'Bus-car Collision Six Have Narrow Escape at Cessnock
CESSNOCK, Sunday.--Six in a car had a narrow escape from death in a collision last night with an empty 'bus at the intersection of…
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Hit by Runaway Car Girl Injured in Beach Mishap
A RUNAWAY car that had been parked on a slope at Shelley Beach yesterday caused panic to a crowd when it hurtled amongst them…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mine Explosion. 11 Men Killed; 80 Injured. CALCUTTA, Jan. 25
Eleven men were killed and 80 were injured as a result of a rock burst in Oorgaum gold mines, in Mysore State, yesterday, Nine bodies were recovered. Rescue parties are at…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Man and Wife Injured in Car-cycle Smash Woonona
A motor, cycle driven by H. Richardson of Woonona, with his wife as passenger, collided with a car to-day. Mrs. Margaret Richardson suffered a…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →25 Injured at Surf Carnival Stage Collapses Five Taken To Hospital Harbord Thrill
25 PEOPLE were injured, three being later taken to Manly Hospital, when a temporary staging collapsed…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Thrown to Death From Motor Car Vehicle Gets Out of Control Two Injured
Hurled from a car which out of control had struck the kerb in Victoria Road, Rydalmere, on Saturday night, a woman was…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Nose Dived 20 Feet Glider Crashes "Straight Up and Down" Pilot Injured Maitland
NOSE-DIVING, from a height of twenty feet, a glider being given a trial crashed to earth at Testor's Hollow this afternoon…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Unusual Happenings in Week-end Smashes Car Falls on Woman at Bach Motor's Bath at National Pk. Four Injured
THE unusual loomed largely in car smashes over the week-end, At Cronulla a car ran down an…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Modest Rescuer Saves Boy from Drowning
When the small punt in which he was playing with a companion sank in the deep waters of Kerosene Bay yesterday afternoon, Peter Olsen, 10, of Hayberry-street, North Sydney,…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Seizure in Surf Doctor Revives Drowning Man After Hour
PORT KEMBLA, Monday. -- Made helpless by a sudden seizure in the surf to-day, at Port Kembla, Leo. "Sheehan, Lavender Bay chemist,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Child Injured. Fell Over Cliffs
Nellie Wayne, aged 4, of Rochford-street, Erskineville, fell over the cliffs at Maroubra yesterday morning. She was later taken to hospital suffering from a fractured skull…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Consistent Somnolent Berceo Fatally Injured
Hurdle racing's uncertainty was emphasised at Randwick yesterday, when Somnolent won, and Berceo sustained injuries which necessitated…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Honeymoon Couple Injured. Bellingen
Travelling in a motor car from the Bellinger River to Sydney on their honeymoon, Mr. and Mrs. George McCristal, of Repton, were injured when their car collided with a tram…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Knocked Down Young Woman Injured
Nancy Williams (23), of Church-street, Parramatta North, was knocked down by a bus near her home yesterday. She was taken by the Parramatta…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Through Windscreen Driver's Shocking Injuries Rear Collision
When a car crashed into the back of another standing at the rear of a stationary tram in North-road, Ryde, last night, Arthur Selway, driver of the foremost…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Raked Out of Water Novel Way of Saving Drowning Boy
WHEN a raft sank in Oyster Cove yesterday Peter Olsen (12), Hayberry Street, Crow's Nest, was hooked out of the water with a rake by…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Fatality Level Crossing Crash. Engine and Cart
A man was killed and another was seriously injured when a locomotive crashed into their cart on a level crossing between Rosehill and Clyde last night…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Two Cyclists Injured at Level Crossing
Two motor cyclists were injured, but not seriously, when their machine crashed into the gates at the Sydney-road railway level crossing at Clyde on Saturday night…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Young Man Drowned. Attempting to Rescue Girl. CANBERRA
Loftus Ruffels, 22, son of Police-sergeant Ruffels, of Queanbeyan, was drowned in the Cotter River, near Canberra, this afternoon. Ruffels attempted to rescue a girl bather who…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Sleep-walker Injured. Falls 35 Feet from Window
While walking in his sleep early yesterday morning, Roderick McKinnon, 35 a postal assistant of Corabella-street, Kirribil[?], fell through a window on to a passage-way at the…
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