Woman Injured by Motor Cycle
Mrs. Jessie Bragg, an elderly woman, of Wyuna Avenue, Harbord received concussion and a probable fracture of the skull when she war knocked down by a motor cycle in Spit…
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Six Killed In Weekend Accidents
Six people were killed in road accidents during the weekend. Two men and a boy died when…
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A lorry two motor cars, and two bicycles were involved in an accident at the intersection of Old Canterbury Road and Parramatta Road, Lewisham, yesterday. First the…
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LAUNCESTON. Monday.--Bruce Duncan Keltic, 18, of Perth, Tasmania, was fatally injured when his car struck a tree on Elphin Road…
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William Stockholm, 35, of Basset Street, Hurstville, was hurled 20 feet from his motor cycle after colliding with a car in Canterbury Road,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Leg Gashed. Fast Bowler Injured at Baseball
J. G. Lush, the New South Wales fast bowler, had a leg ripped open by a player's spikes when playing baseball at the weekend. Ten stitches were inserted in the wound…
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Three men, who had been sleeping in a two-roomed cottage in Wascoe Street, Leura, awoke this morning to find the building in flumps. They escaped, but one man Thomas…
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Music Teacher: "Do you think your daughter is improving in her violin playing, Mr. Wilkins?" Mr. Wilkins: "Well, either she's…
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COWRA, Tuesday.--A 74-year-old man, who had fallen and broken a leg, crawled for half a mile from his isolated…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Causes in No. 5 COURT. (Before Mr. Justice Owen and a jury.) Damages for Injured Pedestrian
Aubrey Ronald Paul, by his next friend, Albert Paul, sued Thomas Heffernan, farmer, of Moruya, to recover £1,000 damages for injuries he received when he was knocked down…
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MOREE, Tuesday.--Ron Foot, 16, received a bullet wound in his left arm in unusual circumstances. Foot, who is a boxer of outstanding…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Collision at Oatley
When a motor car and motor cycle collided at the corner of Letitia and Frederick Streets, Oatley, last Friday night, the rider of the cycle…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Accidents of the Week. Motor Cyclist Injured
Thrown from his motor cycle when it collided with a car in Canterbury Road, Canterbury, on Monday, William Stockholm (35), of Bassett St.,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →"Excessive Speed" Mulgoa Road Fatality
"From the evidence before me I am of the opinion that exessive speed was one cause of the accident," said the coroner, Mr E. F. Rule, in giving his…
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Detectives have been unable to find out how an 11-years-old boy was seriously injured yesterday while travelling in an electric train between Central and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Ex-Students' Club Tournament in Aid of Injured Members
Penrith Ex-Students' Club held: a tennis tournament on Reo court on 30th ult., in aid of the club members who are in hospital as the result of a…
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MISS JUDITH BOUWMANN, leader of the Catholic Order of the Holy Grall in Australia, was killed last Friday at Wangaratta, Victoria…
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Knocked out at Leichhardt Stadium last night, Tommy Sullivan, a plucky young preliminary boxer,…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Accident at Gannon’s Road
During the heavy shower on Wednesday afternoon a collison occurred between two cars at the intersection of Gannon’s Road…
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Kenneth Black (22), an N.R.M.A. patrolman, of Carlton-street, Arncliffe, suffered a probable fracture of the right leg when his motor cycle…
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