Father Finds Baby Drowned in Creek
Heather Burger, 2, of Herring Road, Eastwood, was found drowned yesterday in 3ft. of water in a creek near her home. She was found by her father after a…
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State President of C.w.a. Injured
The State President of the Country Women's Association (Mrs. J. W. C. Beveridge) was injured in a car accident near Cooma on Saturday last…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Jockey Injured in Fall Race Smash At Maitland
W. ROGERS, a northern jockey, had a fortunate escape from serious injury at Maitland races…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Death Crash of Police Accidental
A finding that they were accidentally killed while in the execution of their duty was returned by the Coroner (Mr. G. R. Williams) at…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Car Capsizes Four Injured
Two youths and two young girls were injured this afternoon when the car in which they were travelling overturned in Roseville-road,…
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GUNDAGAI, Friday. -- Leo Doyle, 35, single, of Wagga, was drowned this afternoon in the creek at Jackalas, on the Brungle Road, about three miles from…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Five Killed. Side Torn Off Bus. Collision With Empty Sand Truck. MELBOURNE
Three women, a girl, and a baby were killed, and five other persons were injured when a bus and an empty sand truck [?]nllided in Warrigal…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →"Smith's" Physician Replies To Young Wife Injured Vanity Should Not Wreck Marriage
QUITE frankly the young wife whose letter appeared last week…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Plane Crashes on Island. Passenger Killed. Pilot Seriously Injured. Auckland (N.z.)
When a Miles Magister monoplane belonging to the Auckland Aero Club crashed into marshland near the aerodrome boundary at Great Barrier…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Man Drowned In Big Flood
A man was drowned and heavy damage caused by severe floods over the entire south-west of New South…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Speedway Rider Badly Injured Track Crash Alderson To Hospital; Neal Hurled Over Top Of Machine
In a racing motor-cycle collision in a heat of the Police Derby at the Sports Ground last night, J. Alderson was…
Continued on Trove, page 28 →Miller's Hand Injured
BRISBANE, Sunday. -- Mickey Miller, Australian bantam and featherweight champion, will be out of the ring for at least five weeks. An X-ray of Miller's…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Truck Driver Injured
Ruben Coleman (47), an electrician employed by the City County Council, suffered concussion and severe lacerations, when the truck he was driving on Parramatta-road, near the University to-day was forced on to the footpath and crushed against a telegraph post…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Rock Fisherman Missing. Supposed Drowning. FORSTER
Leslie Schmidt, of Forster, is believed to have been drowned when fishing off the rocks at Cape Hawke on Friday. He left three other members of a fishing…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Sir Earle Page in Collision. Wingham
A car in which the Minister for Commerce, Sir Earle Page, and Lady Page were travelling to Taree on Saturday was involved in a collision, in which Benjamin Green, of…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Man Fatally Injured. Fell 25 Feet from Tree
James McDonald, 50, of Shakel Street. Concord West, was fatally injured yesterday when he fell 25 feet from a tree at Berowra Waters…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Fishing Guide Feared Drowned Liability For Damages Taxi-men Oppose Agreement
Taxi drivers of St. James Cab Service yesterday protested against a new agreement which the company…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →BOXING. Mickey Miller Ordered to Rest. Injured Right Hand
Mickey Miller, the national bantamweight and featherweight champion, who injured his right hand in his contest in Brisbane with Henry Mor[?]no on Friday night, has been…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Road Accidents. Bankstown Death. Car Hits Lorry
Charles Eric Cox, 32, of Stanley Street, Burwood, was killed instantly when a car struck him while he was attempting to repair his lorry at the…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Lithgow Accidents. Lithgow
Olive Connor, 15, cut her foot on glass while playing near her home in Saywell Street. The ambulance took her to Lithgow Hospital, where stitches were inserted in the wound…
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