Man Fatally Hurt in Car Collision
When two cars collided in Victoria Road, Gladesville, yesterday, a passenger in one of them, William Brown Dixon, 49, of Victoria Street, Darlinghurst, was…
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University Lecturer Drowned in Wyong Creek
Mr. Sydney Herbert Wolstenholme, lecturer in economics at Sydney University, was drowned in Wyong Creek yesterday afternoon. He was being towed on an aquaplane by a…
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The body of John Lynch, old-age pensioner, aged 72 years, was recovered from the Murray River this morning, about a mile below the sports ground. The police do not suspect…
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The drowning of Barry Leane, about 12, of Smith Street, Southwark, in the River Torrens, on Saturday morning, was the third fatal accident in the family. The boy's…
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Heart trouble is believed to have result in the death of Mrs. Mary Jane Anderson, 75, who was found floating in the Yarra to- day. It is…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Toll Of The Road Woman Is Killed in Capsize Blow-out Caused Accident Injured List
WHEN a tyre blew out on the Main Western Highway, near Nevertire, on Saturday afternoon, a car driven by WILLIAM BLACKMORE,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Girl In Beauty Contest Injured As Fireball Hits
PORT KEMBLA, Sunday. -- Peggy Smith, 16, of Quarry Street, Port Kembla, has had two accidents since she entered the Illawarra Anniversary Beauty…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sir Earle Page. Aid for Injured Man. LISMORE
While Richard Mavin was lying on the roadside near Woodenbong to-night, awaiting the arrival of the ambulance to convey him to hospital for treatment for a fractured…
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Three young men in an allegedly stolen car were injured on Saturday night when the car, after a thrilling chase by the police, crashed into a…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Plane Crashes. Avoiding a Collusion. Crew of Three Injured. London, Feb. 27
A de Havilland Dragon plane, belonging to Air Travel and Survey, Limited, of Sydney, and piloted by Captain Bailey, crashed on a railway…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →YOUTH & Man Are Drowned One Swept Out In Surf, Other Fell From Aquaplane Search in Vain Newcastle
BATHING with a number of companions in the sea near the Military Forts at North Stockton this morning, William…
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Mr. K. Ezzy, a member of the A.R.U., met with a very severe injury while working on the Job at Sydney Yard on Sunday. He is still…
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PEGGY SMITH, 16, of Port Kembla, an entrant in the Illawarra Anniversary beauty competition. She was knocked unconscious and…
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Wally Lloyd, 28, well- known Speedway rider, was critically injured to-day when his motor cycle leaped…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Country News. Road Worker Injured. Albury
While working for the Culcairn Shire on the Jinderrawalla Road to-day. Thomas Pascoe, of Daysdale, fractured his right leg when the swingle bar of a plough broke and…
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NORMAN POTTER, miner, of Margaret Street, Cessnock, was admitted to Cessnock Hospital in an unconscious condition last night,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Causes in No. 6 COURT. (Before Mr. Justice Stephen and jury.) Accident in Ship. Robson v H. R. Lancey Shipping Co., Ltd
Thomas Beattie Robson. 42, was awarded £3,187/1/6, as damages for injuries which he received while working a winch in the coastal vessel Paterson, which was discharging blue…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Many Scooter Accidents Coroner's Comment
Attention was directed by the City Coroner, Mr. Oram, yesterday to the number of recent accidents in which scooters had been involved…
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Kenneth Clarke, about 32, of Birdwood, Avenue, Ryde, was killed instantly last night when a motor cycle he was riding crashed into a heavy motor lorry at Waterfall…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →£3000 Writ Sequel to Collision at Sea
A writ for £3000 issued out of the High Court yesterday forms a sequel to the collision of the passenger steamer Wanganella and the trawler…
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