Bus Accidents
INCREASING number of bus accidents in Sydney and suburbs is one of the reasons why the Road Safety…
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Three Injured in Crash
Three men were injured when a lorry skidded and crashed into a gatekeeper's box at Walsh Bay yesterday. They were John Swinbourne, 58,…
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A heavy gale, reaching nearly 50 mph early today, and accompanied by nearly four inches of drenching rain, battered Sydney at the week-end…
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Ken Banks, Western Suburbs (Newcastle) hooker, sustained concussion when he scored the winning try against South Sydney at Erskineville yesterday. Western Suburbs won by 10…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Queer Car Accident Motorists' Charmed Lives In Freak Smash
A car shot off the road early yesterday morning, somersaulted over a 12-foot embankment, and stopped upside down against a house without seriously injuring either of its occupants…
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Four children and their mother were drowned yesterday during the height of the flood near Casino, where nearly…
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WILLIAM JOHN COLLINS (54), Sutherland St., Auburn, was found lying seriously injured beside a bicycle in Parramatta Rd., Lidcombe,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A Was Hurt in Motor Collision
A man and four women, including three Awas, were injured when a car and a military truck collided in Parramatta Road, Fivedock, last night…
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An operation lasting three hours to graft skin on the left leg of nine-years-old Phillip Holmes. Hampden Rd., Five…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Big Seas Smash Ffrry Four Injured: Service Stopped Ruin at Collaroy
TREMENDOUS seas and a 50-mile gale, which have been lashing the coast and harbor today, have caused the suspension of the Manly ferry service, and are seriously threatening several homes at Collaroy…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →MOTHER, 4 Children Drowned at Casino Lismore Cut Off By Floods, Planes Will Drop Supplies
A mother and her four children were drowned near Casino yesterday when a boat capsized as they were being rowed from their flooded home. From Murwillumbah (20 inches of rain since Thursday) and Lismore (16…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →[?]an's Attack Causes Police Car Accident
When a handcuffed prisoner yesterday attacked two policemen in a car [?]erved and knocked down a woman. [?]he is Miss Florence Allan, 60, of…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Accident in the Rain
MRS. B. C. HOYLE (59), of Arden St., Coogee, fractured her left leg when she ran into the back of a taxi near her home today…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Tram Collision in Tunnel Seven Injured
A tram-driver and six passengers were injured yesterday afternoon when a tram ran into the rear of another in the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Student Drowned Off Manly Rocks
A theological student was drowned yesterday when he was washed off rocks at Manly, and a baby was drowned, in floods at Grafton. These fatalities brought the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Toll Of Life In City's Storm 6 Dead, 19 Injured In Accidents
Numbers of deaths and accidents caused by the the storm in Sydney now stand at six dead and 19…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sydney and Suburbs Lashed by Gales Student Drowned At Manly; Traffic Disorganised
Sydney and suburbs were whipped by incessant rain all day yesterday and there were many accidents, some fatal, in slippery city streets. At Manly, Bruno Bana, 22, theological student, was swept out to sea and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Out for Rest of Season Two St. George R.L. Forwards Injured
J. McPherson and Alisfair Clarke, St. George Rugby League second row forwards, will not play again this season. They have injured cartilages that will have to be…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →Popular Lineman Injured
Well known Fairfield Council linesman. Mr. Harry Martin, of 44 Wrentmore St. Fairfield, was [?] last Saturday morning. He was carrying out repairs to…
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THE driver, fireman, and 20 passengers were injured when the Riverina Express, bound for Sydney, jumped the Sines and tore up 350 feet of the track, the engine and tender tumbling on its side, two miles from Tahmoor (near Picton) at 7.42 last night…
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