Motor Car Crashes. Three Persons Injured
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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Drowned; Throat Cut Dog Led Woman to Husband's Body
A dog running back and forth to a creek from its master's home led to the discovery on Tuesday morning of the body of John James Gllmour, 50, whose…
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When the Maiden Handicap field was thundering down the straight, a white dog dashed on to the track. For a moment it looked as though the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Cyclists Hurt in Collision
Two cyclists were injured last night when their bicycles collided head-on in Cumberland-road, Auburn Harold Walker, who was thrown…
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William Sterling, 42, coal shoveller, of Denison St., Camperdown, was critically injured at Bunnerong Power House yesterday…
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The body of Thomas Raymond McGrorey, 39, barber, who was to have been a witness in a serious charge before the Central Criminal Court next…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Benzine Bursts Into Flames. Mother and Daughter Injured. NEWCASTLE
A bottle of benzine exploded and burst into flames at a house in Groongal Street, Mayfield West, to-night and Laurie Phillips, 9, who was handling it, suffered burns to…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Road Safety Lines. Fewer Accidents. New Regulation
The Minister for Transport, Mr. Bruxner, said last night that the centre lining of roads had resulted in a reduction of accidents. It was…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Man Drowned In Swim For Duck GRAFTON
A young man, Keith Chandler, of Grafton, was drowned in the Clarence River at Waterview to-day. He was shovelling gravel on a punt…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Minto Hcp. Injured in Race Sidcup Scored His First Sydney Success But Cut A Coronet
Bought for a big sum in Melbourne eighteen months ago, Sidcup scored, his first win in Sydney when he won…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →Man's Spine Injured
Edwin Longbottom, 24, of Kiaora Road, Double Bay, was crossing New South Head Road, Double Bay, yesterday morning when he was struck and knocked down by a car…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Accidents on Roads. Two Footballers Killed. Newcastle Collision. NEWCASTLE
Two well-known Rugby League footballers, George Soreng, 26, and George Edward Oliviera, 23, were killed, and Frederick Rees, 61, was injured, in a…
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NEWCASTLE, Sunday.--A two-year-old boy was found dead at the bottom of a water cask at Warner's Bay to-night…
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At the Gosford Police Court on Friday, Stephen Taperell, solicitor, of Hornsby, was charged with having failed to keep to the left-hand side of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Child Drowned in Cask. Newcastle
Harold Rumsby, 2, of Speer's Point, fell into a cask full of water while playing in a neighbour's yard this afternoon, and was dead when he was pulled out. The Lake Macquarie…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Stock Inspector Injured. Kyogle
While tending horses passing through a cattle dip at West Wiangarce, Ernest McLean, stock inspector, was knocked over by a horse. He received severe bruises and probably…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Badly Injured in Shallow Dive
Two youths suffered serious injuries when they struck their heads in shallow dives at Manly and Casula yesterday. Riano Venier, 16. an Italian laborer, of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Boy Surfers Injured. Newcastle
While huge seas were running on the Newcastle waterfront this afternoon, a big wave caught Bert Muir, 14, and James Muir, 12, who were playing on rocks near the Newcastle…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Struck with Bottle. Boy Seriously Injured
Allen Ramsay, 17, of Miller Street, Clempton Park, an employee of Tooth and Co., Ltd., brewers, was struck savagely over the head with a bottle on Friday night, by a youth…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Boy Drowned. Ambulance Call Delayed. Obsolete Telephone List
White swimming with his sister at the East Hills Park baths yesterday afternoon, Raymond Daniels, 9, of Linda Street, North Belmore, was…
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