Injured Boxer Sydney
The condition of the injured boxer, Billy Furness, who collapsed in the last round of his fight with Dave Leefton at the Stadium last night, showed…
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Pilot-instructor Killed in Plane Crash Air Cadet Injured Sydney
Pilot-Instructor A. S. ("Buster") Brown died to-day following being trapped in the cockpit of a Gipsy-Moth plane which landed in a swamp…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Serious Charges Follow Dempsey Accident Police Take Fittings and Duco Samples
THREE serious charges were made against a well-known younq Narandera man at Leeton Police Court on Friday last…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Four Injured in Car Smash
Four persons were injured when a notor car driven by Mr. John Lindsay Field, younger son of Mrs. D. C. Field, of Warbreccan Station, overturned on…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Road Worker Fatally Injured Melbourne
A motor lorry out of control struck and fatally injured Patrick Coghlan, aged 33 years to-day. The three occupants of the lorry escaped injury…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Yoogali Farmer Injured Fall From Stack Griffith
Mr. J. Curry, a farmer residing at Yoogall, has been admitted to Loretto Hospital suffering from injuries to a shoulder. He was working on the top…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Car Overturns Accident on Tarcutta Hill Woman Seriously Injured
Leaving the road an a bend on the Gundagai side of the Tarcutta Hill late on Tuesday night, a car crashed over the embankment, somersaulted, and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Hit Run Motorist ? Accident On Tarcutta Hill. Woman Seriously Injured
It is thought by the police that the cause of an accident which occured on the Tarcutta Hill on Tuesday night last may…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Car Over at Tarcutta Hill Woman Seriously Injured WAGGA
Leaving the road on a bend on the Gundagai side of the Tarcutta Hill late at night, a car crashed over the embankment, somersaulted, and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Injured Child's Long Journey 210 Miles to Hospital Darwin
After a painful journey of more than 240 miles over rough and flooded country, Mary Guild, aged six years, of Maranboy Station, has been admitted…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Black-out in Britain Speed Limit Lowered Big Increase in Accidents London
Mr. Euan Wallace, Minister for Transport, informed the House of Commons that a 20-mile-an-hour speed limit would operate in built-up areas…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Sequel to Accident Narandera Resident Arrested on Serious Charge Leeton
A sequel to the recent accident on the Leeton-Narandera road when a local taxi-driver, Mr. George Dempsey, had an arm broken in three places, was…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Car Overturns Accident on Tarcutta Hill Woman Seriously Injured
Leaving the road oil on a bend on the Gundagai side of the Tarcutta Hill late on Tuesday night, a car crashed over the embankment, somersaulted…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Car Overturns Leeton Resident Injured
Leaving the road on a bend on the Gundagai side of the Tarcutta Hill late on Tuesday night, a car crashed over the em[?]ankment, somersaulted…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Firemen Injured Two Separate Accidents Four Pinned by Overturned Engine Sydney
five firemen were injured in two different road accidents to-day at Lane cove and Mascot. At Lane Cove four firemen were pinned to the ground when…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Ex Resident Injured in City Traffic
Miss Nellie Laig (18), until recently a resident of Leeton, together with her mother, had a narrow escape from death in Sydney traffic a few days ago…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bayonet Wound Soldier Seriously Injured Sydney
Suffering from a bayonet wound Private Donald Campbell, aged 28 years, of the Second A.I.F., is in the Prince of Wales Hospital in a critical…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Two Dead Result of Car and Taxi Collision Melbourne
Leo Nelson, aged 23 years, of Yarraville, died in hospital to-day from injuries received last Sunday night when a taxi in which he was a passenger,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Over 16-foot Drop After Collision With Hit-Run Driver Leeton Woman's Arm Lacerated by Glass and Boulder; 30 Stitches Inserted Contractor's Accident When Returning From Sydney
STRUCK by a car travelling in the opposite direction, a sedan driven by Mr. T. J. Ashton, of Leeton, crashed side-on down a 16-foot embankment on the Hume Highway on Tuesday night. When it struck a boulder at the foot of the drop Mrs. Ashton, who was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Serious Charges Follow Dempsey Accident
Three serious charges were made against a well known young Narandera man at Leeton Police Court on Friday last in relation to the accident…
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