Hurt In Accident, But Marched
Although dazed by a traffic accident. Norman Johnson, 42, yesterday took part in the march past with Maroubra Surf Club at the Freshwater carnival…
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Motor Cycle-horse Collision
Two people were injured when a motorcycle collided with a straying horse in Liverpool Road. Bankstown, late last night. Arthur Hollingsworth, 21, of Byres…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Father's Discovery Lake P'matta Drowning
A nine-year-old Fairfield boy, Ronald Joseph Mitchell, was drowned in Lake Parramatta on January 10…
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Elton Thompson, 18. of Hawkesbury Road Westmead, was drowned in Lake Panamatta last night. Two of his companions who attempted to save him had narrow escapes…
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A Westmead youth was drowned and his two companions, who attempted to save him, had narrow escapes, in Lake Parramatta last…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Tomahawk Attack Alleged. Injured Man Found in Street
With his clothing saturated with blood. Jack Lee, 40, a labourer, of Womerah Avenue Darlinghurst, was picked up by Central Distruct Ambulance at the intersection of Crown and…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →L. C. Hynes Injured. Car Strikes Telegraph Pole on Way to Cricket Ground
L. C. (Bob) Hynes, 26, of Henry Street, Gordon, the interstate cricketer, and his fiancee Miss Enid Brunskill, 21, of John Street, Wagga, were injured when their car…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Holiday Accidents on the Road
Walking across Western-rood, Westmead, on Monday—he had just slighted from a car—Aubrey Cornwell (17), of King-street, Newtown, was struck by a…
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EMPHASISING the need for shorter hours in the mining industry, officers of the Miners' Federation point…
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When Herbert Creighton, 17 years of age, of Auburn, was riding a motor cycle along Railway Parade, Kogarah, last Sunday, he came into…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coronial Inquiry. Fairfield Boy's Drowning
Returning from a swim in Lake Parramatta on January 10, James Mitchell, of Fairfield, saw a crowd of people on the bank. When he went to investigate he…
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Harold Bolter, 47, storeman, of Douglas St., Randwick, suffered a probable fracture of the skull when his bicycle and a car collided at the intersection of Avoca…
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Yesterday Douglas Walker, 14 years of age, of Hurlstone Park, was riding a bicycle in Princes Highway, Arncliffe. when he came into collision…
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Mrs. Mabel Shanahan, 52, of Railway Parade, Kogarah, was injured about the head when the car in which she was riding on Monday, collided…
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Elton Thompson. 18. of Hawkesbury Road. Westmead, was drowned in Lake Parramatta, on Tuesday night. Two of his companions who attempted to save…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Youth And Aged Injured
A youth had the toes of his right foot severed by a train and a 71-year-old German had his left leg…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Mr. W. Monahan Injured
Mr. W. W. Monahan, K .C., until recently a well-known local resident and a former Mayor of Rockdale, was in a car which overturned near…
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Bruce Higgins, 16, of Wagga, dived into the Murrumbidgee River at Bull's Run Station and struck a sandbank. He suffered a fracture of the left arm…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →St. Marys St. Marys Lad Drowned
Much sympathy is expressed for Mr and Mrs Les Thompson, of Little, ham, in the bereavement they have suffered by the accidental drowning of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fatal Fit Drowned in Rope's Creek While Gathering Sticks
PRESUMABLY taking an epileptic fit while gathering sticks, Harold Hugh Boan (34) fell into Rood's Creek, Colyton, and was…
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