Young Man Drowned. Melbourne
Falling overboard from a boat 100 yards from the shore at Mordialloc yesterday afternoon, Jack Holt, 21, of Como Parade, East Mordialloc, was drowned. Swimmers…
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Man Drowned in Lake Parramatta
The body of Milton William Buchanan, 34, of Moree Street, Westmead, was found floating in Lake Panamatta on Saturday morning…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Road Toll. Six Dead; Many Injured. Scores of Accidents
Six persons were killed and several others were so seriously injured that there is little hope of their recovery, in road accidents in New…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Down Cliff In Dark: 4 Drowned BRISBANE
Two girls and two young men were swept from the foot of a 120 ft. cliff, at Ft. Lookout, Stradbroke Island, at 2 a.m. today and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Three Injured in Car Smash Newcastle
George Dore, 30, of Manchester- road, Auburn, his wife. Lillian Dore. 30. and their son Arthur, 8. were injured when their car capsized on the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Road Toll Starts With Years Dawn 4 Fatally Injured by 4 A.M. Husband Slainln Crash In Outside Wife's Flat
WHILE Sydney was ushering in the New Year with revelry, four people were killed in road smashes in the first four hours of 1939…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fatal Shooting Accident. Adelaide
James Phillips, 35, carpenter, of Stanley Street, Woodville Park, a former West Torrens League footballer, was accidentally shot dead while out rabbiting with friends near…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Youth Shot Dead. Revolver Accidentally Discharged. NEWCASTLE
Thomas Dykins, 18, died almost immediately when a revolver went off while he was cleaning it at his home at Kerr Street. May-field, yesterday afternoon…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Shot in Error for Fox Strange Accident On Holiday
Mistaken for a fox, Leslie Thompson, of Graham Street, Lidcombe, was shot at by a friend on Saturday night. A bullet entered his left arm near the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →1446 More Accidents
NEWCASTLE, Sunday.--The Newcastle ambulance travelled 166,090 miles last year to 11,181 accidents--1446 cases more than in 1937…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Scout Injured. Tree-felling Accident
A scout broke an arm at the Jamboree yesterday while cutting down a tree. With another scout, he had been sent into the scrub to obtain firewood. His companion told him to climb…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Family Injured Newcastle
A motor car turned three somersaults after one of its wheels had caught in a rut near Stroud to-day and the occupants a family returning to their home in Manchester Road,…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Girl Cyclist Injured. Barraba
Daphne Simington, 16, was admitted to hospital yesterday afternoon suffering from extensive facial injuries received when she lost control of a bicycle on the Jumpup Mountain…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Sleep-walker Injured. Wagga
A Royal Australian Air Force pilot, W. Leonard, 26, of Melbourne, was seriously injured at Adelong when he fell from the balcony of the Royal Hotel. It is thought that…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →"Drove Car Asleep at Wheel" Court Story Of Collision
A remarkable allegation that a collision between a milk cart and a car had been due to the car driver falling asleep at the steering wheel, was made by police at the Traffic Court to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Passenger in Waggon Injured Tweed Heads
When a meat waggon driven by [?] of Albion, turned over on its side on the Pacific Highway, a passenger. Mr. L. Irvine fearing that the waggon might catch fire…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Boy Drowned at Blackheath. Complained of Pains in Chest. BLACKHEATH
Frederick Lancaster, 13, of Mount Victoria, was drowned at the Blackheath swimming pool to-day. The body was found when Mr. W…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Horse Kills Jockey, Dashes Into Crowd Spectator Injured, Many Others Narrowly Escape Runaway Melbourne
A racehorse threw and killed its jockey, and stampeded into the crowd at the Rosebank and Brim Springs meeting, near Horsham, today. The horse, Miss Ercil, ridden by…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Lucky Cup Win For Bristol Bringa and Red Sails Checked at Vital Stage Angry Demonstration Drowned By Cheers For Jockey
REMEMBERING Bristol's failure in the Summer Cup a week ago, a number of punters attempted to stage a demonstration against him after he had narrowly won Tattersall's Cup at Randwick yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Oral Tests for Car Drivers Accidents Inquiry
Verbal examination on the rules of the road came into force to-day for all applicants for licences to drive motor vehicles This was the first development following the…
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