Stop-press Injured When Horse Fell
William Easton, a middle-aged herdsman, or Dee Why, suffered shocking injuries to-day when his horse fell on him while droving at…
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Collision of Raf. Planes. Singapore Disaster. SINGAPORE, June 5. (A.A.P.)
One man is dead, two are missing, and three others are in hospital as the result of a collision between two Royal Air Force planes at the Singapore airport this morning…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Fire at Cinema. Thirty-two Dead; 25 Injured. Mexico City, June 5. (A.A.P.)
At least 32 people are dead, 25 injured, and hundreds of others homeless as the result of a Are in a cinema theatre at Zacatepec…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Death Follows Accident
A verdict of death from pneumonia, following burns, accidentally received, was returned yesterday by the City Coroner in the case of Edward Ernett…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Stewardess' Frown. Impairment by Accident Alleged. Claim for Damages
A former stewardess, who alleged that since an accident at Suva she had been unable to frown normally because the nerves and muscles on the left side of her forehead were partially…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Sight Tests for Motorists. Avoiding Accidents. Optometrists Opinions
The decision of the Road Snfcty Council that tests of motor drivers for colour vision were not necessary was criticised yesterday by the president of the Opticians and…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Collision
A car driven by Sydney Lawrence Morgan, of Sefton, and a cycle ridden by Gilbert Batchelor (17), of Grimwood-street, Granville, collided at the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Girl Drowned in Creek
Betty May Stackman, 2 years and 9 months was drowned in Yarramalong Creek yesterday. Shortly before the tragedy Mrs. Stackman saw her daughter playing with a neighbour's…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Girl, 2, Drowned In Waterhole
GOSFORD, Tuesday.--Betty May Stackman, 2, daughter of Harry King Stackman, of Yarramalong, was drowned in a waterhole in Yarramalong Creek…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Singapore Plane Fatality. Sydney Man Missing
Flying-Officer Alan Henry Barnes, 24, a son of Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Barnes, of Wylde Sheet, Potts Point, was concerned in the collision between two Royal Air Force planes…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Child Drowned in Creek. Wyong
Betty, aged two years and nine months, the daughter of Mr. Henry King Stackman, of Brush Creek, was drowned to-day in a creek in which she had been playing near…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Australian Speedway Test Rider Injured
LONDON, Tuesday.--Vic. Duggan, who will ride for Australia in the first Speedway Test on June 7, was injured in a crash at Wimbledon last night…
Continued on Trove, page 22 →Jockey Ted McMENAMIN INJURED
JOCKEY TED McMENAMIN was injured at the Richmond Racing Club's meeting at the Londonderry course last week, and will not ride…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Ranger Injured When Horse Falls
William Easton, 45, ranger, of Pittwater Road, Dee Why, was seriously injured yesterday when his horse fell on him in Pittwater Road, Avalon…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Speaker of Commons Injured. From Our Own Correspondent. London, June 6
The Speaker of the House of Commons, Mr. E. A. FitzRoy, who is 70 years of age, is absent from Parliament as a result of a strange accident…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Woman Injured
Mrs. Olga. Doyle; 44, of Chepstow Street, Randwick suffered a probable fracture of the skull and injuries to the left side when she was struck…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Accidents of the Week. Cyclists Injured
Last Sunday afternoon Ron Murray, 15 years, of, Terry Street, Arncliffe, was riding a bicycle when he came into collision with a car at the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Mother's Claim Failed. Son Drowned in Trench. MELBOURNE
The purport of a majority judgment delivered by the High Court of Australia to-day is that a mother who saw the dead body of her seven-year-old son pulled out from a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Uncertainty Over Union Team Hopes for Injured Victorians
Queensland and Victorian Rugby Union teams for Saturday's matches against two N.S.W. fifteens will not…
Continued on Trove, page 52 →Rugby Trial. Carpenter's Bad Luck. Injured Wrist and Leg. How Victoria Lost Try
Max Carpenter, the Victorian captain, who played an outstanding part in the Rugby Union trial match against Queensland at the Sports…
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