Mrs. Cave's Fall Found Accident
"A suggestion by an earlier witness that Mrs. Cave threw herself from the horse is not borne out by today's evidence," said the City Coroner (Mr…
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Drowned Near Mother Brisbane
Within a few yards of where his mother was sitting reading on the beach at Sandgate to- day, Kenneth Truskett (5), of Eagle- terrace…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Long Grass Blamed for Collision Darwin
Two cars collided at the corner of Daly and Cavanagh Streets owing to the drivers' visions being obscured by the lone grass, eight to ten feet…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Road Deaths. Total of 576 IN 1937 Nearly 9,000 Injured in 12,550 Accidents
The Commissioner for Road Transport, Mr. C. N. Neale, said yesterday that 576 people were killed and 8,687 were injured in 12,550 road accidents…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →Warship Rating Drowned Fell Overboard From Canberra Off S. Coast
DESPITE dramatic efforts to save him, Leading Seaman Henry Joseph Storer, 28, married, of Birmingham Avenue,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Truck's Wild Dash Down Hillside. Man Fatally Injured. LISMORE
Walter Cameron, 54, of Terania Creek, jumped or fell from a utility truck as it was careering down a steep hillside at the Channon this morning, and sustained injuries…
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Despite speed limits and other safety measures, road accidents continue to increase. Last year, according to figures just…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Cyclist Borsari Badly Injured
THE visiting Italian cyclist, Nino Borsari, fell heavily during a training ride yesterday, and was taken to Sydney Hospital suffering…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Child Drowned in Queensland Brisbane
Falling off a retaining wall into 3ft. of water, Kenneth Truskett, 5, of Eagle Terrace, Sandgate, was drowned at Sandgate Beach to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Child Drowned. Water Pit in Market Garden
Gloria Ely, 4, was drowned In a water pit in a market garden conducted by Sam Loong near her home in Kent Road, Mascot, yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Cycle and Car Western Road Fatality Mr. George Bradley
MR. George Bradley, of Healing's Penrith depot, a well-known cyclist, was killed when a push bike that he was riding was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →"Kapok Lifebelt a Hindrance." Coroner's Criticism. Aquaplaning Fatality. Wyong
At an inquest into the drowning of Sidney Herbert Wolstenholme, 23, who fell from an aquaplane on the Wyong River on February 27, the coroner, Mr. C. J. Staples, J.P., said…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →District Court. (Before Judge Sheridan and a jury of four.) Motor Collision
David Wright, of Sutherland Street, Paddington, sued William Batten, of Henrietta Street, Waverley, for £200 damages for injuries received as the result of a collislon…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Forced Landing of Mail Plane. No One Injured. BRISBANE
The Qantas mail plane from Normanton to Cloncurry, in the charge of Captain Donaldson, made a forced landing through engine trouble. 130 miles from Normanton, this…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Body of Girl Is Found in Well Biscuit Pointed to Tragedy Believed Drowned While At Play at Mascot
A BISCUIT floating in the water led to the discovery of the body of four-years-old Gloria Ely in a well in a Chinese…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Soccer Sets Ball Rolling Johnson Stays With St. George: Whitelaw Injured : Coolahan Still With Adamstown
THE N.S.W. State Soccer Leasue's competition starts with twelve teams next Saturday. Great interest will centre on the club games. There…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →Tornado Ravages Wide Area Hundreds Homeless, Many Dead and Injured in U.S.A. New York
AT least 20 persons have been killed and hundreds injured by tornadoes, which have ripped through five States. STRIKING without warning, the storm cut devastating swathes…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Accidents at Night. Faulty Street Lighting Blamed
The president of the N.R.M.A., Mr. J. C. Watson, commenting yesterday on the fact that 50 per cent. of the fatal road accidents in 1937 occurred at night, as revealed by the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fatal Railway Accidents. Public Meeting at Sutherland
Following the recent tragedy of a girl being killed by a train at Loftus, Sutherland Shire Council has decided, at the request of local organisations,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Accidents of the Week. Man Falls From Building
Last Friday morning Mr. Thomas Abigale, 40 years, of Bruce Street, Brighton-le-Sands, fell from the new building of the Bexley Salvation Army…
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