FATAL R.A.F. Collision London
When two R.A.F. training planes collided and crashed into Cobham Woods as they were landing, Flying-Officer J. E. Spanton was killed, and…
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Plane Nose-dives. Pilot Fatally Injured. Brisbane
When a Gypsy Moth plane, in which he was instructing a pupil, nose-dived from 100 feet at the Roma Aerodrome this afternoon, the pilot, Mr. R. J. Ross,…
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Thrown from his horse to-day. at the corner of Chapel-road and Eldridge-street. Bankstown. Alan Davidson, 13. of Northam-avenue…
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GOSFORD, Friday.--Gosford police are making determined efforts to reduce the accident toll on the Pacific Highway between Gosford and Peat's Ferry punt…
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NEWCASTLE, Friday. -- John Foley, 54, of Lindus Street, Wickham. who was injured in a motor car smash near Bulahdelah on May 3, died In Newcastle…
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Herman Scrieber, 55, of Adiniavenue, La Perouse, who was injured when two motor cycles collided at the corner of Bunnerong and Gale roads,…
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William Crawley, 60, married, of Fitzgerald Street, Northam, was cut in two by railway coaches during shunting operations at West Northam railway yards yesterday…
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Mervyn Rodgers (15) and Albert Attwell (17), who were standing on a rock at the Blowhole, Cape Bridgewater, yesterday, were washed into…
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Two cars collided on the Western Road, near Prospect, last evening, and six persons were injured. They were: William Ewin, 76[?] of Cameron Street, Bankstown, abrasions and…
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Five jockeys were injured at the Goodwood (Perth) races on Saturday two seriously. In the Hurdle Race F. Pratt suffered concussion, severe shock, and a fractured collarbone as a…
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An inquest into the death of John Wholohan, 41, a member of a well-known Mulgoa family, will be held at Penrith Court-house on May 17…
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An Alsatian dog, nearly as big as herself, caused Mrs. Emma Payne, 60. to suffer a probable fracture of the left ankle yesterday…
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GOSFORD, Sunday.--Two men were hurled to the road from a car which ran off Pacific Highway, near Pile's Creek, last night, and was wrecked…
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Two men, who were badly hurt in a motor accident on the Pacific Highway last night, lay for more than an hour on the side of the road until a…
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Three men were injured when their car overturned on Saturday night at the corner of Church Street and North Rock Road, Parramatta…
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K. Bird, who had a hip dislocated in a smash on the track at Caulfield on Anzac Day, has returned to his home. It will be about a month before he is…
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The Minister for Transport, Mr. Bruxner (left) and the Commissioner for Road Transport, Mr. Neale, inspecting new road…
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While schooling at Randwick yesterday morning, the hurdler Aussie Bee met with injuries which will necessitate his being put aside for months…
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A message from Tromsoe says that twenty members of the crew of a Russian sealer are believed to have been drowned in the White S[?] Five bodies have been washed up. The…
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A colliery superintendent gave evidence before the Royal Commission on safety in coal mines yesterday that mechanisation had led to a great…
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