Night Flying Fatal Accident. Melbourne
At an inquest to-day on L.A.C. Floyd, trainee pilot, the Coroner said that although every precaution had apparently been taken, the accident which caused his death…
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Injured When Str[?]ing on Stone
While walking in the yard of her home at Humula on Tuesday afternoon, Mrs. J. Cook, aged 62, stepped on a stone and fell. She s[?]tained a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Tram Accidents in the "Brown-out" Sydney
When he was knocked down by a tram in which the lights had been lowered to conform with the "brownout" regulations, in Oxford Street,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Men Shockingly Burned Electricity Accident Near Gundagai
Shocking injuries were received by two employees of the Burrinjuck Electricity Supply while working at a substation near the property of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →One Killed; Three Injured Police Car in Collision MELBOURNE
An Albanian farmer was killed and three others were injured when a police car, in which members of the licensing squad were travelling, collided with a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Man Drowned at Manly Sydney
A short time after he had left a party of friends to go for n swim at Manly yesterday, William Pye. aged 50 years, of Haberfield, was seen floating face…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Blackout Fatality Pedestrian Collided With Post MELBOURNE
How a man's nervousness in the blackout caused him to collide with a post and receive fatal Injuries was told to the coroner (Mr. Tingate,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Eight Killed And 21 Persons Injured Bomb Explosions at Kalgoorlie KALGOORLIE
Within a few minutes bombs exploded about, 12.10 a.m. to-day in a delicensed hotel, and a house nearby in David street, Boulder City. Eight persons were…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Accident in Colliery : Inquiry Wanted Sydney
The secretary of the southern branch of the Miners Federation (Mr. W Penrose) said to-day that an inquiry will be demanded into the cause of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Chiltern Man Injured
While cutting timber on his property at Chiltern shortly after lunch on Tuesday, Mr. T. de Piazza, a well-known resident, suffered a painful…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Munitions Fatality Finding of Accidental Death Demise of Albury Man Recalled Melbourne
An inquest was held to-day at the City Morgue into the deaths of Benjamin Robert Walters (35), munition worker, 36 Sycamore Grove, Ripponlca; and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Airmen Killed In Trainman Collision MELBOURNE
An officer and two airmen were killed this [?] when two trainer [?] from the elementary flying training school at…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Victim of a “Bulldozer” Extraordinary Accident at Bogong
At Yackandandah on Monday, a coronial inquiry was held by the deputy coroner, Mr. L. Krutli, on the cause of death of William Vogle, aged…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Military Trainee Drowned. Sydney
While swimming at Fuller’s Beach on the [?] C[?] river to-day, Leslie Ald[?], 18, military trainee, was drowned. His body was [?]nter recovered, but attempts [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Child Injured by Barbed Wire
Margaret Doyle aged 10 years, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. P. Doyle of [?]date, met with a painful accident on Thursday evening about 5.30 o'clock…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →1[?] Killed in Railway Accident Batavia. February 7
Eighteen Europeans and three Indones[?] were killed when a passenger train collided with a goods train Bear Malang. Seventy live were Injured…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Shooting Accidents Melbourne
A youth lost his hand and a man sustained a severe bullet wound In the right during two shooting mishaps In the week-end…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Militiaman Seriously Injured Sydney
A militiaman, James Hector Hart (36), of Newcastle, was found unconscious on the railway line near Petersham this morning. Hart was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fatal Car and Trolly Collision Perth
A man and two women were killed, and two other men injured, as a result of a collision between a motor car and a trolly 'bus, soon after…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Two Painful Accidents
On Thursday afternoon last when Miss Betty Cummings, aged 14. arrived on horseback at Careen to collect the mail, her mount stumbled,…
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