Painful Accident
Mr. Tom Thompson, of "Orange Grove," had the misfortune to run[?] splinter of wood into his leg yesterday. He suffered much pain and was…
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Germans Boast That They Will Destroy London Fate of Warsaw Quoted Aerial Blitzkrieg Is Continued Several Drowned When Water Main Bursts Cheers for Russian Envoy Tours Shelters With Wife LONDON, October 12
German boasting reached a new high level to-day when the Berlin radio “warned” that London had the same choice as Warsaw and Paris—capitulation or annihilation. It was claimed that the Battle for London,…
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Private Ronald Harold Luscombe, aged 21, a member of the 2/23rd Battalion, who was admitted to Albury District Hospital early on Friday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →[?]Om Mix Dead [?] Car Accident [?] (Arizona), Oct. 12
[?] hero of thousands of [?] silent film days, and [?] greatest stares in western [?] result of a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coreen Farmer Injured
Mr. Jack Kingston junior, of Coreen suffered a painful accident yesterday morning shortly before midday which necessitated his removal to the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Accident Victim Dies
Albury Coroner has been notified that the death occurred in the District Hospital yesterday morning of VX42,805 Pte. Ronald Harold Luscombe, a 21…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →[?]Eath of Mr. Neil McDERMOTT [?]Result of Car Accident
[?] Deep regret was expressed in Den [?] yesterday when it was learned [?] Mr. Neil McDermott, formerly a [?] away at 7 a.m. in the Cobar…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Tragic Sequel to Accident at Trucking Yards
Following an accident at the Deniliquin railway trucking yards on Sunday evening, the death occurred suddenly in the Deniliquin…
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A Wodonga hire car and a drover’s van in which was harnessed two mules collided at the corner of Dean and Townsend streets late yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Italian Fisherman Drowned Melbourne
One of a party of three Italians who were returning from a fishing trap, was drowned when their motor best capsized near Mordialloc pier late…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Lad Drowned in Lagoon Sydney
William Jory. aged 14, of Manly, was drowned in a lagoon in the district park at North Manly this afternoon. Although it was only a…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Rail Shunter Injured
Mr. Ivan Stick, of Deniliquin railway station staff, sustained a painful injury to his left side yesterday while engaged in shunting operations in the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fatal Motor Accident Death of Mr. Claude Taylor
Mr. Claude Hamilton Taylor, aged 55 years, was killed in a motor accident the Hume Highway three miles on the Wangaratta side of Seymour…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →400 Drowned Barcelona. Oct. 19
Four hundred people are already known to have been drowned in floods in Spain. Great areas of Gerona province are like an inland sea…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Items of News Little Child Drowned
Harley Merchant the 22 months old son of Mr. Digh Merchant, of Yanco, was drowned in a tank near his home on Saturday. He was playing with…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Melbourne Week-end Accidents Melbourne
Receiving a fractured skull when the car he was driving overturned at the corner of Woodlands road and Carnarvon street. Essendon, about 7 p.m…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →El Golea Badly Injured Melbourne
As a result of a cut he received on his hind leg while running in the Caulfield Cup on Saturday, El Golea will not run again at any of the spring…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Level Crossing Accidents a Train Always Has the Right of Way
There were 51 level crossing accidents during the year ended June 30, 1940. In the previous year there were many more, and in the present year…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Peculiar Air Accident Kills Six Marianna (Arkansas), Oct. 21
The pilot and four passengers were killed when the pilot tried to catch an exhibition parachutist, but collided with and killed him. The machine then…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →R.a.a.f. Officer Injured
Injured when his motor cycle skidded on loose gravel-and-crashed against a concrete guide post, on the Edward street extension, Wagga, Sergeant Lyle…
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