River Mystery Rifle Wired to Body Murder, Accident or Suicide
The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 28 June 1938 · page 1
The body of an unknown mad aged from 60 to 65 years, was found in the Murray River on Saturday afternoon, about one mile from Tocumwal. INSPECTOR KEMP, of Deniliquin,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Injured Farmer’s Ordeal Lay on Side of Road in Bitter Cold Night Casino
Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 29 June 1938 · page 4
Suffering from exposure, a broken nose, and severe injuries to the back and shoulders, P. J. Baker, 52, a farmer, of North Casino, was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Accidently Shot His Brother Dead Sydney
Border Morning Mail · Thursday 30 June 1938 · page 2
While cleaning a rifle, preparatory to attending military drill on April 28, William Athol Ingram, 16, of Harboard, accidentally shot dead his brother…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Airman’s Fatal Crash Coroner Finds Death Accidental Melbourne
Border Morning Mail · Thursday 30 June 1938 · page 1
At the inquest to-day into the death of Flying-Officer Andrew Fisher [?] 25. of the Royal Australian Air Force, stationed at Point Cooke who…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Tragic Week-end Motoring Accidents and Fatalities Woman Killed; Child Injured
The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 1 July 1938 · page 15
Mrs. Florence Jane Brunnell, 34 years, Narrabeen, was killed last Saturday night when she was thrown from a motor lorry when it collided with a…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Crashed Into Light Standard Four Persons Seriously Injured
The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 1 July 1938 · page 15
Four people were seriously injured when a car crashed into an electric light standard after skidding on the Pacific Highway at Turramurra,…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Struck by a Tram. Man Shockingly Injured. SYDNEY
The Riverine Grazier · Friday 1 July 1938 · page 3
Struck by a tram in Miller Street, North Sydney, last night, Ernest Foote was shockingly injured, and later had both his legs amputated…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Australian Girl Killed in Car Smash in America Manly Girl Injured New York
The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 1 July 1938 · page 4
Miss Patricia Tebbutt, aged 19 years, of Manly (N.S.W.), is suffering from shock, cuts, and bruises as the result of a motor-car accident near…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Hand Unearthed by Dogs Amputated in Accident "Mystery" Solved
The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 1 July 1938 · page 39
There was a sensation at East Burwood (Vic.) at the week-end when a human right hand was carried to a farmhouse by pet dogs, which were…
Continued on Trove, page 39 →Two Accidents
The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 1 July 1938 · page 9
Mr. and Mrs. Cheshire, of Burrowye, Upper Murray, and their young son had a remarkable escape when a car in which they…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Fearful Accident. Man Falls Into Boiling Water. SYDNEY
The Riverine Grazier · Friday 1 July 1938 · page 1
Edward Oxley (29) suffered excruciating agony last night when he fell into a vat of boiling water at the Australian Paper Mills, Botany. Two…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Tol of the Road Fewer Accidents in N.S.W. For five Months’ Period SYDNEY
Border Morning Mail · Friday 1 July 1938 · page 1
Deaths from road accidents in built [?]p areas in Sydney, New castle and country districts daring the [?] months, January to May,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Another Accident Three Fall Into Hole
The Pastoral Times · Friday 1 July 1938 · page 1
IN a paragraph in Tuesday’s issue we directed attention to a minor accident in which a young man fell into a sewerage trench where the filling-in had…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →227,000 Houses Flooded in Tokio: 134 Drowned Tokio, July 1
Border Morning Mail · Saturday 2 July 1938 · page 1
It is estimated that 225 houses were destroyed, while 227,000 were flooded as the result of abnormal rains-experienced in the Tokio area. In…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Players Injured in Saturday’s Games
Border Morning Mail · Monday 4 July 1938 · page 2
E. Ward, star Wangaratta footballer, who was seriously injured last year in a match against Albury, was forced to retire from the held in the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Home-made Bomb Explodes Man Badly Injured. Sydney
Border Morning Mail · Monday 4 July 1938 · page 5
While Russell Knaggs, 21, milkman, of Bankstown, was making a homemade bomb at his home yesterday, it exploded, a piece of steel piercing his…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Man Fatally Injured Struck by Car Outside Home. Melbourne
Border Morning Mail · Monday 4 July 1938 · page 4
Knocked down by a taxi while crossing the road near his home early to-night, Walter Mohr, 159, of 27 Milford street, St Kilda, sustained…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sinking Ship Beached Tug’s Race Against Time. Collision Near Newcastle. SYDNEY
Border Morning Mail · Monday 4 July 1938 · page 5
In a collision with the British freighter, Perthshire, shortly after 6 a.m, to-day, the interstate steamer Adelong was badly holed near…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Truck Kills Woman Nurse Critically Injured. Safety Zone Smash. Melbourne
Border Morning Mail · Monday 4 July 1938 · page 8
A woman was killed and two others injured late last night when a small truck, travelling at high speed, ran through the safety gone…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Restford Injured Melbourne
Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 5 July 1938 · page 6
Restford had his near front leg stripped from the knee during the running of the G.N, Hurdle on Saturday and was very sore this mornings Kokc King…
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