Accidents of the Week. Boy Falls From Diving Tower
John Bowers, aged nine years, Bay Street, Brighton-le-Sands, had his skull fractured last Sunday when he fell from a diving tower on to a…
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Stationmaster Killed. Accident at Sutherland
In view of passengers waiting for a train to Sydney, William Thomas Bousfield, aged 59 years, stationmaster at Sutherland, was run down by…
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A schoolboy lost his life and others were badly injured in road, accidents yesterday. Ronald Hickey, 13, was knocked…
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Little Alfred Barry Rowe, the fiveyear-old son of Mr. and Mrs, Rowe, [?] York Street, Fairfield, was knocked down by a motor car in The Cres[?]ent…
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GOSFORD, Thursday.--Alfred Haviland, 35, of Ourimbah Creek, was severely Injured today when a limb of a 100ft. tree he was felling, crashed on…
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An unidentified 2nd A.I.F. soldier was critically injured last night when his motorcycle and a taxi collided on…
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Two cyclists were killed instantly when they collided with a motor car in Illawarra Road, Port Kembla, late last night. They were Allen Edward Fitzgerald[?] whose…
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WOLLONGONG, Friday. -- While playing cricket at Lake Illawarra today, John Kirton, 41, motor driver, of Darlinghurst, broke his right ankle…
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Road accidents this week-end so far have resulted in the death of a man and injury to six people…
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Laurie Gay, 19, of Fitzroy, was drowned in the Yarra at Kew this afternoon. Gay dived fiom a boat in which he, his wife, Barbara, 19. their five-months-old child,…
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Charles Alexander McKenzie, 32, of Ipswich Road, Brisbane, was drowned in the surf at Southport this afternoon, after he had played a prominent part in the rescue of a 13-year-old…
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Holiday road accidents have already claimed three victims. Those dead are: --…
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Private H. R. Howe, of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force, who was injured on a troopship and who is being invalided home to Rotorua, reached Sydney yesterday, to…
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Raymond Harrison King, 15, of Outimbah Road, Mosman, was walking through a bush track at Seaforth yesterday with two boys, when a bullet struck him in the left thigh…
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AN unfortunate title, come to think of it, for a cheerful little accident of a film…
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VALHALLA, a runner in the First Hurdle Race yesterday, had to receive attention by the club's veterinary surgeon. The latter subsequently reported that Valhalla…
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LITHGOW, Saturday. -- A motor cyclist had a foot torn off when he collided with a motor car near Lidsdale today…
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NEWCASTLE, Saturday. -- A Sea Scout was drowned in Newcastle Harbor this afternoon, and a man was drowned in the surf at Newcastle Beach. The Sea Scout was Peter…
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MRS. GRACE COGHLAN, 29, of Ross-street, Forest Lodge, was drowned in Sydney Harbor yesterday…
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MELBOURNE, Saturday. -- John Joseph Stephens, 30, of Yarra Junction, was killed instantly in a speed-track crash at Warragul motor cycle championships today…
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