Hillston Lad Killed Griffith-leeton Road Fatality Car Overturns Comrade's Miraculous Escape
Leslie McDonald, aged 18 years, son of Mr. and Mrs. L. McDonald, of Hillston, was killed on Saturday night last when the car…
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Road Accidents (Issued by the Road Safety Council of New South Wales.)
The driver of a trucking unit in almost any commercial fleet is always proud of his safe driving record. And proud of the fleet record…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Injured Youth's Peril Brisbane
Injured and in grave peril because of the using tide, William Berry (17) waved in vain as five trains passed year by. The crews waved back…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Youth's Ordeal Injured Condition Unnoticed Brisbane
A terrifying ordeal was experienced by William Berry, aged 17 years, when he was thrown from a cycle aloga railway line and sustained a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Car Overturns at Leeton Two Men Injured Leeton
Neville Hogen, of Leeton, and Arthur Keeley, of Wattle Hill, were injured when their car overturned on the curve in Acacia Avenue, opposite…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Car Capsized on Curve Young Men Slightly Injured Danger of Acacia Avenue Corner
WHEN the sedan car in which they attempted to negotiate the newly-banked turn opposite the railway gate of the Showground…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Nicholas Sotiros' Death Finding of Accidental Death by Coroner
On Tuesday last the coroner (Mr. J. S. Dickson) held an inquiry into the cause of death of Nicholas Sotiros, a school boy, who died as the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fatal Motor Accident
Although the car in which he was travelling with the owner did not capsize, a youth, Leslie McDonald (17) was thrown to the road when…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Child Aged Three Years Accidentally Shot Dead by Brother Sydney
Peter Borge, aged three years, of Pendle Hill, was accidentally shot dead by his brother, Joseph, aged six years, when a shotgun was discharged…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Drowning at Waterview Grafton
Grafton, was drowned in the Clarence River at Waterview to-day Chandler swam out to retrieve a wild dud which had been shot, but sank on the…
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Raymond Daniels, aged nine years, of North Belmore, was drowned while swimming in the East Hill Park baths near Bankstown, yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fatal Motor Collision Man Acquitted of Man. Slaughter Forbes
After an inquest on William Ernest George Whittaker. aged 27 years, married, who was killed when the car in which he was riding came into…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Child Drowned in Cask in Back Yard of Home Newcastle
Harold Runsby, of Warner's Bay, near Newcastle, was found drowned to-day in a cask of water to the yard of his parents' home. A neighbor…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Unfortunate Drowning Obsolete 'Phone Number Delays Aid Departmental Inquiry to Be Ordered Sydney
Raymond Daniels, aged nine years, of North Belmore, was drowned while swimming in the East Hills Park baths, near Bankstown, to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Motor Vehicle Collision Near Parkan Fregan Bridge Young Woman Admitted to Hospital
Mrs. M. W. Cross, of 70 Thorne-street, Wagga, a young married woman, was admitted to Lewisham Hospital, Wagga, on Saturday night at about 6.50…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Near-fatality at "Death-trap"
THE "death-trap" bridge at Wattle Hill almost saw its first fatality on Sunday evening, when a child was knocked down…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Car-owner Asleep When Accident Occurred Story of Saturday Night Fatality
THE incidents surrounding the fatal accident near the Nine-mile Tank on the Leeton-Griffith road were described to the Leeton Coroner, Mr. W. C. Barker, on Friday afternoon, when he returned a verdict of accidental death. The owner of the car, David Henry…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Polo Player Englishman Severely Injured Los Angeles
When his pony stumbled and rolled on him. Captain Pat Roark, the noted English polo player, suffered a severe brain injury, the outcome of which the…
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