Spaniel Saves Child From Drowning MELBOURNE
Wandering away from his home and over a bridge across the Avoca river at Charlton, Peter, the 21[?]-year-old son of Mr and Mrs C. R. Luth, was…
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An Early Morning Accident Albury Magistrate’s Comments
“It is strange that at that hour of the morning when there is little traffic about that the accident should occur and that neither ear saw the…
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Mr. Robert Strang, of Tocumwal, was rounding up some of his cattle on “Carramar” last week, and when passing them through a gate, pulled on the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Ships in Collision New York
Coastguard Headquarters has received a radio report that the New Zealand Shipping Company’s 5862-ton freighter, Kalpaki, and the British freighter. Liverpool…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Failed to Stop After Accident
When Gerald Thomas O’Rafferty, laborer, of Melbourne, formerly of Mitta Junction, was driving towards Wodonga about 6 p.m. on August 22, he saw a…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Boy Badly Injured in Unusual Accident Sydney
A five-year-old boy, Clarence Hunt, of Horsley rd., Paania, near Bankstown. suffered a probable fractured skull and lacerations in an unusual…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Items of News Man Found Drowned
The body of Jack Moran, aged 56, a stranger to Wagga, was found under the Hainkden Bridge, in Wagga yesterday morning. Moran had been…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Lad Drowned When Canoe Overturns Sydney
Neville James Inglis, agred 18, of Hammersmith rd., Homebush West, was drowned in George’s River, Kentucky, this afternoon when the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Gun Accident
Mr. P. G. McCook, of Griffith, was the victim of a rather serious shooting accident. He was in the act of picking up two guns off the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →£50 Cheque For Injured Footballer
At a dance organised by the Culcairn Rugby League Football Club, a cheque for £50 was presented to Geo. Macdonald, who sustained a fractured…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →31 Believed Killed in Train Collision LONDON
It is reported from Bezwada that 31 persons are believed to have been killed and injured when the Madras-Calcutta mail train was derailed…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Two Dead; 100 Injured Fire and Explosion in Oil Plant Marcus Hook (Penn.)
Two persons were killed and 100 were injured, many seriously, as a result of three explosions and a fire in the Sun Oil Company’s…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mother, Who Lost Two Sons at War, Drowned SYDNEY
An elderly woman who lost both sons during the war was found drowned near Hunter’s Hill wharf yesterday. She was Mrs Henderson, aged…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Man Accidentally Stabs Himself Chasing Thief Sydney
Vincent Rowe, of Victoria road. Drummoyne, accidentally stabbed himself in the abdomen with a commando knife while chasing a thief who had…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Six Fishermen Believed Drowned Perth
Six Italian fishermen are believed to have been drowned when their 55-foot fishing beaf “Mary” was struck by two huge waves and overturned near…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Hearse Allegedly Involved in Fatal Accident Man Held on Five Charges SYDNEY
An unidentified man died in Canterbury Hospital after being knocked down by an alleged hit and run driver on the Hume Highway at Bass Hill,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Six Die in Holiday Week-end Accidents Sydney
Greatest volume of holiday traffic since pre-war years took a heavy toll of life on roads during the weekend, when six persons were killed and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Four Members of Family Hurt in Road Accident MELBOURNE
When truck overturned near [?] Ponds last night, four members of one family were injured. They were: Lewis Francis Hunt, aged 25,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A Shunter Fatally Injured LITHGOW
A shunter, Alan Barden. aged 29, of Redgate st, Lithgow, received fatal injuries when he was struck by a shunting engine today. It is believed…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Child Injured by Falling Bricks
Master J, Nesbitt, of Gooramadda sustained a fractures leg abrasions and shock, and was admitted to the Corowa Hospital by ambulance for…
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