Cyclist Fatally Injured
Mr Robert Bruce Niccol, second eldest son of Mr and Mrs M. Niccol, of Huntington Hall, Emu Plains, died in Lecton Hospital on Sunday from…
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Plane in Flames Air Officer Injured BRISBANE
Struggling to make a parachute jump as his Fox Moth machine was nose-diving at Belmont to-day, Cadet…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Saved From Drowning by His Wife Cries Brought Naval Men's Help Fell in Water
EDWARD AYLING, 64, was yesterday saved from drowning at Rushcutter Bay by the prompt action of his wife and efficiency on the part of members of the Navy…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →£5000 Damages Claimed Leg Lost In Traffic Accident
The ability of a man with an artificial leg to drive a motor car was questioned by a Macquarie-street doctor in the Causes Court to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Refused to Pay Sequels To Accident
Leonard Keith Walker, 27, of the Royal Australian Air Force, refused to pay the fare for a taxi in…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Accidents of the Week. Children Knocked Down
Thelma Mortensen, 11 years of age, of Rocky Point Road, Kogarah, was knocked down by a delivery van in that road last Saturday. She…
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John Borriero, 28, of Cobar Paddock, whose right arm was almost torn off in a motor lorry collision at South Bowenfels on Sunday, died in Sydney…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Town Clerk in Accident
At Moorebank on Wednesday, a collision occurred between a car driven by Mr. J. Marsh, town clerk of Liverpool, and a motor lorry. The car was…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Man Feared Drowned. Launch Found on Rocks. Was Fishing Alone
A badly smashed 20ft launch was found resting upside down on the rocks at the southern end of Maroubra Reach yesterday morning, and it…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Earthquake in Turkey. 80 Killed; 20 Injured, ISTANBUL, Feb. 22. (A.A.P.)
A new earthquake, with its centre at Develi Kuel, shook the Kayseri district of Turkey, killing 80 and seriously injuring 20…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Fatal Tram Accident
Blanche Annette Wilson, of Darley Street, East Sydney, was fatally injured when she fell from a tram as it was rounding a curve in New South Head Road, Double Bay,…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →More Accidents Adelaide, Feb. 15
A large number of accidents, often ending fatally, occur in the building trade. It is stated that more broken and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Boy Fatally Injured
Leonard Jackson, 9, was playing with several other boys outside his home in Shakespeare Street, Campsie, last night, when he was knocked down by a motor car. He received…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Woman Drowned. Slipped from Rubber Float
Mrs. McCarthy Cowling, 29, of Auburn Street, Wollongong, who could not swim, was drowned when she slipped from a rubber float at North Wollongong beach yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Owners shooting stock injured in bushfires
WAGGA, Saturday.--Landholders mustering stock in properties swept by bushfires are shooting many injured sheep and cattle. The stock, stampeding before…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Not Involved in Factory Accident
Mr. Luther Mitchell, Benaroon Road, Belmore, said yesterday that his son Colin was not concerned in an accident at Cyclops Toy Factory at Leichhardt…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fisherman Drowned
MELBOURNE, Sunday. -- While fishing on the rocks to-day at Goose Gully, about three miles west of Flinders, Charles Percival Bownds,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Jockey Injured
Arthur Watts, 42, Jockey, who was seriously injured when a "green" horse fell on him and crushed him during exercise at Kensington…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Drowned After Cramp Seizure
Harold Bottles, 17, was drowned yesterday in Eastern Creek, Riverstone. Bottles, who had been bathing with…
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