Fatal Parachute Accident a Youth Meets His Death
At Yarram (Vic.) on Sunday afternoon, Mr. S. C. Cathels, who was taking part in a special air pageant, met his death. He had ascended to…
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Accident at Walbundrie
On Thursday last, Leslie Severin, son of Mr. H. Severin, of Walbundrie, was admitted to the Corowa Hospital by the Ambulance, suffering from a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Schoolboy Fatally Injured Melbourne
Fatal injuries were received by Frank Anderson, aged 8£, Of Beach road, Mordialloc, when he was run down and killed by an engine at the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fatal Fall From Cliffs One Man Drowned Sydney
Battling through big seas, Edward Shaw, a Maroubra lifesaver, swam more than 1000 yards to-day in an unsuccessful effort to save the life of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Widow to Get £1250 Husband Lost in Bay Collision Sydney
Myra Lindeman, widow of Daniel Lindeman, ship’s cook, of the Kakariki, which was s[?]k in a colision with the Carradale, in Port Philip Bay in…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Drowned Serving Overseas An Australian Midshipman Minister's Sympathy with Parents Canberra
Advice has been received by the Department of Defence of the reported drowning in St. Tropez Gulf, south of France, of an R.A.N. Midshipman,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Youth for Trial On Manslaughter Charge Friend Fatally Injured in Fight Melbourne
Finding that Frederick Archibald Gibson, aged 18, of Stott st., Croxton, had died in the surgery of Dr. Lear at Preston, on the night of March 7, from…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →King Ghazi of Irak Killed In Motor Accident BAGHDAD, April 4
King Ghazi of Irak died to-day as the result of a motor car accident. The heir to the throne is Emir Feisal, aged three. The king was driving his own…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Boy May Be Injured Internally Thrown From Spring Cart Accident Near Morven
Gordon Brown, aged 3, of Morven, was admitted to Albury District Hospital yesterday by ambulance, suffering from lacerations of the scalp, an…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Speed Limit Areass Fewer Accidents in N .S. W.
Road accidents m built-up areas in New South Wales m which the 30-milean-an hour speed limit applies were reduced last year by 876, compared with…
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Last Easter a man, his wife and two young children were motoring along one of the State highways to bring home for the holidays a daughter who…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motor Cycle and Car Smash Two People Injured SYDNEY
Phyllis Gough (18) and Oscar Whiteman (29), were injured last night, when a motor cycle collided with a car on Western Road…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →King of Iraq Killed in Motor Accident BAGHDAD
Following the death of King Ghazi. of Iraq, last night, as the result of a motor accident, his three-year-old son was proclaimed King Feisal II…
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Last Easter a man, his wife and two young children were motoring along one of the State Highways to bring home for the holidays a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →No Expresses to Albury Last Night and None Out Held Up By Serious Washaway Line Blocked Near Seymour Man Drowned; Hume Highway Impassable
A deluge of rain in Victoria yesterday and on Thursday caused :— Railway services between Albury and Melbourne and Mildura and Melbourne to be dislocated;…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Pretty Girl Killed in Car Accident a Fatal Smash Near Wodonga
A pretty golden-haired girl, Margaret Lacy, aged 23, residing at 21 Davis street, South Yarra, Melbourne, had her neck broken when her car ran off the road 11 miles from Wodonga on Thursday evening. It crashed into the bough of a tree lying on the side of the highway…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Accidentally Shot in Thigh by Girl Melbourne
When a pea-rifle held by a girl companion accidentally discharged at Wildwood to-day, Reginald Hunt, 19, of Leveson st, North Melbourne, was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Fishing Launch Wrecked. Two Men Drowned. AUCKLAND
Louis Murphy (50) and Joan Henrickson (30) were drowned yesterday, when a launch, which was bringing eight men back from an…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →To the Editor Injured Boy and Hospital Treatment
Sir,—I have received a statement from Mr. Lawrence, who, after expressing sympathy on hearing that my son’s eye had been removed, said that…
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