Cyclist Injured
Alan Brown (15), of Park-road, Naremburn, suffered a compound fracture of the skull to-day when his bicycle and a car collided on Pacific…
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One of Drowned Trio Is Found
Police to-day recovered the body of one of the three men who were washed off the rocks at The Gulf, between Wattamolla and Garle…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Worker Has One Of Two Choices Case Of Injured Man Who Didn't Know This Law Defeats Employer
WHEN a workman is injured at his work he is entitled to receive compensation from his employer under the Workers'…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Injured in Collision
When two cars collided at the corner of Cleveland and Abercrombie streets, Chippendale, last night, Alexander White, 24, of Wilson-street,…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Nazis Fired on Drowning Men at Narvik London
Shrapnel fired from German cruisers rained mercilessly on members of the crew of H.M.S. Hardy while they struggled in icy cold water after their ship had run aground while leading…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Jolly Boy Injured Melbourne
Jolly Boy, who broke down and was pulled up during the running of the Mia Mia Hurdle at Moonee Valley to-day, was in a bad way after the race…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →Car, Van Crash on Bend One Killed, Six Injured Goulburn
Flung from a car when it collided with a motor van this afternoon. Stanley Shuttleworth, 21, of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fall Over Cliff. Man Seriously Injured
Leo Gardiner, 19, of Glen Ormond Street, Abbotsford, sustained a fractined leg, a broken jaw, and extensive abrasions through falling 15 feet down a cliff at Queenscliff…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →One Killed On Roads, 6 Injured
A child was killed and six other persons were injured in New South Wales road accidents yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Both Captains to Blame Court's Finding On Harbor Collision
The Commonwealth Marine Court to-day blamed both captains of a Union freighter and a Blue Star liner for a collision near the Harbor Bridge…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Plucky Attempt at Rescue Fails. Youth Drowned. MELBOURNE
Norman Gilley, 14½, of North Melbourne, did not abandon his attempt to rescue Lidro Riggio, 15, from drowning in the Maribyrnong River, Footscray, until he was seized by the…
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The Commonwealth Court of Marine Inquiry, in a reserved decision delivered yesterday, found that the Union Company's freighter and a Blue Star liner were both to blame…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Tennis Star Injured
BRISBANE, Monday.--Davis Cup star John Bromwich was injured near Killarney (Qld.) to-day when a car in which he was travelling crashed into a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Captains Blamed For Harbor Collision
Blame for a collision between two ships in Sydney Harbor on March 7 was placed on the ships' masters and a pilot by the Commonwealth Court…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Injured Bricklayer Lowered In Barrow
A bricklayer was lowered 30 feet in a wheelbarrow yesterday from a building on which he had been injured. He was Frederick O'Grady, 19,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bromwich Injured in Crash Brisbane
Tennis champion John Bromwich suffered slight concussion, injuries to the face, and a bruised knee…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Rugby Winger. J. Gray-Spence Again Breaks Hand. C. G. Stone Also Injured
An X-ray photograph yesterday disclosed that J. Gray-Spence, the Randwick and representative Rugby Union winger, had broken a bone in…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →J. Bromwich Hurt. Car Accident. Three Stitches in Chin. Will Miss Queensland Championships
The Davis Cup player, John Bromwich, received injuries to the face when a motor car, which he was driving, clashed into a tree near…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Military Motor Accidents. to the Editor of the Herald
Sir,—Accidents will continue to happen to military lorries until those in charge, not of the lorry, but of the service, reason the matter out for themselves…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Speedway Driver Injured
Ray Alexandar, 24, of Queen street. North Strathfield, was injured at Penrith Speedway yesterday, when he was flung from a racing car which skidded…
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