Woman Walks Off Jetty; Drowned GOSFORD
Last night a young woman Isabelle James aged 25 of Redfern walked off the jetty at Davistown and was drowned. Wally Ryan a member of the RAAF who…
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Woman Drowned Walked Off Jetty in Dark Sydney
Mrs. Isabel James, 25, of Redfern, was drowned last night when she walked off the jetty at Davistown in the dark…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Air Collision; Escapes For Civilians New York, October 12
Two Army fighter planes collided in midair over the New York suburb of Astoria today. One plane crashed, killing the pilot, but the other landed, slightly…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →BRITISH P.O.W. Drowned London, October 14
The Italian communique claims that British submarine in the Central Mediterranean torpedoed and sank an Italian ship carrying 400 British…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Four Airmen Believed Drowned Bomber Lost At Sea MELBOURNE
Four members of the RAAF are missing, following the failure of a bomber to return to its Victorian base from an operational exercise out to sea on…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mid-air Collision One Pilot Killed New York, October 14
Two Army fighter planes collided in mid-air over the New York suburb of Astoria yesterday. One plane crashed killing the pilot, but the other landed,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Munitions Accident Rate Lower SYDNEY
Accident rate in Australian munition factories had been minimised and was now low, the Minister for Munitions (Mr Makin) said today. He attributed…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wagga Man Injured
He[?]b[?]rt William Cool, aged 3[?]. laborer, was admitted to Wagga Base Hospital last night, suffering [?]rom a probable fracture of tile right shoulder,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fatality at Railway Yard Well-known Man Killed
Mr. James Francis Holden, aged 53 years, a well-known Deniliquin resident, was killed early op Sunday evening when he fell under the wheels of a moving truck. Holden received shocking [?]juries to the chest which caused instantaneous death…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →King Christian Injured LONDON. October 19
King Christian of Denmark was injured while riding this morning and was taken to hospital fays Copenhagen radio…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →18 Killed; Others Injured R.A.F. Plane Crashes Into House LONDON, October 18
A Royal Air Force plane crashed Into a house “somewhere in England” today, killing 18, including the crew, and also a mother…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Three Die in Collision Brisbane
Charles Alexander MarUn, aged 18, his brother, Dion Gaydon Martin, aged 11, and Patricia Mary Webb, aged 9, ail of Brisbane, were killed as the result of a collision…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Railway Fatality. Evidence At Inquest
At an inquest held by the Coroner (Mr. M. Wyse) on Wednesday, a finding was recorded that the death of James Francis Holden, who was killed…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →[?]ther Drowned Trying to Save Son BEGA
[?] Bavalikis. aged 52. was drow[?] [?] at Eden last night when endeavoring are his son. Nicholas Bavalikis, aged [?] Both father and son were on a trawler…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Woman Fatally Injured. Melbourne
Fatal injuries were sustained by Mrs Mavis Johanson, aged 35, of Malakoff st., East St Kilda, when she was truck by a tram at the corner of Collins and Spencer…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Believed Shot Dead Accidentally MELBOURNE
John Michael Murphy, 54, invalid pensioner, and ranger at Korolt racecourse, who was found dead a few hundred yards from his hut on Sunday morning, was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Three Hurt in Train Collision. Sydney
Collision between two passenger trains between Burwood and Sir[?]thfleld stations tonight resulted in a traffic hold-up on the line for half an hour. The engine of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Killed in Aircraft Accident
LATE FLYING-OFFlCER TED REIS Mr and Mrs George C. Reis. Guinea [?] Albury. Inst night received notification [?] the Air Board that their son. Flying-[?]…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Saved From Drowning. Singleton
When William Rankin, who is unable to swim, got out of his depth in the Hunter River, his playmate, John Mitchell, aged 13. dived in and saved him from drowning…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Soldier Fatally Injured
When a water wagon crashed into an [?] tree on the Old Sydney road yesterday and overturned twice, a member of the military forces, who…
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