N.Z. Minesweeper Sunk Five Men Drowned Auckland (N.z.)
The sinking of H.M. Minesweeper Puriri (927 tons) with the loss of five lives when she struck a mine is announced by the Acting Prime…
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Fire Follows Collision Woman Dead; Man Has Leg Blown Off MELBOURNE
A disastrous accident which caused a terrific blaze In a c[?]ntry garage and resulted In the death of a woman and Injuries to six men, occurred at…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Child Drowned in Drum of Water Broken Hill
Brian McKenzie, aged 20 months was drowned in a petrol drum which was full of water, while playing to-day in the yard of his grandmother’s home…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fatal Accident at Newtown
On Saturday afternoon Mr. Angu[?] Sutherland met with a fatal accident at the entrance of the lane to his home at Newtown. He was returning from…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →[?] an Injured [?] Odrome
[?]to remove a truck worm water drain in which it [?] lodged, Mr. E. Beechie had [?] to injure a muscle in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Injured Cyclists Die in Hospital Melbourne
Two cyclists who had been] injured [?] [?] died at the Alfred Hospital to-day. They were: Frank Torner aged 17 of Me[?] [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A.I.F. Injured Men Return Victims of "Bomb Shock" SYDNEY
Twenty-three A.I.F. men who were wounded in German air raids over Britain, have returned to Australia. Some of them had been…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Strange Accident
On Saturday night Mr. Victor Nelson left his horse tied up at the Globe Hotel, Corowa, while he made a call in Wahgunyah. On returning to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Accident at High School
Yesterday afternoon, whilst riding a bicycle at the Corowa High School, John Mahoney, son of Mr. E. V. Mahoney, of Corowa, fell heavily to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Road Accidents Pile Up Again
(Issued by the Road Safety Council) Seven persons are known to have been killed and scores injured in road accidents in New South Wales during…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Items of News Collision at Balldale
A collision between a motor truck and a bicycle occurred neat- the railway station at Balldale on Monday afternoon. The truck was owned and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Dewhurst Badly Injured Melbourne
The light weight ionkey, Arthur Dew horse was scriously injured when Midos fell with him about a furlong after the slart of the first division of the Dar[?]…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Road Accidents Decline (Issued by the Road Safety Council of New South Wales)
In the first quarter of 1941 road accidents in country towns and rural areas declined by 24.2 per cent. from 578 in the first three…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Injured Canines
A VISITOR told me the other day that Albury was remarkable for the large numbers of bicycles and lame dogs seen about the streets. I knew…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →N.Z. Premier in Accident in Cairo Wellington (N.z.)
According to a report received from Cairo, the Prime Minister of New Zealand (Mr. Fraser) was involved in a bus accident but was uni[?]…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Albury Jockey Injured
Albury jockey, R. King, su[?]tatned a broken collarbone On Thursday morning. when Wild Oats, winch he was schooling, fell at the second hurdle…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Dartbrook Injured in Fall Melbourne
The promising hurdler, Dartbrook, was slightly injured to-day when he and two other horses -Home Secretary and Manurere—pulled c.way from their…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Road Accidents Pile Up Again
Seven persons are known to have been killed and scores injured in road accidents in New South Wales during last week-end. These are only…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Girl-wife Fatally Injured Melbourne
During a violent quarrel in a house in Wellington st., Clifton Hill, ca[?] this morning, a young married woman was fatally wounded with a pea-rifle,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Accident Proves Fatal Melbourne
Ernest Adams, aged 45, of Albert st, West Brunswick, foreman loader, who was struck at Victoria Dock yesterday by a case which he was loading, died…
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