Man, Son Drowned When Boat Capsizes
AUCKLAND, Thursday.--A married man and his younger son were drowned, when their home-made Iron boat capsized in Akaroa Harbor today…
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Air Ambulance for Injured Man
The South Coast Waco mail plant was used as an ambulance yesterday, when Mr. Raymond Kingsford a city insurance inspector, who fractured his pelvis in a car…
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LONDON, Thursday.--Sixteen soldiers were thrown to the road when an army lorry skidded in Hampshire. Nine of them are in hospital with…
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Twelve men are missing from the Greek steamer Asteria (3313 tons), which sank in the North Sea…
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CHANGES HIS ALLEGIANCE "Bluey," formerly mascot of the 24 Battalion A.I.F., has now adopted the 211 Battalion (City of Perth regiment), as his unit and is shown leading the march out of Ingleburn camp…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Man Killed by Lightning. Queensland Storms. Three Persons Injured. Brisbane
During storms which swept over the State to-night and to-day, one man was killed by lightning, and three other persons received lightning shocks…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →German Railway Smash. 12 Killed; 20 Injured. LONDON, Jan. l8. (A.A.P.)
Another railway smash is reported from Berlin, in which 12 were killed and 20 injured. A passenger bus and a train came into…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Two Terrific Explosions. Worker Killed. 50 Reported Injured. LONDON, Jan. l8. (A.A.P.)
Two terrific explosions occurred at a factory near London at 10.30 this morning:. It is understood that a number of…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →New Quakes in Turkey. 50 Killed; 160 Injured. ISTANBUL, Jan. l8. (A.A.P.)
Two violent earthquakes are reported from the Nigde district southern Anatolia. It is reported that 50 persons were killed and 160 injured…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →10,000 Cyclists to Be Prosecuted. Traffic Breaches. Police Action Reduces Accidents
At least 10,000 men cyclists are to be prosecuted for traffic breaches. If boy and girl cyclists who have been warned continue to break the regulations, they also will be prose…
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WOLLONGONG, Thursday. -- Two employees at the Port Kembla Steelworks were involved in unusual accidents today…
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LITHGOW, Thursday.--Because of an accident in the State Coal Mine late yesterday, the mine was idle today. Leslie Johnston received probable…
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MOREE, Friday. -- Five people were admitted to Moree Hospital as a result of a head-on collision between a car and a lorry 10 miles south of…
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Four women and two men jumped into the Harbor when their launch came into collision with the…
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Thrown from her horse when it shied in Parramatta-road, Lidcombe, this afternoon, Mono Mitchell (16), of Francis-street, Lidcombe, was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Plane Crash. "Flying Doctor's" Escape. Pilot Slightly Injured. BATHURST
Dr. J. G. Woods, the "Flying Doctor" stationed at Broken Hill, and two companions narrowly escaped death when the A.N.A. plane Yorana crashed…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Amazing Record of An Accidental Wicketkeeper
CHARLIE WALKER, of South Australia, has a record that has not been surpassed by any Australian…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Collision at Surf Carnival
CRASH. Dee Why (left) and N. Steyne boats colliding at Maroubra surf carnival yesterday. The picture at the left shows the damage done to the Dee Why boat…
Continued on Trove, page 29 →Candid Comment Swimming Assn. Drowning Financially
IF it were a case of "sink or swim" in natatorial finance, the N.S.W. Association would drown. With all its 28,000 members, it is about as broke as some of those wife-cheaters who lake the rent out to Randwick. And that should not be…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Linesman Nearly. Drowned on Trip
PERTH, Saturday. -- A P.M.G. linesman sent out on horseback from Warrawagine, near Marble Bar, to repair the telegraph line in the north of the…
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