Human Element Accidents in Air Force N.Z. Experience Wellington (N.z.)
According to Wing-Commander J. Crocker, R.A.F. no fatal accident has occurred in the Royal New Zealand Air Force as the result of mechanical…
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Leg Pinned Against Gate Peculiar Accident to Motorist
A traveller in the Wybong district when a strong wind blew his car some distance pinning his leg against a gate…
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Scalped when he was thrown under the tyres of a combine machine he was working at Dilladerry, obley Road, near Dubbo, Harry New, 50, a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Naval Men Drowned In Pinnace Accident SYDNEY
As a result of a motor-boat accident three seamen were drowned while on service at an Australian port last night…
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A man was drowned at a suburban swimming baths and a boy lost his life in the Nepean River on Sunday. Many surferers were rescued at…
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Len Matthews, 4, of Prince-street, Bellbird, a miner employed at Pelton colllery received lacerations to the left [?] when he was struck by a…
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When a motor lorry overturned in Carring-ton-street, Carramar, yesterday afternoon, one girl was killed and three injured. The driver was…
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Many Australian during 1940 were victims of strange accidents. The following are a few taken from newspaper records:—…
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Albert Saunders, 32, of Aberdare-road, Cessnock, received a probable fractured skull when he was jammed between two…
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Robert Lawson, 4, of Belmont, who was Injured at Marks Point on Monday died in Newcastle Hospital yesterday. The child was running across…
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When a pinnace from the sloop Lismore foundered a quarter of a mile from the jetty in an Australian port at 12.20 a.m. on Monday, ten ratings…
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One girl was killed and three others were injured1 when a lorry overturned in Carrington Street, Carramar, on Monday afternoon. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →R.a.a.f. Planes Collide Airman Killed, One Injured and Two Land Safely
One airman was killed, another was injured, and two landed safely by parachute when two Air Force advanced training…
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Figures released by the Commissioner for Road Transport (Mr. C. N. Neale), show that there was a decreate of 14.9 per cent in the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Four Killed R.A.A.F. Planes in Collision Amberley ’Drome Brisbane
Four Air Force trainees were killed when two planes collided at Amberley aerodrome, Those killed were Flying-Officer F…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Accidental Death Miner Struck By Stone Kurri Inquest Kurri Kurri
A verdict of accidental death, due to injuries received when struck by a fell of stone at Richmond main Colliery on February…
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Those killed in the collision at Amberley were:—Flying-Officer P. A. Black, 24, single, of South Australia…
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When a lorry was involved in a collision at Hamilton last night a woman and a child were Injured. They were passengers on the lorry…
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A motor cycle, ridden by Arthur Berrigan (27), of Denman, and a motor car, driven by F. Carter, of Muswellbrook, collided head-on at 11.30 p.m…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Merriwa and District News (Reprinted from "The Merriwa and Ca [?]silis News.") Accidentally Drowned. Late Albert Arthur Pittman
At the inquiry at the Merriwa Court House on Wednesday afternoon of last week, touching the death of Albert Arthur Pittman, the Coroner (Mr. J. R…
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