Man (72) Drowned in Northern Territory
MT. ISA (Queensland), Saturday. —Hans Zeshwan (76), a well known prospector in the Gulf country was drowned in tragic circumstances in…
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Accidents, 1938
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Young Man Drowned Rescuing Boy
MELBOURNE, Monday.—John Maitland Rolland (26) was drowned in surf at Barwon Heads yesterday when he tried to rescue William Irvin,…
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Dave Williams, St. Peter's wicketkeeper, received treatment at the Hospital this morning for a cut lip sustained at practice at the Broken…
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WELLINGTON (N.Z.), January 26. —William Mills, aged 4 years, who was missed from his parents' farm at Strathford, New Zealand, was…
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Three ships were involved in a collision in Sydney Harbor under Pyrmont Bridge to-day, and half a dozen men on the forecastle of one…
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MELBOURNE, Friday. — After their car had plunged 200ft. from the Aberfeldy-Walhalla-road into a gully, two linesmen employed by the Postal…
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AFTER a retirement of 10 minutes the jury returned a finding of accidental death at the conclusion of the inquest this afternoon into the death of Charles Frederick Hill (29), who was killed in the Barrier South air shaft…
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BRISBANE, Monday.—Two boys were drowned yesterday. Hugh Beverley Pettifer (7) slipped from the steps of a ferry landing into the…
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It was reported to the police this afternoon by James Lennox, of 237 McCulloch-street, that while he was driving a Murton-street bus south…
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Four drowning tragedies occurred in South Queensland yesterday, two being iii the metropolitan area. A father and his daughter lost their…
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After giving a dashing display of jumping over two hurdles at Mentone yesterday, Illuminator, who carried W. Lee, broke a blood vessel,…
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BRISBANE, Tuesday.—Crashing into the rear of a stationary goods train a passenger train twas severely, damaged at Bradshaw's crossing…
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TWO motor cars were damaged, one extensively, and a horse slightly injured, in an unusual accident on the South Hill at 11.30 o'clock last night…
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Mr. W. E. Dobson, of the Freemasons Hotel, returned to Broken Hill by train from Adelaide to-day. With his family he has been on a…
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One of the Royal Air Force flying boats visiting Sydney for the150th anniversary celebrations began to sink at its moorings late last night…
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Two members of the militia forces, one of whom was dead and the other seriously injured, were found lying on the side of the road half a mile…
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Four members of the crew of the Italian steamer Alba (2038 tons) were drowned and two are missing as the result of the capsize of a lifeboat…
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MELBOURNE. Friday.—Block Mac is making improvement from the injuries he received when he fell on the road at Mentone last week, but it will…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—A racing shell with eight oarsmen aboard was cut in two by a speed boat in Double Bay to-day during the filming of the…
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SYDNEY, Saturday.A mun believed to be Stanley Wild (about 52) was found unconscious yesterday beside the railway line at Glenbrook. He…
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