Tram In Collision With Motor Lorry
Ten tram passengers were thrown from their seats yesterday when the tram in which they were travelling collided with a heavy motor lorry on…
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Injured Man Sews Up Axe Wound in Own Leg
LAUNCESTON, Saturday. -- A Sydney man, who cut his leg with an axe while hiking in rough…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Oldfield Injured. Wicketkeeping Accident
W. A. Oldfield, the former test wicketkeeper sustained a probable fracture of the index finger of his left hand when playing for Gordon against Western Suburbs at…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Fireman Injured
Senior Fireman M.L. Griffin, of Sydney headquarters fire station, suffered a deep wound in a foot while fighting a small fire in an upstairs roof of a cafe in King Street…
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MELBOURNE, Sunday.--A military truck containing 14 men of the Second A.I.F., collided with a meat waggon at North Melbourne on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Detective Injured in Assault
Detective Sabine, of Clarence Street police station, received a heavy blow on the head when arresting a man at the corner of Railway Parade and Burwood Road, Burwood,…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Road Accidents. Two Killed, Many Injured. Woman Hit By Taxi
Two youths weie killed and many persons weie injured in road accidents in the week-end. A young man, whose driving licence was in…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Farmer Injured. West Maitland
John Sullivan, a farmer, of Louth Park, was admitted to Maitland Hospital in a serious condition, suffering from a fractured skull. He was pressing hay, when the revolving…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Plane Crash. Pilot Killed, Passenger Injured. BRISBANE
When a Leopard Moth plane crashed in a field near Cunnamulla Hospital about 4.30 p.m. yesterday, the pilot, Gordon Young, grassier, of Overshot…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Only Son Shot Dead. Pea-rifle Accident. Tragedy at Edgecliff
John Todman Carruthers, 16, of Fairfax Road, Bellevue Hill, an only son, was fatally shot with a pearifle bullet yesterday, while he was…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Boy Shot Dead by Accident
John Toddman Carruthers, 15, Fairfax Road, Bellevue Hill, was accidentally shot dead yesterday by his cousin…
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Bernard Charles, 8, of Central Avenue, Manly, suffered back injuries and a fractured right leg when he was knocked down by a bicycle in the Corso…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fatal Collision
A motor-cyclist was killed instantly in a collision with a car in Woodville-road, Granville, about 10 p.m. on Sunday. The cyclist, Leonard…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Two Youths Injured in Car Accident
Two youths were injured last night when the steering gear of a motor car locked in Constitution Road. Meadowbank, and the par swerved across the road, ran down an…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →R.l. Aids Injured Junior
N.S.W. Rugby League has decided to grant Bert Webster 17 guineas towards the cost of his cartilage operations…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Man And Woman Die In Road Accidents
A man and a woman were killed in accidents yesterday. Both suffered head injuries. Mrs. Elizabeth Melinda Morgan 70…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Killed Baby by Accident
DUBBO, Tuesday. -- The Coroner found today that a baby had been accidentally rolled on and suffocated by either, its father or mother…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Motor Cyclists in Collision. Three Persons Injured
On Monday night a collision occurred between a motor cycle and a motor cycle and side car in Forest Road, Bexley, near Preddey's Road, three…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Cyclist Injured
When a car slowed down in Croydon Road, Kingsgrove, last Saturday, near the Kingsgrove Station, a motor cycle travelling behind ran into…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Injured in Dive
When he dived into the swimming baths at Fairy Bower, Manly, last night, Colin Heckenberg, 30, of Ocean Beach, Manly, struck his head on the…
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