Road Deaths. Four Killed in Week-end. Lorry Accident
Four persons were killed and many others were injured in road accidents in New South Wales in the week-end…
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M.h.r.'s Wife Recovering After Car Accident
The condition of Mrs. Spender, wife of Mr. Percy Spender, K.C., Federal member for Warringah, was reported last night to have improved…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Apprentice Injured
Suffering from cuts to the face, the apprentice H. Sidebottom was taken to Newcastle Hospital for observation yesterday after he had been thrown by…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Racing Identity Injured
The famous Australian stud- master, Mr. F. A. Moses, was critically injured in a fall from a train near Lindfield Station…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →£5500 Not Too Much Injured Man Wins Case
A VERDICT of £5500 damages awarded to an injured workman against the Water Board was high, but…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Supposed Fall From Train. Mr. F. A. Moses Injured
Mr. Fred A. Moses, 75, of Stanhope Road, Killara, who was a member of the committee of the Australian Jockey Club until about two years ago, was…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Negro Boxers Stewart Wins. Manning's Eye Injured Bout Stopped in Ninth Round
Ossie Stewart, the coloured American light-heavyweight boxer, won in the ninth round of his contest arranged for 12 rounds against…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Basic Wage for Life. Full Court Confirms Damages. Accident in Trench
The Chief Justice, Sir Frederick Jordan and Mr. Justice Maxwell gave a majority judgment in the State Full Court yesterday confirming a verdict…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Seaman Injured
George Hubbard, 20, seaman of H.M.A.S. Adelaide, suffered a probable fracture of the skull when he fell while attempting to board a moving tram in Elizabeth Street,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Boy Injured in Cliff Fall
Playing with other children on the rocks at Collaroy late yesterday afternoon, Allen Leathley, 12, Homestead Avenue, Collaroy, slipped and fell over…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fireman Injured. Outbreak in Coogee Flats
Fireman L. G. North, of the Randwick fire brigade, was badly cut on the left hand by broken glass last night during a fire in St. Kilda Flats Arcadia Street Coogee. The…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →M.H.R. Fatally Injured Queensland Labor's Fourth Loss BRISBANE
The death or Mr. F. M J. Baker M.H.R. for Griffith, following injuries in a collision between his car and a three-ton transport truck last night…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Crushed Under Steel Bars Coroner's Remarks On Accident
A verdict of accidental death was returned to-day by the Acting-City Corcner, Mr. C. T. Wood, at the conclusion of an inquest on Clarence…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Mr. Baker, M.P. Death in Motor Accident. BRISBANE
Mr. F. M. J. Baker M.P. for Griffith, received fatal injuries to-night when the car he was driving collided head-on with a motor truck in Annerley Road, South Brisbane. He…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Tram Passengers Injured. Collision at Points
An empty tram, which was being driven from the Cricket Ground siding, Moore Park, to the Dowling Street depot, failed to run on to a side line in Anzac Parade yesterday, and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Three Men Injured. Collision at Burwood
Three men were injured last night when a motor van transporting greyhounds from Harold Park came into collision with a motor car in Parramatta Road, Burwood, near…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Collision Averted
The promptness of the pilot of a Douglas aircraft in throttling back his engines and [?]ambing on the brakes when taking off for Melbourne yesterday morning prevented a…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Coursing Men in Collision Critically Injured On Way To Race Meeting
Two men taking a greyhound to the Harold Park meeting last night suffered fractured skulls when their lorry and a car collided in Parramatta Road,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Accidents of the Week. Cyclist Injured
When a motor lorry and bicycle came into collision in Broughton Street, Mortdale, last Wednesday afternoon, the rider of the cycle,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fisherman Drowned. Grafton
Albeit Ernest Baton, 37, formerly of Grafton was drowned to day at Iluka Bay. He went fishing off the breakwater. Later his fishing gear was found, and police from Harwood and…
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