Boy Struck by Taxi, Injured
Bryan Blake, 9, Plowman Street, Bondi, was critically injured last night when he was knocked down by a taxi while playing outside his home…
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Youth Injured In Fall Form Train
William White, 17, of Griffith Street, Punchbowl, fell from a train between Campsie and Belmore stations last night…
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In an endeavor to find the body of a boy feared to have been drowned in a swimming hole in the Berrima River yesterday, police are preparing…
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MOSS VALE, Friday. -- Charges of gelignite were exploded in Berrima River to-day in the hope of bringing to the surface the body of William…
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DURING the construction of the Story Bridge in Brisbane, the authorities have constantly employed a man in a boat waiting for somebody…
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On his way to the church in which he was to be married to-day, Colin Stevenson, 22, of Camperdown-road, Camperdown. was struck by an Army…
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Police used grappling irons and explosives in an attempt to find the body of Bill Moen. 12, who disa[?]peared during a swimming party at the Berrima River yesterday…
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Representatives of the Waterside Workers' federation, at a conference with the Minister for Labour and Industry, Mr. Gollan, said that 2,378 accidents had occurred on the waterfront…
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The City Coroner, Mr. E. T. Oram, will conduct an inquest on Private Donal Kirk Campbell, of the 2nd/lst Field Park Company Second A.I.F., who…
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MOONEE VALLEY, Saturday. -- It will be some time before Juma, who was favorite for the Niddrie Handicap, races again…
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HURDLE hoop Rod Ellis was not seriously injured when he fell in front of the stand at Randwick yesterday on Beau Ideal in the Hurdle…
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REASONS for the withdrawal of dogs were given by the stewards, as follow:— Bugle Girl. Eligible…
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Struck by a tram [?]ar the beach at Balmoral yesterday, Eric Moss, 8½, of Noble-street, Mosman, suffered a probable fracture of the skull and…
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En route to a church to be married yesterday, Colin Stevenson, 25, of 22 Camperdown-road, was taken instead to hospital, after he had been…
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WOLLONGONG, Saturday. -- A. Egan, 35, of Shoalhaven Street, Nowra, was heavily thrown at Wollongong show today in a trotting event…
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TEARS from a taxi driver flowed in Newtown Court last week when he told Mr. Sutherland, S.M., that he would never again…
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A verdict of accidental death was returned by the Kurri District Coroner, Mr. A. W. Johns, at the adjourned inquiry to-day into the deaths of…
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WEST MAITLAND, Saturday. -- The inquest into the death of four members of the Second A.I.F., who died from injuries received when a…
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Phillip Brian O'Reilly, 5, was drowned in the Nattai River, Burragorang Valley, late yesterday afternoon. The child, who was at a picnic party with…
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Herbert Owen Shepherd, 10, farm hand, of Wildash, near Warwick, was drowned in the Condamine River this afternoon. Shepherd and two other youths swam out…
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