seriously Injured at Wellington Pensioner Charged With Attempted Murder
Suffering from serious head injuries, John Larkin, about 40 years of age, was admitted to the Wellington District Hospital last night in a critical condition. Later a man was charged with attempted murder and with having inflicted grievous bodily harm…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Woman Injured Admitted to Hospital Accident Cases
Mrs. Stapleford, of Wingewarra Street, was rendered first aid by Dubbo District Ambulance on Sunday for contusions and lacerated wounds over…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Workmen Injured Explosion of Gas Pipe Sydney
Two workmen were injured by an explosion in a gas pipe at Newcastle yesterday. They were working in a trench…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Horse Trainer's Death After Accident Deceased Well Known In Gilgandia
Mr. J. R. ("Dump") Evans, who was kicked in the head after being thrown from a horse at Carinda, died from…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Clergyman Injured
The Ven. Archdeacon H. E. Haviland, a Church of England clergyman, well known in western towns was knocked down by a motor car…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Death Rate Falls. Attack on Road Accidents. (Issued by the Road Safety Council of N.S.W.)
The Minister for Transport, Colonel Bruxner, who is President of the Road Safety Council of New South Wales, announces that in the first six months…
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