Two Injured By Hurtling Rock ADELAIDE
Struck by a huge boulder as it hurtled down the hillside at Morialta this afternoon, a man and a little girl received concussion and…
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Several Men Injured In Ugly Football Riot Onlookers Join Angry Players In Free Fight Brawls And Heated Incidents Mar Matches In Three Different Codes
Australian Rules, Rugby Union and League matches were marred by unpleasant incidents yesterday. A free-for-all fight occurred at the Australian Rules match between South Sydney and Newtown at Erskineville…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Two Killed In Street Accidents
James Rankin, 49, of Maroubra Bay, was killed last night when struck by a tram in Mons-avenue, Maroubra Bay. Eastern Suburbs Ambulance…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Stop Press Believed Drowned
Police to-day will resume the search for the body of Percy Albert Honeysett, 12, of John St., Leichhardt. Honeysett is…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →"Drunk" Tests Passed Charge Follows Collision
Tests, such as closing the eyes and touching the nose with the fingertips and picking up a match from the floor, were satisfactorily passed by…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mine Fatality at Suva. Suva Ap[?]. 21
[?] Bessell, a shift boss, slipped into a [?] at the Emperor mine and suffered fatal injuries. Mr. Bessell came from Tasmania, and had…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Two Injured on Ferry Dee Why
Two accidents occurred within five minutes yesterday on the Manly ferry Dee Why. Keith Ridgeway. 18, deckhand, of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Crippen Hopeful. Injured Footballer. Operation on Shoulder
A Crippin the former international Rugby League winger, is still hopeful of playing again, despite a shoulder injury that has caused two retirements. Crippin will soon undergo an…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Hit by Falling Boulder. Man and Child Injured. ADELAIDE
After falling 200 feet doun a hillside at Morialta yesterday afternoon a 50-pound boulder hit a ledge and broke in two the bigger part staking a school…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Angry Scene at Stadium. Skaters Injured. LONDON, May 7. (A.A.P.)
Thousands of persons took part in a riot at the Harringay Stadium, North London, because they objected to the tactics of the United States team in…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Road Accidents. Bad Visibility in Rain. Causes Many Smashes
Bad visibility caused by heavy rain is blamed for many street accidents on Saturday night, when one man was killed and several were injured…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Major Cause of Accidents. "Careless Pedestrians." MELBOURNE
Strict enforcement of existing traffic regulations will not reduce road accidents in Victoria, according to police and other traffic experts…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Two Hurt on Manly Ferry Steamer. Fall From Deck Indirectly Caused Second Accident
An accident on a Manly ferry steamer yesterday, which resulted in a young man severely injuring his spine, was the indirect cause of a boy of 14 breaking an arm…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Ragged Clothing Caused Accidents
"One of the chief factors causing many accidents in our works some years ago was the ragged clothing worn by our workmen," said Mr. W…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Juries Are Safe Accident Claims
There is no intention to take away from juries the right to decide damage claims resulting from road…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Two Killed In Traffic Accidents
There were two deaths in traffic accidents in the weekend. In a head-on crash last night, on Prince's Highway, Waterfall, a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fisherman Drowned. Tamworth
The body of Alfred Collier, 69, was recovered from the Goonoo Goonoo Creek, fully clothed Collier was in the habit of visiting the creek, where he sometimes fished. He was last seen…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fisherman Believed Drowned. Unavailing Search
From daylight to dark yesterday nine police and many other men searched the rocks and coastline for several miles on either side of Warriewood Beach, Narrabeen, for the body…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Attends Meeting Though Injured
Although he had 24 stitches inserted in one of his arms, several more in wounds to his face and suffered an injured leg, Mr. B. Flanagan (Vic.) yesterday attended the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Plane Damaged. Collision on Ground. Mail Flight Delayed. Darwin
Shortly before its departure for Perth with the Empire air mail at dawn to-day, the Western Australian Airways' Lockheed airliner Kimberley was struck…
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