Veteran Pilot Accidentally Killed Somewhere in Aust. March 8
Veteran Baufighter Pilot-credited with six enemy aircraft shot down in actual combat and two damaged and as many strafed on the ground, Squadron-Leader…
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Accidents, 1944
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Mine Accidents
At the Zinc Corporation yesterday V. Manyola, of 46 Crystal Street, suffered a probable fracture of the toes of the left fact, and Albert Uren, of 120 Wills…
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Edward Harford, of 229 Thomas Street, a miner at the South, was treated at the Hospital today for injuries to the ribs…
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F. R. Brealey, of 617 Argent Street, suffered a bruised leg and ankle at the North mine yesterday. After an X-ray at the Hospital he was taken…
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At the South Mine yesterday Edward Harford, of 229 Thomas Street, a miner, suffered injuries to the ribs. Arthur Hall, of 374 Hebbard Street, a…
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ADELAIDE. â A 13-months-old baby was drowned in a fishpond at the home of his grandparents at Unley late yesterday. The child was…
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BRISBANE.—An AIF soldier. Sapper G. Fildes, was shot dead and Mrs. Francis Josephine Lynch critically injured in a house at Toowong…
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J. A. Carnle, of 179 Ryan street, a miner at the Zinc, was treated at the hospital yesterday for an injured foot…
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Richard Mayne, 405 Lane Street, an employee of the City Council Electricity Department, fell from an electric light pole at the corner of Oxide…
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The director of the Commonwealth Salvage Board, Captam J. P. Williams, who is an expert on sea recovery work, has been seriously injured in an…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →3,400 Guinea Colt With Injured Hock MELBOURNE, March 15
A veterinary report by Mr. H. Rudduck on the Lawmaker-Belie Gallante colt sold last week for 3,420 guineas at the yearling sales revealed a serious injury to the…
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Valentine Paterson (41). an electrician, was working on a post at the Crystal Street Station today when it crashed and he fell to the…
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WASHINGTON, March 16.—A joint Army and Navy statement today revealed that 23 American transport planes were accidentally shot down by American naval gunners in the Sicilian campaign. 400 soldiers were lost…
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SYDNEY,—Police Sergeant Edward McCrohnn, 65, was run down by an electric train near Hurlstone railway station last night and killed…
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Valentine Paterson (41). an electrician, was working at the Crystal Street Station yesterday on a post when it crashed and he felt to the ground. He…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →One Killed, Two Injured In Brawl SYDNEY, March 17
One man was killed and two others injured in a disturbance in winch a k[?] was drawn in Leichhardt tonight. The man killed was Francis Rev[?] (38)…
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S. J. A. Thomas, a miner at the Zinc Corporation, his left ankle when his foot become caught in points. He was given attention at the Hospital and…
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Two accident cases were attended by the Citizens' Ambulance over the week-end. On Saturday afternoon the…
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The mines' ambulance received three calls today, two to the South mine and one to the Zinc Corporation. At 9.45 o'clock H. P. Aitken, laborer…
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R. J. Vincent, niter being treated for a foreign body which entered his eye when working at the South Mine was taken to his home at 215 Pell Street…
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