Stop Press 5 Drowned in Queensland Floods
BRISBANE, Saturday.—Five persons were drowned and hundreds of thousands of pounds damage has been caused by terrific floods…
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Accidents, 1942
351 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 2 of 18
Girl's Body in Culvert Death Was Due To Drowning BALLARAT
REPORTED missing from her home at Magpie on Wednesday night. Nancy May King, 10 years 10 months, was found dead yesterday…
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Last Friday at 12 noon Mr. Jack Taylor, son of Mr. T. W. Taylor, Borrona Downs, was the victim of a painful accident when a horse he was riding fell…
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Henry Cook, of 540 Rhodenite Street, timberman at the North, was treated at the Hospital today for a fractured toe…
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ALL mines in New South Wales are working today except the Old Bulli where work was stopped after a fatal accident…
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WHILE returning to their camp at Kudgee Lake on Saturday evening Albert James Frederick Doldissen, of 745 Beryl Street,…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.— Arthur Bridges (16), of Hurstville, and Ronald Bishop (17), of Marrickville, were drowned in George's River, near…
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PORT LINCOLN, Tuesday.—No inquest will be held into the death of Stanley Mitchel Rosewarne, licensee of the Port Lincoln Hotel, who was…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—Peter White (73), who lived in West Street, North Sydney, was drowned in two feet of water at the head of Mosman Bay…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—A serious accident will prevent Mr. Ralph Stewart, Beau Vite's owner, from seeing his champion in action in…
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Alan Thomas, of 417 Morgan Street, was treated at the Hospital today for a lacerated wrist. He is employed at the South mine…
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FOUR people were injured when a motor car overturend on the Stephens Creek road on Sunday night. One of the victims is…
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Quite a spate of accidents from mulga states and splinters have been in evidence during the past fortnight. The request of these occurred to…
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George Creeley was slightly injured at the Cricket Ground today when he fell against a fence during time trials. One of the animals ran into…
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More than 250 men and women, including Yugoslavs, workmates, and members of societies of which he was a member marched in front of the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Traffic Case Fails Sequel To Street Collision
POLICE failed to sustain a traffic charge, when George Thompson (27), of 156 Oxide Street, appeared before Mr…
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AUCKLAND, Tuesday.—A 22-month-old child, whose hands had been tied behind his back by the mother, was drowned during the…
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BRISBANE, Tuesday.—A captain and two lieutenants of the American Army were on the bench with Coroner J. J. Leahy at the inquest on an…
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ALTHOUGH an engine was derailed and two brake vans and a carriage were badly damaged, only three people were injured…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →South Fatality Inquest Jury Finds Miner's Death Was Accidental Victim Was Crushed By Stone Weighing 15 Tons
THE stone that crushed Anton Tatkovich-Hero, miner, at the South mine on March 19, weighed between 10 and 15 tons, according to evidence given at the inquest today…
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