School Girl Injured
Whilst travelling westward in a cav driven by her father, Betty Graston (11), of Duncdoo, received severe lacerations to her left thigh, when the…
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Injured at Football. Katoomba
Phillip Mahler, 16, a student at the Katoomba High school, fractured his left collarbone while he was playing Rugby football yesterday on the showground…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Brilliant Finish By N.S.W. Union Team Wins 31-6 Smith's 3 Tries: Kelly Injured TOOWOOMBA
The New South Wales Rugby Union team today defeated Toowoomba by 31 points to six…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →Riding Accident
Mr Frank Smith, of Castlereagh Street, met with a painful accident on Saturday, and in consequence is confined to his bed. He was on…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The Trench Accident
Latest information this mornng as to the condition of the victims of the sewerage trench accident yesterday (reported on Page 1) is that Frederick…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Advice to Motorists Skids Cause Accidents
Road accident reports from "country centres indicate that a high proportion was due to skidding, and in the coming months many more will be reported…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fatal Accident
Roy Day, 18. of Bligh Street, Guilford was killed, one man had an eye torn out, and two others were also injured when a motor truck left the road at a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Accident at Bend. Port Kembla
A double bend on a winding road near Port Kembla was the scene of a serious accident yesterday afternoon a few hours after an inquest had been held into the death of a…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Queen Mary. Injury to Eye in Car Accident. Restless Night. London, May 24. (A.A.P.)
An official bulletin issued to-day says that Queen Mary, whose car overturned alter a collision with a two-ton lorry at Putney yesterday, passed a…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Accidents of the Week
Last Saturday William Laws, 11 years of age, of Ocean Street, Kogarah, was riding a bicycle in Princes Highway, Kogarah, when he came into…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Accident Victim's Long Wait For Bed In Hospital
A woman with a broken thigh lay on a floor for 6½ hours before she was admitted to Royal North Shore Hospital, it was alleged yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Motor Accidents
The o[?]pants of two cars, driven by George Spears, of Humphries Road, St. John's Park, and John Girdhem. Smit[?]field Road, St. John's Park, had lucky…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Bianconi Injured
Bianconi, who has shown excellent form in recent weeks, is under the care of the veterinary surgeon, Mr. V. E. H. Davis, who thinks, however, that the gelding will be fit for his engagement at Canterbury…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Ship's Officers Exonerated Goonambee, Lighter Collision
William Glockin, mate of the steamer Goonambee, which collided with a lighter off Goat Island on March 31, was censured by the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Old Sea Rules. Mistake Causes Harbour Collision
A collision in which the trawler Goonambee, the tug Warang, and the lighter Shell XI. were involved Sydney Harbour on March 31 occurred because the…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →To Hospital by 'Plane Injured Miner's Flight
KALGOORLIE, Thursday.--To pick up an injured miner, an ambulance plane of the Goldfields section of the Australian Aerial Medical…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Spun Wheel The Wrong Way Cause of Harbor Collision Changed Rule Responsible
A harbor collision between two vessels and a lighter was yesterday attributed in the Marine…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Injured Players. Porter, and Richards Have Improved. No Need for Replacement
The services of the Newcastle Rugby Union footballer, T. G. Hills, will not be required in the return match between New South Wales and Queensland in Brisbane,…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Split-Second Accident
The huge steel-hatch girder pictured here was being raised on the P. and O. liner Strathmore on its arrival yesterday, when it swung across the passageway alongside the cargo hold. Mrs. E. Woods, a stewardess, was passing the opening in the grille at the moment, and her legs were injured. She is seen lying unconscious in the passageway on the right of the picture…
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