High R.A.A.F. Officer Hurt In Land Accident MELBOURNE
The first RAAF officer to command combined Australian and American squadrons in New Guinea, Air Commander F. R…
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Two Soldiers Critically Injured
Two soldiers were critically injuries yesterday afternoon when they were thrown from the back of a military truck in which they were riding,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Risked Life to Save Injured Man SYDNEY
When an American sailor, Floyd John Thomas aged 18, fell from a moving [?] between Stanmore and Newtown [?] night. Clive Connors of Woollabra…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Station Manager Injured
A nasty accident befel Mr. K. A. Macdonald manager of Stud Park North, on Saturday. He was riding a young horse which commenced to buck,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bus Hits Train 12 People Injured Newcastle
When a bus bound for Walisend was Involved in a collision with the Toronto-hound passenger train, at Tor[?] railway crossing at 9.40 this…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Late Rose Morgan Coroner's Verdict of Accidental Death
The Coroner, Mr. T. F. Cook, J.P., held an inquest yesterday, touching the death of Miss Rose Mary Morgan, at Hay on 16th…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Former Well-Known Footballer Drowned HOBART
Leonard Baden (Socks) Powell, aged 31 of Hobart, a well known interstate footballer before the war, was drowned today when the boat from which…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Accident on Wodonga-albury Road
A slight accident occurred on Wodonga-Albury road when two civilian cars going in opposite directions grazed. The accident happened in the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Officer Fatally Injured During Rugby Match. Sydney
A game of football proved fatal to a member of the defence forces yesterday. He was Lieut Ebenezer Herbert Duncan. 25. The game was between two defence force…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Boy Blown to Pieces Another Fatally Injured When Gelignite Explodes
One boy was killed Instantly at Wagga yesterday and another fatally injured, when a ping of gelignite with which they were playing…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Two Children Killed Accident With Explosive
WAGGA, Friday: Colin Moiler, 14, was blown to pieces, and Arthur Bailey, 14, died in hospital, following an explosion of gelignite plugs, which…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Boy Drowned in Reservoir. TAMWORTH
Edward Thomas Marker, aged 9. slipped into a 30[?] reservoir at Werris Creek this morning and was drowned. The fatality occurred while the boy and a young…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Albury Boy Injured at Wagga
Mervyn Light, a member of the Albury football team visiting Wagga. was injured during the game on the Wagga cricket ground yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →“Accidents Invited By Road Width” Army Officer’s Remarks At Inquest Endorsed by Coroner
âI do not wish to go into details of the evidence, which is conflicting, but I would like to point out that the width of the road is inviting accidents.â At an inquest held at Albury Court House yesterday. Captain…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Lad Drowned in Wahgunyah Creek Comrade’s Vain Rescue Attempt
Edward William, 7 years old son of Mr and Mrs E. J. Bawden, of Wahgunyah, was drowned in a deep creek at Waygunyah yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Man Drowned. Sydney
Frederick Mitchell, about 60 of Kobardo road, North Narrabeen was washed out lo sea and drowned at Narrabeen today…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Four Children of Same Family Injured MELBOURNE
A collision between a motor car and a home-made billy-cart carrying five children in Canturbury road, Blackburn, tonight resulted in four children,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Drowning Fatality Wahgunyah Boy Loses Life Another Revived "Iron Lung."
On Friday morning that, while playing with boat on Sunday Creek near Wahgunyah a boy aged 7 years was drowned, and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A Sad Fatality
An a[?]dent that had a fatal result, and which created a feeling of sadness in the town, occurred in the early. [?] of Saturday morning. A…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Jockey Injured in Schooling Fall. Melbourne
Cross-country Jockey T. Caulfield dislocated his right shoulder in a heavy fall from Boondale during a hurdle school at Epson this morning. Boondale got into a…
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