Son Shoots Father Accidentally
PORT LINCOLN, Monday.—A viaitor to Port Mr. Haren, was accidentally shot in the backe while on a shooting trip on the outskirts…
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Accidents, 1939
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Two Thought Drowned in N.z. Storm
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—A message from Auckland states that another terrific gale is sweeping the Auckland province. Torrential rain is…
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SHOCKING injuries were sustained by a man and woman in an explosion on Wilangee Station early this afternoon. The…
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THE KETCH TRIX tied up alongside the slip at Birkenhead for inspection. The Trix was damaged at Port Adelaide when the freighter Murada, caught by the tide as she was entering No. 1 Dock, drifted on to the ketch, crushing her against the quay…
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Two men were injured in a fall of earth at the British mine last night. They were William John McBride (51), married, of 344 Beryl-street,…
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A SERIES of unusual occurrences is reported from country centres. While a number of council employees were spraying blackberry bushes with…
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A finding of accidental death by drowning was given by the Coroner (Mr. J. F. Cleary) in the Menindee Coroner's Court…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Man Drowned in Lake Struggle With Rescuer Mount Gambiee
After having struggled with a smaller companion who tried to save him, William Norval Aspinall (24), a powerfully built and exceptionally…
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The condition of Thomas Eaton (25), of 191 Beryl-street, who was injured in a fall of earth at the British mine on Friday night was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Stop Press Accident V[?]t[?]m Dies
Sydney.—lack Dyke (30). who has been unconscious in St. Vin[?]cent's Hospital for 38 days as a result of a car accident, died…
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AUCKLAND (N.Z.), February9.— originally believed to have been drowned, a man who failed to answer to the bail upon which he had been…
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SYDNEY, Friday. — A message from Taree states that John L. Street, storekeeper, of Cundletown, was drowned in the Manning River there…
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A finding of accidental drowning was returned by the Coroner (Mr. Collins) at the inquest into the deaath of Leslie Hobba, who…
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WELLINGTON (N.Z.), February 13.—Three men, Thomas Haggerty (48), James Popenhagen (42), and Frank Rask (28), and a boy, Hilary…
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LESLIE HOBBA (20), of 468 Williams-lane, was drowned at the rock holes, Umberumberka, yesterday afternoon while picnicking with a…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—A violent explosion followed quarrel alleged to have broken out in a house in Moreton-street, Concord, on Saturday…
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A YOUNG man has been drowned and train services have been dislocated by further heavy floods in…
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GRAFTON, Monday.— Frank Robbins ard Gordon Kay were killed and 14 other men were injured, two critically, when a…
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A SIX-MONTHS-OLD girl suffered a broken arm and six other persons were injured about 9 p.m. on Saturday when a…
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AFINDING of death from accidental drowning at the Umberumberka rock holes yesterday afternoon, was given by the Coroner (Mr. A. B. Collins) at the inquest this afternoon into the death of Leslie Hobba…
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