Accidents of the Week. Motor Cycle in Flames
Last Saturday afternoon a motor cycle, being ridden by Richard Hollis, of Leichhardt, along Princes Highway, Rockdale, suddenly burst into…
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Manslaughter Charge Sequel to Fairfield Accident
At Liverpool on Friday, the Coroner, Mr. Poolman, conducted an inquiry into the death of Miss Dorothy Elizabeth Walker, who was killed in a motor lorry…
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MELBOURNE, Friday.--After a collision a car had travelled a quarter of a mile and crashed into a sea wall, a witness said at South Melbourne Court…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Bob Pearce Injured in Wrestle Montreal
Bobby Pearce, world professional sculling champion, had a leg broken last night in a wrestling match against…
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THERE are no prizes; but how did the 53rd Battalion, A.I.F., get the title "Whale Oil Guards"? During Somme 1 (1916) whale…
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EVENTS leading up to the death of Winifred Pretoria O'Brien, vivacious and popular 30-year-old boarding house keeper and member of a pioneer…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →One Killed, Three Injured. Accident at Artillery Practice. MELBOURNE
One man was killed, and three others were seriously injured in an accident during artillery practice at Puckapunyal on Thursday afternoon…
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Boy Scouts belonging to the Flemington troop gave valuable aid to the police and ambulance men yesterday afternoon, when they assisted in…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Bobby Pearce Injured. Leg Broken in Wrestling Match. Hamilton (Ont.), March 28. (A.A.P.)
Bobby Pearce, the world's professional sculling champion, is in hospital suffering from a broken leg, the result of a professional wrestling match against Wallace Musovich, of Chicago, last night…
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Albert Charles Williams, 25, of Millett Street, Hurstville, was injured yesterday when thrown from his bicycle after it had struck a hole in the road…
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When an automatic rifle which her husband was cleaning exploded accidentally Mrs. Lorna Cole, 27, who was preparing a meal, was shot…
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MELBOURNE, Monday.--Two men were killed instantly in a head-on collision and a retired teacher and a girl teacher died in hospital today from…
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Momentarily blinded by gravel thrown up by a passing car while she was riding her bicycle from Berry-street, Clyde, into Sydney-road on Monday, Mrs. Amelia…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Drowning Boy Rescued in Parramatta Park
"snowy" Graham, well known in parramatta, saved a boy from a watery grave in Parramatta Park on Sunday. It happened opposite the pavilion…
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Albert Charles Williams, 25 of Millett Street, Hurstville, was injured on Monday, when he was thrown from his bicycle after it had struck…
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In Penrith Email Debts Court on Thursday, Lan McNaught, of Dover Read, Rose Bay, proceeded against V. C. Barnes, of Cudal, claiming £30 for…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Child Drowned in Well. Youth's Plucky Rescue Efforts
Cecil Fitzgerald, 17, of Berowra Creek Road, Berowra, showed great courage yesterday afternoon when he dived several times into a well in a…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Virginia Woolf Presumed Drowned. London, April 3. (A.A.P.)
Mrs. Virginia Woolf, the novelist, and youngest daughter of the late Sir Leslie Stephen, who has been missing since March 28, is now presumed to have been drowned…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Mr. Mutch, M.l.a., Injured
Mr. Mutch, M.L.A., was hurt in a tram accident at Coogee last night. He nose was broken, his forehead was bruised, and a shoulder slightly hurt…
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The crew of a large merchant ship which has reached an eastern Canadian port with her hull pierced below the water-line, told to-day of a race…
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