Hand Injured When Cartridge Explodes
BRISBANE, Sunday. -- N. G. Smoothey. official starter for the Queensland Rowing Association, had his right hand badly injured yesterday at the Old Boys'…
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One Killed, Seven Hurt, in Collision. Melbourne
When a motor car crashed into a truck on the Yea-Molesworth Road last evening, one man was killed and seven yere injured. The victims were:—Killed: William…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Stop Press Phone M2406. Newcastle 472 Drowned in Dam
Ronald Marsh, 29, of Cowra, was drowned while swimming in the Wyangala Dam yesterday. His body has not been recovered…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Cartridge Explodes. Rowing Starter Injured. BRISBANE
The official starter to the Queensland Rowing Association. Mr. N. G. Smoothey, had his right hand severely injured yesterday, when he was preparing the starting gun at…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Girl Cyclist Injured Carried 30 Yards By Car
While riding a bicycle in Parramatta Road, Flemington, yesterday, Wilhelmina Frost, 14. of Keating St., Lidcombe, came into collision with a car and was carried…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Car in Three Accidents. Collisions and Crash Through Fence. Driver's Minor Injury
In a series of accidents on Saturday night a car collided first with an omnibus, then with another car, and finally crashed through a fence…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Accidents at Lithgow. Lithgow
Roy Kennedy, 5, suffered bruises to a shoulder when he fell out of a tree at his home in Vale Road. Hilton Keegan, a miner employed at the Steelworks colliery, received injuries…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Marriage Between Accident & Operation
In a wardroom at Sydney Hospital on Saturday, Leslie Seldon, 22, a patient, was married. He had been in the hospital for six months with a fractured…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Children Find Drowned Woman
Manly police are trying to identify an elderly woman whose body was found floating yesterday among the rocks at Harbord Beach…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Man Drowned in Flooded River. Kiama
Henry Maher, 48, of Military Road, Cremorne, was drowned to-day when attempting to cross the Minnamurra River. Maher, who was engaged on relief work,…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Miner Injured by Fall of Coal
WONGAWILLI, Monday. -- Struck by falling coal at Wongawilli mine, Alex Masters, a miner, of Balgownie was knocked against the side of his working…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Holiday Trip Twice Delayed. Second Attempt Ends in Concussion. Taxi in Collision
Miss Patterson, 18, a clerk, of Smith Street, Bummer Hill, expected to be in Bargo on a holiday last night. Instead she is in hospital with concussion, two attempts to leave the…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Woman Fatally Injured. Struck By Motor Car. Daughter in Hospital
A woman was fatally injuied and her daughter suffered serious injuries when they were knocked down by a motor car in Johnston Street, Annandale, last night. They…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Transformer in Accident. Thrown from Truck. Slight Damage
When within a mile of Bunnerong Power House yesterday, a new transformer, weighing 61½ tons, fell from the rail truck on which it was being…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Crushed by Military Tractor. Sergeant's Accidental Death
A finding that Henry Frederick Faulkner, a militia sergeant, attached to the Second Division Signals, had died from injuries accidentally received when he was crushed by a…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Orr Devastating On Mine Accidents Work “Dirty, Disagreeable And Unhealthy”
“All the authorities who have been prenared to express an honest opinion on the mining- industry indicate that it is a dirty, disagreeable and unhealthy occupation. “It is also a very dangerous occupation.”…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Country News. Man Drowned in Dam. Cowra
While swimming in the Wyangala Dam on Sunday, Norman Marsh, about 21, was drowned. Marsh, who was not a strong swimmer, was…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Curate Coaches Crew Trains In Collision R.N. Pilots at Practice
THE REV. JOHN DUCKWORTH, who has temporarily left his working-class parish at Hull to go to Cambridge, where he is coaching the University boat race crew. The curate was Cambridge cox in three successive victorious years for Cambridge…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Eight Burned by Blast Accident At Vic. Gas Works MELBOURNE
Light men were burned, one severely by an explosion at the West Melbourne Gas Works to-day, while they were working in a purifier, which…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Militiaman Injured
Brisbane, Thursday.--Lyle Wilkie militiaman, of Tully, was cleaning a rifle when a cartridge went off. The bullet penetrated his left lung. just…
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