Survived Bombs. Died in Accident
Alter surviving the sinking of his ship by Japanese bombs at Darwin, Second Officer-Reginald Forster was killed in road accident on the…
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Accidents, 1942
97 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 2 of 5
The Late Bob Oppy Further Particulars of Accident
The following appeared in the Wagga Daily "Advertiser" of the 9th inst., giving particulars of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Helpers Injured At Local Salvage Operations Paper and Scrap Iron Despatched
Two unfortunate accidents to helpers engaged in the work of carrying out the baling and trucking of salvage for patriotic purposes…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Tex Morton Has Mule and Horse Destroyed In Accident Near Alectown
A valuable horse and mule had to be destroyed near Alectown yesterday afternoon (says Monday's Parkes "Champion-Post"), following a collision…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Mirrool Creek Drowning Fatality
The Coroner (Mr. E. W. Johns) found at the inquest held at the [?] [?] Court House that Sidney Daniel O'Sullivan, on April 13, at Double…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bethungra Accident Mr. C. Shipton Injured
When a truck in Which some men from the railway construction work were travelling collided with a baker's cart just this side Bethungra, the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Burnt to Death Woman in Boarding House 10 Others Injured SYDNEY
A message from Rockhampton states that Mrs. Gwen Stevens, aged 22 years, was burnt to death and ten other people, including three firemen…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fatal Accident. George Jones Dies of Injuries
The death occurred in the local hospital on Friday morning of George Jones, son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Jones, of Warraderry…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →LIEUT. H. DRYDEN Killed in Accident in England
Flight Lieutenant Henry Dryden, formerly of Ungarie, was fatally injured in Yorkshire, (England) recently…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Forbes Boy Killed Cycle Despatch Rider Ray Hurkett Accident Near Tamworth
A locally-born boy, Roy John Hurkett, aged 30, who enlisted from Sydney and served nearly two years abroad, and who passed…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Truck Overturned Passengers Slightly Injured
On Thursday afternoon. Messrs Tom Kennedy and Patrick Kinnane, of West Wyalong, were driving along the Marsden Road, when the truck…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fatality at Cootamundra
Mr. James Wilson, a soldier of the last war, was killed instantly when struck by a train at the Temora Road crossing at Cootamuudra on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Serious Accident To Mr. D. Davies
Mr. Dave Davie's, son of Mr. and Mrs.'John T. Davies. of "Blantarnam" Calleen, met with a very serious accident oil Friday morning last. He…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Foot Almost Severed Serious Accident at Orange Dog Meeting
Mr. Charles Quinlan, of Orange, had his foot almost severed on Saturday when it became entangled in a wire cable at the Orange dog course…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Car Accident Youth Knocked Down at Saleyards Alan Allison Injured
An unfortunate accident occurred about 1.20 p.m. last Friday, when a youth named Alan Allison, the 14-years-old son of Mr. and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Foot Almost Severed Serious Accident at Orange
When a wire cable he was straightening on to a drum operated by the driving wheels of a motor lorry tangled round his right…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Nine Injured in Air Crash
A medium U.S. Army aircraft crashed and was burnt near an airfield in the Melbourne area on Monday. Nine members of the crew were…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Ten Injured in Lorry Crash Near Orange
Ten men were injured when the truck to which they were travelling overturned last Friday night near Orange. Two of the three taken to the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sydney and Newcastle Shelled Attacks by Japanese Submarines One Man Injured—damage to Property Small 14 Shells Fired—"some Were Duds" (By Wire) Sydney, Monday (A.A.P.)
Sydney and Newcastle were shelled by enemy submarines early this morning. A port south of Sydney is also believed to have been shelled…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Killed in Air Accident. L.a.c. "Bill" Butler's Tragic Death. First Local Airman to Make Supreme Sacrifice
A wave of genuine and deep regret swept over the town when the news spread that L.A.C. William Stanley ("Bill") Butler, second son…
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