Injured in 6 Ft. Dive
Miss Elsie Jewis, 25, fo Roslyn St., Mascot, injured her neck and suffered from shock yesterday when she, struck her head alter diving into six feet of…
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Bus In Creek; 14 Injured
ONE MAN had his spine fractured and 13 other persons were injured when this bus plunged 25ft. over a bridge on the Orange Road, yesterday, and landed in a creek bed. Carrying 25 Forbes residents, the bus was on its way to the Bathurst car races…
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MELBOURNE, Monday.--When a home-made bomb exploded in the mechanics' shop at Geelong Grammar School today, two students were…
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Kevin Henry Hooper, 5½, of Ballina, was drowned to-day when he and his brother, Carlyle John Hooper, 4, got out of their depth in a channel near a…
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A nine-year-old girl was drowned in 6ft. of water at Sans Souci baths yesterday afternoon. While trying to swim to a pontoon in…
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FIFTEEN persons were injured, several seriously, when a bus in which they were travelling to Bathurst capsized and crashed into a dry creek at the foot of the Rocks Hill, on the Orange Road, yesterday afternoon…
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The pilot of a Tasmanian Aero Club light plane and his passenger were injured, and the machine extensively damaged,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Girl Drowned in Baths. Dive Under Tube of Tyre. Many Swimmers Near
Eileen Lorna Abrook, 9, of Rocky Point Road, Kogarah, was drowned in the Sans Souci baths yesterday. About 300 swimmers were at the baths at the time…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Record Time. Barrett Wins Big Car Race. Gruelling Contest. Injured Driver Collapses
A. Barrett, of Victoria, won the 150 miles road race at Bathurst yesterday in the record time of 1h 59m 45s, averaging a little over 75 miles…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Students Injured in Explosion. Believed to Have Made a Bomb. MELBOURNE
When an explosion occurred in the mechanics' shop at the Geelong Church of England Grammar School to-day two students were injured, one of them seriously. They…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Bullet Ricochets and Kills Man. Rabbit Shooting Accident. MELBOURNE
A middle-aged man was killed near Bulla to-day, when a bullet, fired at a rabbit, ricocheted off a stone and struck him in the chest…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Accidents at Bathurst. Cyclists Hurt. Motor Race Visitors. BATHURST
Bathurst Ambulance was kept busy treating road casualties among the crowd which carne to watch the Grand Prix motor race to-day…
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WAGGA, Monday.--When the swlngle bar of a sulky broke on Kyeamba Road the horse bolted, and two brothers, Timothey and William Cruickshank, were…
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WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Mon.--A committee has been set up by the Government to investigate the liabilities of motorists involved in accidents also…
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Two men were admitted to Parramatta District Hospital as the. result of falls on Monday. Simeon Whittaker (76), of…
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Mrs. F. Yeatman, of Hall Street, Auburn, was killed yesterday when the car in which she was riding skidded and overturned, following a blow-out, on the north-west main…
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Frederick Cheel 18. a member of the Second Cavalry Division, who was injured in a collision yesterday between a motor cycle and a motor…
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Kenneth Gallagher was killed instantly last night in a head-on collision between a motor lorry and a utility truck. The driver of the lorry. C. Castledine, and Miss Gallagher and…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Harbour Collision. Officer's Evidence. Complaint of Luna Park Lights
Joseph Lindon Dawson chief officer of the Blue Star liner which came into collision with a Union Line freighter in Sydney Harbour on Much 7, told the Court of Marine Inquiry…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Motor Accidents. Cyclist's Death. Companion in Hospital
Norman Kenneth Ward, 17, of Sloane Street, Summer Hill, who, with Frederick Edward Newby, 17, of Ryrie Road, Earlwood, received a fractured skull when their motor…
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