Shot His Cousin Accidental Tragedy
"It is a very tragic affair that this young lad should accidentally kill his cousin and best friend," said the…
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Death Was Accidental
NEWCASTLE, Thursday.--A verdict of accidental death was returned to-day by the Coroner (Mr. A. G. Chiplin) at the incuiry into t death…
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WRECKED Port bow of the 3000-ton Union Company freighter, ripped open on Thursday night in a collision with a liner, photographed yesterday near Goat Island. Note anchor chains on the shattered ship's side…
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Miss Blenda Bradshaw, 20, of Hampden Avenue, Darling Point, risked her life yesterday afternoon to save Mrs. Mona Simpson 26, of Melbourne, from…
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A serious collision occurred in Sydney Harbour about 11 p.m. on Thursday, when a Blue Star liner about 11,000 tons, and a Union…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Man Injured by Ambulance
An ambulance seriously injured a man in Canterbury Road, Canterbury, yesterday. The man, John Leslie House, 31, of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Unsuccessful Search For Man Missing After Ship Collision
Police yesterday were unable to find the body of a Russian seaman, J. Sharz, who was missed from a freighter after the vessel collided with a liner on the Harbor on Thursday [?] night…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Freighter in Peril. Result of Harbour Collision. Seaman Missing
Desperate efforts were made throughout yesterday to prevent the Union Steam Ship Company's 3,000ton freighter, which was shattered in…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Accident To Big Airliner MELBOURNE
Australian National Airways' Douglas airliner Kurana was badly damaged while taxi-ing across the Essendon…
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Returning a finding of accidental death at the inquiry yesterday into the death of John Todman Carruthers, the City Coroner, Mr. Oram…
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Valve should have won the second division of the Nursery Handicap at Rosehill yesterday, instead of finishing…
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AUCKLAND, Saturday. -- The Auckland Animal Protection Society has awarded a gold medal to Cyril Fitzsimmons for rescuing a dog from drowning. The dog fell into the water at…
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Three men were injured late last night when their car was in a collision on the cliff roadway at Clifton. Police and ambulance men were told…
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MELBOURNE, Saturday. -- A man and a woman were fatally injured in road accidents today. They were Leo Pullar, 35, of North…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mined After Collision. British Ship. Rescuers and Rescued Perish. LONDON, March 10. (A.A.P.)
After picking up the crew of a French vessel with which she had come into collision, the British steamer Thurston (3,072 tons) sank…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Great Worker for Hospital Has Accident
FOR the first time in about eight years the patients at Sydney Hospital to-day missed the cheery face of Mrs. E. F. Wilks, who, as a…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Youth Accidently Shot by Pea-rifle
NEWCASTLE, Sunday. -- William Prosper, 17, was shot in the thigh when no accidentally fired a pea-rifle at his home at Belmont today…
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Although only one person was killed, many serious road accidents were reported in New South Wales in the week-end…
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A rifle which William Prosper, 17, picked up in a shed at his home at Belmont to-day went off. The bullet went through Prosper's thigh, just missing an artery. Belmont…
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WOLLONGONG. Monday.--Roy Crabbe, 31, married, of Osborne Street. Wollongong, was fatally crushed between two railway trucks today at the Port…
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