Five Injured When Omnibus Hits Tree MELBOURNE
Four passengers and the driver were injured tonight when a tramway omnibus crashed into a tree in Barkly Street, Elwood…
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Leeton Car Crash. Corowa Woman Killed and Husband Injured. LEETON
Mrs. A. Parkin, wife of a storekeeper and car agent of Corowa, was killed to-day when the car in which she was travelling swerved to avoid another vehicle and collided with a…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Two More Soldiers Die. Greta Truck Accident. West Maitland
Two militiamen who were injured when a military truck carrying 35 men overturned near Greta camp on Sunday, died in Maitland Hospital to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Woman Injured
Stepping from behind a stationary motor lorry in Station-street, Parramatta, early on Sunday morning, Mrs. Elsie May Riley (36), of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Man Drowned in Well Near Home Brisbane
Missed from his home at Brackenridge, Sandgate, during the night, John William Ashburne, 52, married, was found drowned in a well…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Accident at Work
While at work on Friday, George Webb (19), of Trongate-street, Granville, accidentally cut his right hand on a saw-blade. A stitch was inserted at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mr. Mccall, M.P., in Accident. Canberra
Mr. W. V. McCall, M.P., and his wife were in a motor car which overturned while travelling from Sydney to Canberra to-day. Neither was injured, although Mr. McCall was so…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fatal Accidents at Level Crossings
The Minister for Transport, Mr. Bruxner, said in the Legislative Assembly yesterday that the Government was endeavouring in every way possible to reduce the number of fatal…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Soldier Injured
Paul Davis, 20, a despatch rider of the 1st Machine Gun Rgt., C Squadron, in Camp at Walgrove, suffered a probable fracture of the skull yesterday when his…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Many League Men Injured
Injuries will keep several leading Rugby League players out of action on Saturday, when the gala opening day is…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Three Men Drowned. Washed Off Rocks at Wattamolla
Three men, members of a fishing party of four, were drowned when they were washed off the rocks at a point known as The Gulf, between…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Injured Man Violent Refused Treatment After Smash Moss Vale
Severely injured, and with biood streaming down his face and shirtfront, George Sheargold, 33, of Perouse-road, Randwlck, had to be…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Stationary Car Hit Accident Follows Killing of Cow
Shortly after midnight on Friday, 5th inst., a taxi coming from Sydney Knocked down and killed a cow owned by Mr R. Hinton, near Byrne's Bridge,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →MOTORS and Motoring in "Safe" Areas Accidents on the Open Road
ON the evidence of the road accidents figures for the first few months, it is likely that 1940 will go down in history as the year in which…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Strange Accident. Horse's Shoe Hits Car
Flying from the hoof of a passing horse, a horseshoe hit the windscreen of a car and the broken glass gashed a baby's face, last Sunday. Milton…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Two Hurt in Collision
A young woman and a man were injured yesterday when their car and a utility truck collided in Western Road, Eastern Creek…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Injured Man Resists Doctor
MOSS VALE, Thursday.--Dazed in an accident last night, George Shear-gold, 33. Perouse Road, Randwick, struggled with a doctor and ambulance men…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Injured by Lorry, Historian Dies
LONDON, Thursday.--Mr. H. A. L. Fisher, eminent historian and Warden of New College, Oxford, has died at the age of 75…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Girl Injured by Train. Daughter of a Driver
Miss Elsie May Strange, 23, was seriously injured when she was struck by the Canberra-Sydney Diesel train last night, near her home in Cole Street, North Goulburn…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Flying Horseshoe Accident
Flying from the hoof of a passing horse a horseshoe hit the windscreen of a and the broken glass gashed d baby’s face. last Sunday. Milton Percy…
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