Six Drowned When Oil Barges Capsize
LONDON, Monday.--Six men were drowned when an abnormal tide in the Severn estuary capsized three oil barges. Two men were rescued with difficulty…
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Injured First. Officer. Hobart
The Minister for Health, Dr. Gaha, M.L.C., performed a successful operation at the Royal Hobart Hospital to-day on the first officer of the Wyatt Earp, Mr. Liavaag…
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Police have not yet been able to identify an elderly man who was knocked down by a tram in Parramatta Road and died in the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital on January 5…
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The man killed on the Windsor Road, Baulkham Hills, early on Sunday morning has not yet been identified. On Sunday night the body was identified…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Girl Drowned Picnic Party Tragedy
Dramatic efforts to save a nine-year- old girl from drowning in the Gorge's River were made at Glenfield on Sunday afternoon. Artificial respiration…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Miner Injured. Ungarie
When a fall of earth occurred at the mines at Kikoira, R. Matuscha had a leg broken and was admitted to the Wyalong and District Hospital…
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Valmai McKay, aged 9, of Morgan Street, Dubbo, fell off the "slippery dip" in Hinkler Park, and suffered concussion and abdominal injuries. She was on holidays at Katoomba…
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Detective-sergeant Flint and other detectives from Parramatta are investigating the death of Leslie George Scorgle, 17, of Wheeney Creek, near Kurrajong, early this morning…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Cyclist Injured by Hearse. £130 Damages Awarded
A man who was injured by a motor hearse was awarded £130 damages by Judge Clancy in the District Court yesterday. He had claimed £200…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Scooter Accident
Norman Walker (10), of Prospect street, Granville, received an incised wound to the right ankle in a fall from . his scooter last week…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Farmer-baronet Killed. Sir H. Fairlie-Cuninghame Crushed by Tractor. Accident While Working. Manilla
Sir Hussey Burgh Fairlie-Cuninghame, 14th Baronet of Robertland. Ayrshire, who for eight years has been a farmer in the Manilla district, was…
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TAMWORTH, Tuesday.--Sir Hussey Burgh Fairile-Cuninghame. 48, an English Baronet, who for 13 yean has been farming at Murrungul. Rushes Creek. 21 miles…
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Irene Lake, aged 9 years, of Harrow Road, Glenfield, fell into George's River, near Glenfield, on Sunday afternoon, and was drowned. The girl was a member of…
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Golden View returned to scale after the Jumpers' Flat Race at Ascot yesterday bleeding freely from a cut in the near hind leg…
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While riding a bicycle along Chuter Avenue, Ramsgate, last Friday John Barnes, 12 years of age, of Grande Parade, Brighton-le-Sands, came into…
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In an accident at Gosford last Saturday Wilbur Alston, 22, of Souter Street, Kogarah, got one of his feet tangled in his motor cycle. His…
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Mr. Jack Davis, of Liverpool, employed by the Main Roads Board, was seriously injured in a motor accident at Granville…
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Several horses were in the wars at yesterday's Ascot meeting. Regatta (Novice) sustained several cuts on his near hind leg, three stitches being…
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Eleven were killed and 14 injured in a collision at sea in which the cruiser George Leyguies almost out the destroyer Bison in half…
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