Child Drowned in River
Phillip Brien Reilly, aged five, of Elieslie, near Camden, was yesterday drowned in the Nattal River, at Burragorang Valley…
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"Drowned" Boy May Be Alive
MOSS VALE, Sunday.--A boy who was believed to have been drowned last Thursday is now said to have told his friends a week…
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Six persons died in New South Wales in the week-end from injuries received in road accidents. Many others were injured…
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Excitement ensued on the ferry steamers Barrenjoey and Kubu when they collided near Bradley's Head this…
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BRISBANE, Sun.--A picnic party which went to Cribb Island to-day to escape the heat ended tragically when the body of Raymond Walter, 6 12. was…
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CANBERRA, Sunday.--Wallace Ford. 15, of Queanbeyan, was drowned in less than two feet of water at the Cotter River swimming pool today…
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WALLACE FORD, 15, of Queanbeyan, was drowned to-day in less than two feet of water in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Train Passenger Injured. Newcastle
Arthur Richards, l8, an apprentice baker, of Neutral Bay, suffered a probably fractured skull while a Newcastle-bound train in which he was a passenger was passing a goods train…
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David Hinks, 26, of Brighton Street, Croydon Park, was with a riding party in Old Pittwater Road, Brookvale, yesterday, when his horse stumbled and he was thrown to the…
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R. Richardson, 19, only son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Richardson of Eurabodalla, was drowned in Reedy Creek, near Eurabodalla, this afternoon, in sight of other members…
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Jack Malcolm, 16, of Stone Street, Earlwood, had a leg gashed from the knee to the ankle, when he struck a sharp object while diving in Cook's River, near the bridge,…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Extensive Damage by Big Bush Fires. Fatal Accident in Smoke. Governor Helps Fighters at Moss Vale. Outbreak on 30-mile Front
Bush and grass fires caused great damage in metropolitan and country areas at the week-end, and caused the death of a youth when the motor cycle on which he was riding pillion crashed in dense smoke and flames into a motor lorry on the…
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Sailing crews were surprisingly inefficient yesterday. There were 23 capsizes in five races. In Miller's Point 12ft. canvas skiff…
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Rex Harris, 27, of Dock Road, Balmain, is thought to have been drowned yesterday morning in the Elkington Park Baths…
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WRECKED WOODWORK from the port bow of the ferry steamer Kubu, after a collision with the Manly ferry Barren joey near Bradley's Head yesterday. The Barren joey suffered only slight damage, but the Kubu…
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George Stephenson, 20, of Hawkesbury Road, Westmead, suffered spinal concussion when he struck his head on the bottom of the Woonona Baths in a dive. He was taken…
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Police directed by [?]rgeant M[?]y were dragg[?] the [?]ths at [?]kington Park. [?]main, early this morning for the body of Rex [?] 27. of Cock Road. [?]lmain, who, it is…
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Charles White, 24, of Dorrigo, was drowned while swimming in the Bellingen River late yesterday afternoon…
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Three sisters were injured when a motor car struck a tree on the main highway near Lyndhurst yesterday afternoon. They were Mary, Monica, and Kathleen Shea, of…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Police Cyclist Injured In Crash
Constable Nelson Gordon, 35, of Burwood police, was critically injured yesterday when his motor cycle outfit and a car collided in Victoria Road, West Ryde…
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