Soldier Killed in Car Smash. Militiaman Critically Injured
Staff Sergeant-Major Eric Alphonsus Coorey. 32. of the Second A.I.F., was fatally injured, and Thomas Innes, 32, a militiaman, of Robert Street,…
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Injured in Fall From Wire Crashed 20 Feet After Slight Shock Mate's Rescue
HIGH-TENSION linesman Gordon Archer, 22, of Rees Avenue, Canterbury, a railway employee, yesterday crashed 20ft. from power lines leading to the Warragamba Dam…
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On Friday, Ron Medcalf (13), of Sidney Street. St. Marys, suffered a fractured wound in the abdomen and abrasions when he struck a stump…
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Miss Thelma Lilian Andrew, aged 35 years, of Australia Street, Hurstville, who was injured in a motor car accident at Kiama on December 23,…
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Six persons were injured when a delivery truck in which they were riding came into collision with a car at the corner of Salter Street and Manning Road, Gladesville, last…
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L. Fell, apprentice jockey, may be out of action for some time owing to an injured back. He complained that his back was…
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Twenty people were injured today when two electric trains collided at Stretford Station, near Manchester…
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George Harold Burns, 44, pensioner, of Glassop Street, Bankstown, was critically injured yesterday when he fell from a moving train near…
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A man was critically injured yesterday when he fell from a fast-moving train between Bankstown and Punchbowl railway stations…
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A man under arrest was admitted to St. Vincent's Hospital yesterday, with injuries lo the head. His bed is under police guard. It was stated that he was injured when he fell…
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Fifty people were injured last night when a lift crashed 80 feet in pitch darkness at Hamilton Square Railway Station. The lift was filled with shipyard workers,…
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OVER the Christmas holidays I did a good bit of driving, having one trip a fair way out into the country, and spending the remainder of the time on the more popular routes a few miles out of Sydney…
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Lothrop Stoddard, the famous American author, has obtained from the German Minister for Propaganda…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Accident at Miranda. Car Skids 170 Yards
Any one viewing a taxi-cab on the Port Hacking Road, near Bellingarra Rd., Miranda last Sunday morning, would have marvelled…
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An accident that might easily have had more serious consequences occurred on the Kingsway, near Kurnell Road, on Saturday…
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When his motor cycle skidded in turning a corner and crashed into the back of a car in Concord-road, Rhodes, at noon to-day, Richard…
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George Harold Burns, 44, a pensioner, of Glassop St., Bankstown, who was critically injured when he fell from a train at Bankstown on…
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CAIRNS, Friday.--Falling into the Johnstone River, badly injured by an explosion, Francesco Spoto, cane farmer, of Narada, was drowned today in sight…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Death of Mrs. Tonking. Result of Accident. Coroner's Finding. by Our Special Reporter. Orange
The death on December 24 of Mrs. Mary Agnes Tonking, wife of the Chief Secretary, was caused by a gunshot wound accidentally inflicted by herself…
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"I REGRET that a section of the Press has published statements which created a wrong impression in the public mind." The Coroner, Mr. George Thompson, said…
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