Accident at Wodonga
A slight accident occurred in Wodonga on Saturday when Ray Victor Nic[?]eld backed his car into that of the military provosts. No one was…
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Saved Horse From Drowning
Miss Ailsa Robertson, of “Nargoon,” Gundagai, saved the life of a thoroughbred horse which was in danger of drowning in the Murrumbidgee river…
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While swimming in Wollondilly river at Burragorng yesterday, Guiseppe Dallardin, 39, an Italian, got out of his depth and was drowned…
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Struck on the head by a block of wood swinging from a crane, a workman was today knocked into 60 feet of water in Sydney dock and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Tragedy at Oaklands. Man Drowned in Dam
Mr J. [?] aged [?] an old [?] of the [?] was [?] in a dam on him properly on Tuesday evening of last week the went [?] in…
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Mr. J. Beale, aged 85, an old resident of the Oaklands district, was drowned in a dam on his property on Tuesday evening of last week…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Items of News Soldier Drowned in Hume Dam
A soldier, Sgt Keith Sydney Anderson, was drowned in the Hume Dam yesterday afternoon. He was bathing a short distance from other…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Veteran Beaufighter Pilot Killed in Accident (From Dennis Dugan, Somewhere in Australia)
Veteran Beaufighter pilot, credited with six enemy aircraft shot in actual combat and two damaged and many ethers strafed on the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Some Unusual Accidents in 1943
Hundreds of times, Aloys Peters, 45, circus star, had made his death-defying leap from a high platform with, a hangman's noose around his neck,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Two Drowning Fatalities in Bay MELBOURNE
Two drowning cases in Port Phillip Bay during the week-end were reported. Yesterday afternoon John Patrick Desmond, 29, of Vere St. Abbotsford who was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Boy Drowned: Carbogen Unsuccessful. Sydney
William Noel Fenwlck, [?] of Northmead, was drowned yesterday while swimming in Redbank creek. He was in difficulties immediately after entering the water and the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fatal Car Crash at Yuluma Driver Killed ; Others Badly Injured
Whilst travelling from Mr R. S. Drummond’s “Lakeside” property, Yuluma, on Sunday, a motor car driven by Mr Andy Auswild of Yuluma, skidded when…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Soldier Drowned Verdict of Accidental Drowning
A verdict of accidental drowning was resumed yesterday by the deputy coroner (Mr M. Buniz) at the inquest into the death of S/Sgt Keith Sidney Anderson, aged…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Two Girls Seriously Injured SYDNEY
Two 13-year-old girls were seriously injured tonight when the bicycle they were riding crashed into a truck at the intersection of Canterbury road and Gibson avenue…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Five Injured When Truck and Trams Collide SYDNEY
Five people were injured, two seriously. in a collision between a 15-ton military truck and two trams at the intersection of York and King sts. city…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Chemical Factory Fire One Dead; One Injured Sydney
One man was burned to death end another injured in attempting to rescue him during a spectacular fire which gutted a large…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Man Killed; Two Injured in Brawl An Arrest Made Later SYDNEY
One man was killed and two others injured in a disturbance in which a knife was drawn in Leichhardt tonight. The man killed was Francis Reynolds, 38, of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bus Somersaults Into River Probably 29 Drowned New York. March 20
When crossing a bridge over the Passaic River (New Jersey). a bus loaded with war workers skidded and somersaulted 25 ft into the river. Only six have been rescued…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Landed Two Planes: Killed In Bicycle Accident
After four years as a member of the RA.A.F., during which time he became famous for his unique landing of two interlocked aircraft at Brocklesby on the morning of September 29. 1940, and two years later…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Child’s Body Found Drowned In Gulpa Creek
The six daysâ, search for the missing girl Eunice Jean Waites, aged 4 years 7 months, ended at 11 a.m. on Sunday, when the body was found in Gulpa Creek, about a quarter of a mile from the parentsâ residence…
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