Narrow Escape Prom Drowning
NEWCASTLE, Tuesday. -- Hanging by his hands for an hour to a wharf beam with his body in the water, John McWilliam, 45, relief worker, saved himself…
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Two Rescued From Drowning Man and Boy in Hospital Newcastle
A THREE-YEARS-OLD boy and a man were admitted to hospital to-day suffering from the effects of immersion and shock, after they were…
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Heino Dissing, Danish cyclist, who is one of the most successful riders on the Arena track, had a nasty fall while training to-day, necessitating…
Continued on Trove, page 30 →Turf Facts I & Fancies Epidemic of Race Accidents One Horse Killed Apprentice Rider Suspended
Sydney racegoers witnessed the eighth race accident in seven weeks when Not So Bad (M. Vickers) and Markos (J.Ryan) fell at different stages in the running of the Farm Novice Handicap at Warwick Farm on Saturday, but…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Man Killed in Car Accident. Crash Through Fence. Moss Vale
Ernest Edward Campbell, 42, of Birrell Street, Waverley, was killed instantly when a sedan car left the roadway on Bong Bong hill, near Bong Bong church, this afternoon,…
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Riding with his head down, Jack Meyers, of Mascot, ran into a stationary car in General Holmes Drive, Brighton-le-Sands, last Sunday. He…
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It is unlikely that Janki Dass, the Indian cyclist, will compete further in the Empire Games. He is in bed at the Empire Village…
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Mr. Donald Mackay, noted Central Australian air explorer, suffered shock when his motor car came into collision with a motor cyclist at Caringbah…
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On Friday last, Mr. Gordon Scott, 20, of Liverpool, and Mr. Charles Griffith, 23, of Bankstown, were riding a motor cycle to work at Glenfield, when the cycle…
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William Brown, 21, a houseman at one of the Canberra guest houses, was drowned in the Molonglo River to-day. A man who was with him…
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Miss Ruby Tatham, 19, of Gow Street, Balmain, risked her life last night when she dived from the Balmain ferry, Lady Northcote, to rescue a drowning man…
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CASINO, Wednesday.--In two separate instances today farmers were seriously injured by cows. While Harry Carmont was branding…
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TERRIBLE injuries to the mouth were suffered to-day by Harry Carmont, a farmer, while branding cattle. A cow jerked her head up,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Country News. Two Men Injured by Cows. Casino
Harry Carmont, of Corklea, received severe injuries to the mouth and lower lip while he was helping to brand cattle at Mr. G. Musson's farm at Dyraaba Creek…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Flying-boat Accident. to the Editor of the Herald
Sir,—The British flying-boat squadron is reported in your columns yesterday as having two propeller mishaps since leaving London, and that the second occurred on the journey…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Plane Crash. Flying-boat Hits Mole. Accident in France. MARSEILLES, Feb. 9
Eight persons were killed and six seriously injured when a flying-boat bound to Ajaccio (Corsica) and Tunis struck the mole when taking off at…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Child Accidentally Shot. Tragedy at Bundanoon. Moss Vale
Daphne Joan Rolls, aged 3, was accidentally shot through the head late this afternoon a[?] her parents home at Bundanoon. She died shortly afterwards…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Accidents of the Week. Mix-up on Train Crossing
A motor cycle and car collided on the Loftus railway level crossing at midnight last Saturday, and after that another motor cycle crashed into…
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The failure of a British ship's officer to attempt to aid a drowning woman, who had fallen from the ship's…
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Phillip Lloyd Jones, 26, of Drumalbyn Road, Bellevue Hill, seriously injured last night when his car skidded on Barrenjoey Road, Mona Vale,…
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