Mr. Drummond in Motor Collision
BEGA, Friday.--The Minister for Education (Mr. Drummond) and his driver escaped injury when two cars collided on the Tathra-Bega Road…
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Man's Leg Amputated With Scissors Operation at Train Wreck Driver Crushed To Death; Three Injured BRISBANE
A doctor amputated the crushed leg of a man with a pair of scissors at the scene of a railway crash today…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Man Injured By Explosives
While handling an explosive in a house in Mortein-street, Concord, yesterday, Norman William Carmody, 32, tram conductor, suffered the lass…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Three Injured in Speedway Crashes Spills, Thrills As Australia Wins 4th Test
Australia beat England by 28 points to 24 in the Fourth Speedway Test at the Sports Ground last night after a series of crashes in which three men were injured. Those injured were:--…
Continued on Trove, page 26 →Fatigue Factor in Accidents
A special committee of the American National Safety Council, which recently considered the problem of preventing road accidents at night,…
Continued on Trove, page 26 →Road Accidents. Baby Injured in Collision. Car Somersaults Twice
A two-year-old baby and two adults were injured when a car in which they were travelling collided with a small car at the corner of Terry Street and…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Collision with Cyclist
When the push bicycle ridden by Robert McGee, 25, of Alice Street, Lakemba, collided with a motor car in Haldon Street, Lakemba, on Saturday, McGee was thrown so heavily…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Many Hurt in Collision
Two cars collided with such force at the intersection of Rockwood Road and Liverpool Road yesterday that the impact hurled both, badly damaged, on to the footpath…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Boy Drowned in Pit
BEFORE the eyes of four mates who were practically powerless to help him, Bruce, Haskell, 11, was…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Boy Drowned in Pond
A boy was drowned in a pond at Williams' Pipe Works, Merrylands, yesterday. He was Bruce Haskell, 11, of Moore Street, Merrylands…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Storekeeper Drowned. Taree
Jack Lewis Street, 41, a member of the firm of Street and Parish, storekeepers, of Cundletown, was drowned in the M[?]ning River on Thursday night…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Two Women Injured
Two women were injured, one seriously, when a motor car, in which they were passengers, somersaulted several times and crashed on the Prince's Highway, near Waterfall, early…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Boy Drowned in Brick Pit
Bruce Haskell[?] 11. of Morris Street[?] Merrylands, was drowned yesterday afternoon when he fell into Williams's brick pit in Pitt Street, Merrylands…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Crane Hoists Injured Man
After falling 12ft from a stack of wood at the mill of the National Box Co. Pty., Ltd., Punch-street, Balmain. to-day, Geoffrey Jeffries. 27,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Struck by Diver, Girl Injured
Miss Gwen Hammond, 21, of Little Mount Street. Pyrmont, received concussion while swimming in the Clifton Garden's shark-proof enclosure yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fatality at Broken Hill. Broken Hill
Leslie Hobba, 20, of Wiliam Lane, who was a member of a picnic party, was drowned in Rock Hole at Umberumberka Reservoir to-day. Resuscitation methods were applied for…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Drowned at Speedway Man Tangled In Reeds
Caught by reeds in a swamp at Maroubra Speedway, James Henry Murdoch, 54, water board…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →20 Injured in Quake Rome
TWENTY people were injured in an earthquake which rocked large areas in Tuscany yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Council Employee Injured. Port Kembla
Timothy Ford, an employee of the Central Illawarra Council, Port Kembla, was admitted to hospital at Wollongong, suffering from a fractured pelvis and an injury to his right…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fingers Blown Off. Tram Conductor Injured
Two fingers were blown off the right hand of Norman William Carmody, 32, a tram conductor, when an explosion occurred at Concord on Saturday night. In addition, one…
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