Lorries Collide Young Men's Severe Injuries Castlereagh Accident
THREE well-known Penrith youngmen received severe in juries when two lorries collided on the Castlareagrh Road, near…
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"The Little Accident."
BABY SANDY has definitely abandoned the male impersonations in which she rose to fame in "East Side of Heaven" and "Unexpected Father."…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →Man Crushed in Ship Collision
A Court of Marine Inquiry was told yesterday that when a Blue Star liner and a Union freighter collided in the Harbor on March 7, a greaser was crushed…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Marine Court Inquiry Collision in Harbour
The Court of Marine Inquiry yesterday started an inquiry into the collision between the Union Steam Ship Co.'s steamer and the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Woman, Baby Found Drowned LISMORE
A woman and her seven-months-old baby son were found drowned in three feet of water in a creek near Lismore…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Replacing Injured Players. To the Editor
Sir.—1 noticed in your last issue that St. George Rugby League Club instructed their delegates to vote against a suggestion to [?] reserves to take the place of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Collision on Harbour. "No Offer of Aid." Master's Story
After a collision between a Blue Funnel cargo liner and a "Union Line Freighter in Sydney Harbour on the night of March 7, no offer of assistance…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Very Odd, Says Coroner Plight Of Injured Woman In House
"It is very odd how anyone could let this woman remain for 10 days in that house without any attention." said the City Coroner, Mr. E. T…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Explosion an Accident Hotel Fire At Blackheath BLACKHEATH
Detectives are satisfied that the explosion which occurred last night during a fire which almost destroyed the Ivanhoe Hotel, Blackheath, was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Harbour Collision. Alterations in Bridge Log. Officer Questioned
When the marine inquiry was continued yesterday into the collision between a Union Line freighter and a Blue Star cargo liner in Sydney Harbour on…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Two in Speed Accident
V. Hibbard and his passenger T. Hall had a narrow escape from serious injury when their machine…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Militiamen Die in Collision
TWO militiamen who were returning to Ingleburn camp on Saturday night were killed when their motor cycle and a military lorry--one of a convoy--came into collision near the camp…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Believe Man Is Drowned
An unknown man who vanished mysteriously from a launch in Botany Bay on Saturday is believed to have…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Shot Through Window. Boy's Eye Injured
Edward Riley, 14, was injured in the left eye when a charge from a shotgun was fired through the window of a basement flat in Bundarra Road, Bellevue…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →The Troublesome Bulrush. Control by 'Drowning.' Big Saving on Irrigation Area
As a result of several years' research work, the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research has worked out a method of "drowning" bulrushes, which…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Road Accidents. Two Militiamen Killed. Cycle and Truck Collide
Two members of the militia in camp at Liverpool were killed on the Campbelltown Road, about a quarter of a mile from Ingleburn camp, early on…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Man's Fatal Dive. Coogee Accident. Family Was Bathing Nearby
Sidney William Piggott, 40, married, of Norton Street, Surry Hills, was killed yesterday when he dived from a springboard into eight feet of water at the…
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LAUNCESTON, Sunday.--When a motor car driven by a member of the Second A.I.F. on final leave in Tasmania crashed into a tree late at…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →New Shows Reviewed Little Accident At the Capitol
It would not be fair to say that Baby Sandy steals the whole show in Little Accident, at the Capitol, for Baby Sandy is the "little accident"…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Three Injured in Collision
Three people were injured when two motor cars collided on the Pacific Highway, Berowra, yesterday. After the collision, one car, driven by Oliver Baker, 47, builder, of Great North…
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