Power Kerosene Blaze Engineer's Accidental Death Newcastle
The explosion which caused an outbreak of fire in the Commonwealth Oil Refineries Ltd. power kerosene storage tank at Wickham, Newcastle,…
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Head-on Collision on Jugiong Hill Griffith Residents Seriously Injured GUNDAGAI
As the result of a head-on collision between a utility truck and a motor car at midnight last night, four Griffith residents were seriously injured…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Boy Drowned in Two Feet of Water Canberra
Wallace Ford, a 15-year-old boy of Queanbeyan, was drowned in less than two feet of water in the Cotter swimming pool to-day in the presence of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Track Accident Jockey's Both Legs Fractured Melbourne
M. Moore, a lightweight, formerly apprenticed to E. Jenkins, had both legs fractured in a fall at Caulfield today…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Road Accidents Four Killed in Melbourne Three Struck by Cars MELBOURNE
The holiday week-end was marred by a number of road accidents, including four fatal smashes. Up to a late hour to-night the following had…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →On Way to Be Married Man Hurt in Accident Sydney
While on his way to be married today, Colin Stevenson, aged 25 years, of Camperdown, was injured in a motor accident. The bride-to-be. Mis[?]…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Plane Fatality
Robert John McConachy, 23, aircraft builder and designer, of Toorak, was killed on Sunday afternoon, when a plane he was piloting, a De Havilland…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Utility Fell 50 Feet Four Griffith People Seriously Injured Head-on Collision Near Jugiong
THE postmaster and storekeeper of Beelbangera, near Griffith, Mr. Eric Axford, his wife, their two-year-old daughter Wendy…
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On Saturday night there was a collision between a utility truck and a car. Four Griffith residents were seriously injured. Mrs. Eva Axford…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Car Crashes Into Stump Six People Injured Accident on Monaro Highway
Returning from a visit to the Yarrangobilly Caves yesterday, a party of six from Wagga had an unfortunate ending to their holiday when their…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Accident to Mr. F. W. Gaut
On Thursday night last Mr. F. W. Gaut, photographer, of Tumut, who was on a visit to Sydney, was accidentally knocked down by a car in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Yanco Men in Accident at Goulburn Left Car, Continued Journey by Train
THREE Yanco men who were involved in an accident at Goulburn when travelling to Sydney by car at the week-end, were uninjured,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Hume Highway Collision One Killed Sydney
When two cars collided on the Hume Highway at Picton late lost night, Mrs. Myrtle Thefs, a resident of Peakhurst, was killed, and four others injured, one…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Cycling Tandem Pair Injured Yass
Ossie Nicholson and Roy Moore, who, yesterday, set out from Sydney in an attempt to establish a new tandem cycling record from Sydney to Perth,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Woman Killed Gundagai People in Motor Accident Fatality Near Picton
A woman was killed and several ether persons injured, in a motor accident which occured on the Hume Highway at Myrtle…
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A young man, believed to be William Lawrence, of Brunswick, Melbourne, was drowned yesterday while swimming in an Irrigation canal near the…
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When a dinghy overturned to-day Leslie Dooley, aged 30 years, of Chelsea, was drowned at Inverloch. His brother-in-law who was also in…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Over Thirty Motor Accidents During Month of January Head-On Collision Near Jugiong
Over-thirty-motor accidents occured on the Hume highway, within twenty-five miles of Gundagai during the past month…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Car Crashes Into Stump Six People Injured Accident on Monaro Highway
Returning from a visit to Yarrangibilly Caves on Monday, a party of six from Wagga had an unfortunate ending to the[?]r holiday when their…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Young Man Drowned in Irrigation Canal Companions Thought Him Joking LEETON
A young man, whose name the police believe to be William Lawrence, of Brunswick, Melbourne, was drowned yesterday while swimming in an…
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