Plane Crash Two Occupants Killed Accident at Richmond. Melbourne
A. R .A .A. F. aircraft crashed five miles north of Richmond, N.S.W., at 4.10 p.m. to-day. It caught fire and was destroyed, Both of the occupants were…
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Accidents, 1940
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Mid- Air Collision Ten U.S.A. Fliers Killed. New York
Ten United States army fliers were killed when two Douglas bombers crashed in hemes in a suburb of New York after colliding in mid- air. One…
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William David D[?]OUX, of Canga, suffered injuries to the chest and pronable fractured ribs as the result of an unusual accident at his home on…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Hundred Bombers First Mass Air Raid on England Fourteen Killed and Sixteen Injured Royal Air Force in Savage Raid Over Germany Oil Refinery, Tanks, Railways Blown Up London
Germany commenced her mass bombing raids on England last night when, for approximately four hours, more than one hundred planes dropped bombs and used machine guns in various parts of East England. Six bombers were brought down and many more failed to reach their bases…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Urunga Fatality Mr. A. G. Tyson Drowned
A very sad drowning fatility occurred at Urunga on Sunday last, when a well-known local man, Mr. Allan George Tyson, was drowned…
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David James Hamolton, laborer, was sentenced to three, years' imprisonment on a charge of manslaughter, at the Supreme Court to- day…
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Many people have said that it seems feeble at this time of war for us to strive for a reduction in road accidents in New South Wales. The…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Nation Now Harnessed for War Effort Second Mass Air Raid Six Killed, Sixty Injured in Britain Four Raiding Planes Brought Down British Bombers Blow Up More Oil Depots in Germany London
Six were killed and sixty injured in the second mass air raid by German bombers over England last night. The raids lasted for five hours in some places. Four German planes were brought down and others were so badly…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bride Injured On Way To Wedding Car Struck a Tree. Brisbane
Miss Emerelta Baker, 20, of Sunnybank, who was on her way to be market, and her father, William John Baker, 62, of the same address, were…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Schoolboy Injured Playing Football
Keith Fowler (12), son of Mr. and Mrs. C. Fowler, of Kelly street, South Grafton, suffered a fractured left thigh when playing football yesterday…
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Mrs. Gertrude Madeline Hoyling, of Alexandria street, Sandgate, via Brisbane, was seriously injured when a car in which she was a passenger…
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Mr. Thomas Barnier (83), of Carrs Creek suffered a fractured right thigh as the result of a fall at his home late yesterday afternoon. He was…
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Many people have said that it seems feeble at this time of war for us to strive for a reduction in road accidents in New South Wales. The saving of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →One Killed Ten Others Injured Trains Collide at Newtown Sydney
One man was fatally injured and 10 other persons --four women, three men, two boys and girl --were hurt to- day, when two electric trains and a goods…
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On Saturday morning last, Mr. Joe Christopherson of Bostobrick was driving his mother's car (a Ford V-8) at Cremorne, Sydney, having two…
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Miss Mary Doreen Lewis (19), of McKay sheet, South Grafton, sustained a contused wound to the head, abrasions to both hands and knees and shock,…
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Mr. William Henry Randall, a wellknown resident of the Nana Glen district tor many years past, was killed in a sulky accident at Nana Glen…
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A collision occurred between two motor vehicles in Prince street, Grafton, about 10 a.m. yesterday. The vehicles were only slightly damaged…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Copmanhurst Mishap Women in Collision
Two cars and a bicycle, all carrying women, collided yesterday about three miles out of Copmanhurst, The drivers of the cars, Mrs. Cane and Mrs. Nope,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mill Accident Man Suffers Fractured Leg
An employee at the Briggsvale mill, Clarence John (Jack) Hyatt, aged 28, was accidentally injured while at work on Monday last…
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