Steamer Sunk in Collision
LONDON, Monday. -- Severely damaged after a collision with another ship, the Norwegian steamer Lista (3671 tons) has reached a northern English port…
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Long Inquiry on Harbor Collision
Selwyn Norman Capon, master of a Blue Star liner, continued his evidence before the Commonwealth Marine Court to-day…
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Three persons were injured when two cars collided on the Pacific Highway, Mount Kuring-gai, yesterday. They were Mrs. Mary Holland, 64,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Luna Park Lights. Ship Master's Complaint. Inquiry Into Harbour Collision
Evidence that glare from the lights at Luna Park prevented outgoing vessels from seeing beyond the Harbour Bridge was given yesterday by the master of a Blue Star cargo…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Nazi Raider Dumps Bombs Kills Man Was Accident First Death in Britain From Sky Raids London, Monday. Our Own Cable Service
A GERMAN plane, hastily unloading its bombs to escape pursuit by a British tighter, was responsible for the first British air raid death of the war, it was officially…
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CESSNOCK, Monday. -- Raymond Craft, 20, was shot, in the chest by a pearifle while out shooting with a companion, Thomas Reece, at Mount View…
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BRISBANE, Tuesday. -- Early this afternoon the body of Charles Herbert Aspinall, 49, dairy fanner in the Maryvale district, was found at North Branch…
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Menangle Park clerk of the course, T. Rathmell, will for many days have sad memories of Happy…
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Alfred Williams, 46, of Humphries Street, Mascot, was badly injured yesterday when a vinegar cask exploded at the factory of Mauri Bros,…
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Two fractures of the left leg and wounds to the head and right thigh were suffered by Alfred Williams, 48, of Humphries Street. Mascot, yesterday, when a "steaming-out"…
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When the motor cycles crashed into a car at the corner of Monash and Victoria-roads, Gladesville, David Barry Smith garage proprietor, of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Train Crashes Into Lorry Two Men Injured At Robertson
Two men were Injured and a motor-lorry smashed to pieces when a goods train crashed into the stationary vehicle at a level crossing at…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Level Crossing Collision. Two Men Injured. Moss Vale
When a train and a motor lorry collided at a level crossing near Robertson, to-day, the lorry was hurled from the line and smashed to pieces, but two…
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Two men were killed shortly before midnight at Port Kembla when returning home from the Commonwealth Rolling Mills…
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Lawrence Freeman. 41, address unknown, was found by ambulance officers walking along the railway line between Burwood and Strathfield stations in a…
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Frightfully mauled by a nine-foot crocodlie, while pulling in a fishing net at Saltwater Head, near Mossman, late last night. Amos Baker, 55, canecutter, is now in…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Car Crashes at Engadine. Four Persons Injured
Four persons, including a man and his wife and their son, were injured when a car in which they were travelling crashed into a stationary car…
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At a well attended meeting of the Ex-Students Club, held in the home of Mr O. L. Thomas last Tuesday night, it was decided to organise a series of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Khaksar Outlawed. Britons Injured in Riot. "Herald" Exclusive Service and A.A.P. LAHORE, March 20
The Khaksar (Army of Spades), a militant religious organisation, which defied the ban against parades, has been outlawed, and a curfew has been…
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Request has been made by several country branches of the Road Safety Council that a State-wide appeal should be made to all parents to see that their…
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