40th DROWNING Green Point Fatality MELBOURNE
Frederick Gilbert, 40, watchmaker, of Landcox-street, East Brighton, was swept out by the undertow and drowned at Green Point, Brighton Beach. A…
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Man Drowned Broken Hill Fatality Broken Hill
Leslie Hobba, 21, a single man, was drowned in a rockhole near Umber Umberka reservoir. When he was missed, Kelvin…
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Jack Lewis Street, aged 41, a member of the firm of Street and Parish, storekeepers, Cundletown, was drowned In' the Manning River…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Killed in Collision Perth
Daniel Hehir, 31, Wembley, was killed when the car in which he was a passenger, collided with a motor truck at Subiaco…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Dogman Injured Sydney
While Jeffery Jeffries, 27, a dogman, was working on a stack of wood at a mill at Balmain to-day, he fell 12 Tent. He was removed to hospital in a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Orama in Collision London, Feb. 12
The damage to the bows of the Orient liner Orama in a collision with a [?] on Friday was of m[?] nature, and repairs were quickly effected, allowing…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Youth Drowned in Queensland Floods Brisbane
Following torrential rains which have swept the coast in the past few days, a youth was drowned in floodwaters at South Johnstone. Train services in the north have been disorganised, and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Unable to Swim Drowned In Brick Pit SYDNEY
Unable to swim, Bruce Haskell, 11, of Morris-st., Merrylands, was drowned on Sunday afternoon when he fell into William's brick pit in Pitt-st.,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Caught in Reeds Man Drowned In Swamp SYDNEY
James Murdoch, 50, was drowned to-day when his legs became entangled in reeds in a swamp at Maroubra Speedway, where he was working…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Two Killed : 14 Injured Lorry Dives in Creek Grafton
Two men lost their lives, while 14 were injured, when a contractor's lorry from Lismore carrying 18 men and a big road tractor, missed the approach to Shark Creek bridge and overturned, falling 10 feet down the creek bank at the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Floods in South Africa 40 People Drowned. (Australian Press Assn. Message.) JOHANNESBURG
Floods have isolated Barberton and drowned 40 persons. A food shortage.is threatened for the whites and a famine lor the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Train Smash in Queensland One Man Killed and Two Seriously Injured
When a passenger train and shunting- engine collided at Bundamba station, near Ipswich, on Friday, one man was killed, two…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Car Somersaults Came To Rest Near Verandah Three Injured Sydney
When a car in which they were travelling collided with a small car at the orner of Terry-street and Belmore-road, South Hurstville, a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Car Somersaults Two Young Men Injured Sequel in Court Singleton
John Arthur Egan, aged 18, was charged with illegally using a car the property of Clifford Ralph Bodges, of Church-street,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fifteen Stitches Inserted In Wounds Assult Story Woman Badly Injured NEWCASTLE
In the Police Court to-day the story was told of an alleged assault by a man on his sister-in-law. Douglas James Shedden (36), labourer, was charged that at Broadmeadow on October 2, 1938, he…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Tragic Drowning at Cundletown Sad Fatality
A tragio drowning fatality occurred at Cundletown, Manning River, on Thursday evening, in which Mr. Jack Street, son of Mr. and Mrs. L. E…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Child Drowned at Timor
"Lilberne," the home of Mr. and Mrs. F. S. Moore, of Upper Timor, was saddened yesterday when their infant son, 18 months old, was…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Drowning Tragedy. Boy Wanders Into Dartbrook
A sad happening occurred late on Thursday evening when John Maxwell Badior, aged 2½ years, and son of Mr. and Mrs. William Badior, of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Two Dead, 14 Injured
Two men were killed and 14 were injured, two critically, when a contractor's lorry from Lismore, currying 18 men and a big road tractor…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Car Hits Bridge. Driver Injured
A car driven by Martin Finn (53) got out of control on Saturday night when the steering wheel failed and struck the iron railing of the bridge…
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