Soldiers Injured in Lorry Crash
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—A military motor lorry left the road at Upper Colo yesterday and rolled 65 feet down the side of a mountain, injuring…
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Accidents, 1941
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Sequel To Accident Motorists Fined
In the Police Court yesterday morning before Mr. G. Soiling. S.M.. Arthur Henry Bloomfield was charged with having on March 14 driven a motor lorry with…
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NO blame was attachable to anyone for an accident during salvaging operations at the Central mine lease on April 2, which caused the death of Edward Ernest Samson (35). of 226 Wilson Street. South Broken Hill…
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Willie working at the North mine yesterday. John Smith, of Lane Lane, off McCulloch Street suffered lacerations to his head when a falling stone hit him…
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A jury of six returned a verdict of accidental death yesterday morning after hearing the evidence at the inquest into the death of Edward Ernest Samson who was injured at the Central mine last Wednesday and who died last Saturday…
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From injuries received in a traffic accident at Victoria Park. West Australia on Wednesday, Edna Fisher (12), of Basinghall-street, Victoria Park, died…
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SYDNEY, Saturday.—Two drowning tragedies, one at Mona Vale and the other at Curl Curl, marred Good Friday. Swept from rocks at North…
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Mrs. Fobister, of 244 Cornish Street, was admitted to Ward 2 at the Hospital yesterday suffering from injuries sustained in a motor accident…
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Walter Leslie Lively, of [?] Street, while driving a motor cycle collided with a car driven by Frank Bowden, of 644 Lane Lana at the…
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When the motor cycle he was riding came into collision with a motor car driven by Frank Bowden, of 644 Lane Lane, Walter Leslie Liveley was knocked to the…
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When he went into the Medlicott Billabong on Mullacullah Station to retrieve some ducks he had shot, Raymond Joseph Ellis (18), of Gaffney Street, was drowned on Saturday afternoon. Despite frantic efforts by his mates to save him, he…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →300 Horses in Mad Stampede Trooper Shockingly Injured, Dies In Hospital SYDNEY, April 13
Three hundred horses stampeded at Wallgrove Military Camp this afternoon. resulting in a trooper being shockingly injured. About 100 of the terrified…
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TRAGEDY brought an end to a duck shooting expedition near Menindee on Saturday, when Raymond Joseph ("Butch") Ellis (18), of 98…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday. — Angus Starr, six-day cycle race contender at the snorts arena, splintered his shoulder when he crashed heavily, but he…
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Mrs. Skipper, of 195 Oxide Street, is an inmate of the Hospital as a result of a fall a few days ago. Mrs. Skipper was hanging out washing when she slipped…
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As Ivan Cockroft, of Myall, was driving his motor truck across a level crossing at Kerang this morning the engine failed and the truck stopped on the…
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William Cahill. of 466 Thomas Street, trucker at the North Mine, was treated the Hospital yesterday for a lacerated Arthus Johns, of 235 Cornish Street, a…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.—The bodies of George Whiteley (19), and Bernard Seawall (25) were recovered from the Nepean River today. They were seen…
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At the Zinc Corporation mine yesterday Frank Hertzog suffered an injured leg. He was taken in the ambulance to the Hospital, Where he was admitted to…
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Prank Hertzog (55) of 531 Beryl Street, has been admitted to Ward suffering from an injured right foot. William Goudle who was admitted to…
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