Oarsmen Injured At Surf Carnival
There were spectacular capsizes by surf boats in huge seas at Maroubra carnival…
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Girl drowned in surf at Jervis Bay
Dorothy Maude Pratt, 21, single, of Croydon Road, Croydon, was drowned while surfing at Jervis Bay yesterday. She left her cabin at Hyam's…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Kissed Husband Good-Bye Then Drowned Conimicut, Rhode Island
MRS. LAWRENCE STANTON kissed her husband good-bye and told him to save himself before she was drowned in a…
Continued on Trove, page 39 →Terrible Hospital Delay Badly Injured But Kept Waiting
ANOTHER amazing example of delay in properly attending to a patient at a public hospital was revealed to the City Coroner, Mr. Oram, during the week. IAN FINDLAY HUMPHREYS, 19-years-old son of a…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Killed in Car Accident Newcastle
One man was killed and another injured when a car in which they were riding failed to negotiate a turn at Heddon Greta, on the…
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MELBOURNE, Sunday.--Frederick Ogden, 30, was drowned at Half Moon Bay to-day during a terrific storm which struck' the district…
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An unknown young man was drowned when his canoe capsized in Parramatta River, near Gladesville Bridge, yesterday. He sank from sight when his…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Young Man Drowned. Canoe Capsizes. Body Not Recovered
Shortly after 2 p.m. yesterday a canoe capsized on Parramatta River, near Gladesville Bridge, and the only occupant, a young man, was drowned…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Woman Drowned at Jervis Bay. Dinghy Capsized Near Shark
As they were bringing to shore the body of Dorothy Maud Pratt, 21, of Croydon Avenue, Croydon, who was drowned at Jervis Bay on Saturday, Thomas Cox, a boarding-house…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Train Collision in Germany. London, Jan. 21. (A.A.P.)
Five people were slightly injured in a train collision at a suburban station in Berlin…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Governor-general Attends A.i.f. Film Premiere — Tennis Championships — Surf Boats in Collision
Copies of all picture taken by the "Sydney Morning Herald" staff photographers may be purchased from the Art Gallery at the "Herald" Office. The scale of charges may be obtained on application…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Road Accidents Small Girl Killed. Fall From Motor Car
A girl of four, Beverley Eileen Noakes, of Burlingham Street, Merrylands, died at Parramatta Hospital yesterday afternoon from injuries received when she…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Bicycle Accidents. to the Editor of the Herald
Sir,—As a push cyclist who used the city streets for 30 years and toured all over New South Wales, may I point out to fathers of boys and girls the grave dangers to which…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Accidents Can't Kill This Youth
TWICE in the past 10 years the life of Colin Peasey, 19, of Fairfield, has been given up by doctors--and twice he has astounded them by recovering. "I will never die in an accident," Peasey said last…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Car and Lorry in Collision. Four Men Injured
Four men, including the town clerk of Paddington, Mr. Percy Wicks, were injured when a car, in which they were riding, and a lorry loaded with coal, collided at the…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Yangtse River Collision London, Jan. 22
It is believed that 230 persons lost their lives when a river steamer was rammed and sunk by another vessel on the Yangtse River, according to a report from Chungking…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →X-ray for Fundess Injured Boxer Recovers
Billy Fundess, who collapsed in the last round of his fight with Dave Lefton at the Stadium last night, regained…
Continued on Trove, page 22 →Pilot Killed. Plane Crashes in Swamp. Cadet Seriously Injured
When a Gipsy Moth training aircraft crashed in a mangrove swamp off Pelican Point, George's River, yesterday, a pilot instructor was…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Boxer Injured at Stadium. Knocked Out of Ring. Taken to Hospital
Billy Fundess, a young Sydney boxer, was seriously injured last night, when he was knocked out of the ring by Dave Lefton in the twelfth and last round…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Three Killed in Storm. Tree Falls on Farmhouse. Four Injured. Brisbane
A farmer and two of his children were killed and four persons were injured in a storm which swept the southeastern corner of the State last night…
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