Soldiers Saved From Drowning. Brisbane
Two American soldiers were saved from drowning by two 16-year-old lifesavers at Surfers' Paradise today. One of the solders was caught in an underlow. and when…
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Shunter Critically Injured GEELONG
Crushed between two trucks at Geelong West railway yards last night. Leonard Archibald McDonald Milledge. shunter, suffered a compound…
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Several accidents, two of which were fatal, occurred tonight in the brownout in the metropolitan area. Gordon Jones (.30). of Gordon st.,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Second Death Reported in Accident Melbourne
Admitted to the Royal Melbourne Hospital with a fractured skull, following tin accident in which two military trucks and a patnar coach were involved on the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Died From Burning Accident. Melbourne
Elizabeth Aldcroft. aged 78 years, of Albert street. Mordialioc, widow, died In the Alferd Hospital today from burns received when her clothing caught alight at her…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Brownont Accidents; 9 Deaths in 6 Days MELBOURNE
The Chief Commissioner of Police. (Mr Duncan) today said It was Impossible to say how many night accidents were directly attributable lo the brownout. Road accidents…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Factory Accidents Increase SYDNEY
Commenting on a statement made in the Legislative Assembly yesterday by the Minister for Labor and Industry (Mr Hamilton Knight) regarding the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Boy Badly Injured. Melbourne
Edwin Martin Carra. aged nine years, of Arnold street, Mo[?]nee Ponds, was running acr[?]s Mount Alexander road on Saturday night when he was struck by a motor car…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Swept from Rocks and Drowned SYDNEY
Swept from the rocks at Boat Harbor, Cronulla, yesterday, Kenneth Ronald Barker, aged 32, married, of Bankstown, was carried out by the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Waterhen Survivor Killed Naval Veteran Accident Victim
Killed in a brownout car accident In Melbourne on Saturday, Petty Officer Frank de Campo had [?]urvived the hazards of two wars. He…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Four Deaths in Brownout Accidents MELBOURNE
The desirability m lifting the present brownest conditions was o[?] again shown tonight when four men were killed and several other persons injured…
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Expressing regret of the weekend brownout [?] the premier (Mr [?]) said today that these should bring [?] to citizens the need for excercising…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Boy Critically Injured SYDNEY
Playing in a cave with his younger brother near the cliffs at Ben Buckler today, Richard Dawson Brown, aged 11, of Bondi[?] slipped and fell 50 feet…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Two Fatal Accidents Were Similar MELBOURNE
During the last 24 hours two wharf labourers have been killed in similar accidents in the city. Thomas Patrick Carroll, aged 53 of O'Crady St., Albert Park, was struck…
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On Monday afternoon a truck driven by Mr. G. Barton, storekeeper, of End street, and a car driven by Mr. L. Ait-ken collided at the intersection of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wagga Man Injured
As a result of being struck by motor car in Baylis street, Wagga, on Saturday night, Mr John Blair, well-known Wagga resident, and owner of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Youth Accidentally Shot Dead MELBOURNE, [?]
With an automatic riffe, with which a soldier was demonstrating rifle frill, accidentally discharged last night. John L[?]le Al[?]ge, [?] of No[?] [?] Clifton…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Drowned at Ferry Crossing MELBOURNE
After recording a finding of accidental drawing at the inquest of Leonard F. Gibson a member of the VDC. who was trapped and drowned when a [?] with six…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →US Plane Catches Fire at 1000 Feet Nine Men Slightly Injured MELBOURNE
A medium United States Army plane crashed and burned this morning near an airfield close to Melbourne. In announcing this today the [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Woman Driver and RAAF Men Injured! in Crash MELBOURNE, May 20
A military truck conveying four members of the RAAF and a military staff car collided tonight in Ballarat road. Footscray…
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