Horseman Drowned in River
BRISBANE, Tuesday.--Swept from his horse in the swirling flood waters of Mulgrave River, at Cairns, William Clark 19, was drowned to-day…
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Boy Drowned Merrylands Tragedy
Swimming with a number of others in a disused clay-pit at Merrylands, Bruce Haskell (11), of Morris-street, Merrylands, was drowned on Sunday…
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John Frederick Moon aged 23 months, was found drowned in Perry Creek, near his parents' house, at Timor to-day. He had been with his mother, and was missing for…
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TOKIO Tuesday.--The Japanese freighter Saiko Maru. (4363 tons) sank after a collision in dense fog with the Norwegian vessel Binna in the straits…
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George Imrie (2), son of Mr. and Mrs. G. Imrie, of Gordon-street, Blacktown, is lying severely injured in the Darwin Hospital, his parents have been…
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CASINO, Tuesday.--Careering down the steepest part of the Richmond Range today, an unoccupied motor truck used on Main Roads work, hit a car head-on…
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The scheduled 12 three-minute round contest between Freddy Dixon, 10st 6½lb, an American coloured welterweight boxer and Johnny Shields, 10st 71b, at the Leichhardt…
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At an inquest to-day into the death of Mrs. Mary Ellen Wild, of Albion Avenue, Merrylands, a finding was recorded that she died from a fractured skull and other injuries…
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Nellie Lavin, 12, of Chapel Road, Belmore, fractured her skull and an ankle yesterday when she was knocked down by a car in Belmore Road, Belmore…
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Emile Gustave Ulm, father of the late C. T. P. Ulm, died at the Mater Misericordiae Hospital on Monday night. He was 76 years of age…
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When two cars collided at an intersection in Bold Street, Burwood, yesterday, three persons were injured. They were G. Ryan, 61, of Rawson Street, Enfield, severe lacerations;…
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When a lorry laden with workmen overturned after a collision at Manly yesterday, Sydney Bartlett, 37, of Regent Street, Newtown, was himself…
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Bruce Haskell, 11, of Morris Street, Merrylands was drowned on Sunday afternoon while bathing in Williams' brick pit in Pitt Street, Merrylands…
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Thomas Edward Warriss 23. of Canterbury-road. Belmore, who fell nine floors down an air-conditioning duct at the new A.W.A. building…
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"You are to be congratulated on your gallantry and bravery in sticking to your friends," said the Acting-Coroner (Mr. Wood) to Alan David Newton at Manly…
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Allan Wright, of 43 Canterbury Road, Campsie, who was holidaying at Wallacda, when riding a horse, on Tuesday, bumped into a tree and…
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A car driven by Francis J. Fletcher, of 15 Old Canterbury Road, Lewisham, and another driven by Mrs Muriel Grant, of Howral, came into contact on…
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Allan David Newton, of Curl Curl, was congratulated at Manly yesterday by the Acting City Coroner, Mr. Wood, on his gallantry in assisting two men, his companions in a…
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A two-year-old baby and two adults were injured when a motor car in which they were travelling collided with a small car at the corner of…
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