Killed Accidentally by Gunshot
Adelaide, January 18. — While gear was being unpacked after a shooting excursion at Minlacowle Beach late yesterday a gun accidentally dicharged…
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Accidents, 1949
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Accident Affects Man's Voice
Melbourne.—A motor cyclist injured in a collision with a truck at Bacchus Marsh is in danger of losing his voice…
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New York, January 20.—Ten seamen were killed and 19 injured when the coastguard cutter Eastwood and the 10,000 ton tanker. Gulfstream collided…
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Rains in the West can sometimes prove a mixed blessing, and Mr. C R. Finah of Cawnalmurtee Station, agreed it was so when some of his lambing ewes were trapped in flooded country and the floods drowned 500 young lambs. The ewes escaped…
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M. Dixon, of 21 Argent Street, an employee of Hutcherson Bros., was allowed to go home after treatment for a strained back yesterday…
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The following freak accidents are listed by the United States National Safety Council:-Edward Taylor, of Matewan,…
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Melbourne.—Two brothers, professional fishermen, are believed to have been drowned when their boat, the Lynette Mav. capsized…
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Sydney.—A pedestrian was killed and a motor cyclist and pillion passenger were seriously injured in an accident at Bringelly, near…
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M. McCarthy (South) suffered a bruised left foot at work yesterday. After Hospital treatment he went home to 95 Wyman Street…
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A. J. Schuster, of Zinc Corporation, was taken lo a doctor's surgery and the Hospital today suffering from a confused wound on…
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Sydney.—William Michael Kelly (34), coal trimmer, was drowned early on Saturday when he dived into the harbor to rescue his sister. His sister (Mrs. Edith Cooper, of Naremburn) was rescued…
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Tamworth, January 23. — Fourteen shotgun pellets ricocheting from water punctured the legs and body of a boy in a shooting accident at Nundle…
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On Saturday morning at 11 o'clock, a collision occurred at the intersection of Brazil and Lane Streets between a car driven by L. F. Millard. 632 Chapple…
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MB. PHIL O'GRADY. 61, linesman, of Pelham Street, Ethelton (S.A.) was killed at Portland when a pole-erector…
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Keith Knill, of 577 Beryl Street, was admitted to the Hospital on Saturday at 5.15 p.m. after a motor cycle accident…
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MR. PHILLIP HARTMANN MADGE, 34, of Walkerville, S.A. (right) was drowned when a speedboat everturned on…
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Sydney, January 24.—A report on the action on 20-year-old lifesaver, Re[?] Trew, of Newcastle, who yesterday risked his life to save his mate from a…
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Eric Tonkin (North) was trailed at the Hospital for a foreign body in the right eye. After treatment he was taken home to 496 Crystal street…
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A slight collision occurred in Argent Street at 5.15 p.m. yesterday between a car driven by Arthur Slee, 69 Hill Street, and E. M. Strempel. These was…
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J. Francis (North mine) was treated for a lacerated right forearm and taken home to 104 Wicks Street…
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