Thousand Thoughts Of A Drowning Man
LIFESAVERS look vastly more real to a man near drowning in a rip current, 120 yards out, than from the promenade…
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Jest Turned To Tragedy Drowning In River
"DECEASED was ducking under shallow water and pretending to be drowning. A few minutes later his brother cried out: "Harry 's gone!'" a witness told the City Coroner yesterday, at the inquest into the death of Harry Herbert Day, 23, single, of Spring…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →District Court. (Before Judge White.) Motor Collision
Kenneth Maurice Canvln of Shelcove-road, Neutral Bay. Sought to recover from John Percival Miller of Dudley-street Coogee £200 damages for injuries received as the result of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Surfers Warned by Bench Against Bathing In Unfrequented Parts Man Drowned
FINDING that William John Arkins, 41, fruiterer, of Hornsey Road, Flemington, had been accidentally drowned…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →City Smash Tram, Motor Car Seven Injured All in Hospital
SEVEN people were injured early to-day in a collision between the motor car in which they were riding and a…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Capsized Boat. Woman and Three Children Drowned. Tragedy in Flooded River. Brisbane
When their boat capsized in the Macintyre River, about 30 miles from Goondiwindi, this afternoon, Mrs. May and her three children were sweet away and drowned…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Youth Shot Dead. Accident Caused by Dog. ADELAIDE
A dog was indirectly responsible for an 18-year-old boy being fatally shot. The victim was Ronald James Hammat, son of Mrs. G. Hammat, a widow, of Victor…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Youth Accidentally Shot. Lithgow
A pea-rifle exploded yesterday, and the bullet struck John Simon, 17. Simon was admitted to Lithgow Hospital in a serious condition, and was treated for a wound in the chest. He…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Workers Compensation Commission. (Before Judge Perdrlau and Messrs. Routley and Halliday Commissioners.) Accident at Speedway
Robert Edward Coombes ot Porter-street Waverley, sought compensation from John S. Hoskins, of Martin-place Sydney for in juries received while riding under the name…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Rifle Accident
LITHGOW, Monday. -- Jack Simon, 17, of Mort's Estate, was admitted to Lithgow Hospital last night in a serious condition following an…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Tram and Car. Seven Persons Injured in Collision
Six girls and a man were injured yesterday morning when the car in which they were travelling from Balmain to their work in the city, collided with a tram at the intersection…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Shooting Fatality. Lithgow
John Simon, 17, who was wounded by a pearifle bullet at a picnic near Cla[?]nce on Sunday, died in Lithgow District Hospital this afternoon. A report made to the police stated…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Casualties. Brothers Injured
Bertram Magill, 23, of Cooks-avenue, Daceyville, suffered scalp wounds and abrasions to the hips, arms, and hands, and his brother. Frank Magill, 21, of Bousille-street,…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Injured by Tractor
The tractor he was driving careered on its rear wheels and crashed on top of him, inflicting severe injuries, said Duncan McCorkindale, of…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Cyclists Injured. Wollongong
Three young men riding on a motor cycle collided with a motor car last night. Two of the cyclists, Frank and Geoffrey Connaughton, were admitted to Wollongong Hospital…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Man Killed in Lorry Collision Mudgee
William James Blomfield, 73, of Mudgee, was fatally injured when two lorries collided at Millsville last Sunday. A man apepared at Mudgee…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Brothers Injured in Smash Wollongong
When the motor cycle on which they were riding collided with a car in Keira Street last night, two Mothers were injured. Geoffrey…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →McEnally Injured Title Fight Off
WHILE engaged in a training spar yesterday, featherweight Billy McEnally had the misfortune to break a small bone in his…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Impaled by Wood. Injured Man's Fortitude. ADELAIDE
Henrv Gordon Bone, 36 of Dumwoodie-street, Edwardstown, a principal of George Bone and Sons, Ltd., timber merchants, was [?]aled by a piece of wood 12ft long and an…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Today in Racing "Would Not Know Which Eye Had Been Injured"
SHOWING no ill-effects from his eye injury, Rogilla is progressing remarkably, in his autumn preparation, and his owner-trainer, L. Haigh, will probably bring the champion stayer to Sydney within the next few weeks. If his present rate of progress…
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