One Drowned, One Missing Tragedy at Toc H Camp MELBOURNE
One boy was drowned and another is missing as a result of an undertow tragedy at Ocean Grove yesterday. Heroic and desperate efforts were made by two…
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Accidents, 1940
1,366 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 3 of 69
Four Killed at Week-end Traffic Accidents in Two States Child Struck by Car in Sydney Sydney
Three persons in New South Wales and one in Victoria were killed in road accidents at the week-end…
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A finding of accidental death was returned by the District Coroner (Mr. A. G. Chiplin) at an Inquiry held to-day at the Newcastle Courthouse into…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →To-day's Accidents Child's Painful Injury
Anthony Peart. aged. 18 months, of Cessnock; had the tendons of his right wrist severed when he fell at Marmong Point to-day and a bottle, he was…
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Unnoticed by other children with whom she was playing, eight-years-old Dorothy Peters disappeared in a dam near East Cessnock on January 3. Her…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →To-day's Accidents Miners Injured
Wallace Dawson (30), miner, of North Coast street, Aberdare, fractured his left forearm when he was Jammed between a horse and a prop at…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Cyclist Injured
When the bicycle which she was riding got out of control and crashed into a lorry standing at the side of the road, Peggy McMahon, 16, of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Ankle Injured
When she fell near her home to-day, Mary Mederith, 10, of St. Helen's-strect. Holmesville, received a probable fracture of the left ankle. She was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Collision in Chase Sydney
A motor-car allegedly stolen from the city was involved In a collision with another car while being chased by a police at car to-night. A man was admitted…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →"Pilot May Have Erred" Plane Collision in Which Six Killed SYDNEY
After evidence on the collision between two aeroplanes over Bonnie Doon golf course on November 19 last year, resulting in the deaths of six persons,…
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Robert Jordan, 19, of Hannell-street, Wickham, suffered a probable fracture of the skull, concussion, extensive abrasions to the head, face, arms, and legs,…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Accidental, Says Coroner Steel Works Shunter Crushed
A verdict that Vincent Henry Cheetham died from injuries accidentally received was returned by the District Coroner (Mr. A. G. Chiplin), at an inquest in…
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The Coroner (Mr. Thompson) indicated at an inquest on Boxing Day that his finding would be that Mrs. Agnes Tonking, 46, wife of the Chief Secretary, died…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →New Year's Day Accident Proves Fatal Wingham
Bartholomew Alphonsus Della died this morning as a result of a motor-ear accident between Mt. George and Connolly's Creek, Upper Manning, on New Year's…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Daladier in Accident Paris
An official bulletin to-night states the Premier (M. Daladier) has fractured a foot in an accident. The cause is not disclosed. Alter receiving medcial…
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"This is one of those unfortunate happenings that occur from time to time to the distress of the community," said the Cessnock District Coroner (Mr. W…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →To-day's Accidents Apprentice Injured
Russell Linabury, 18, of Secondstreet, Weston, an apprentice employed at Hebburn No. 2 Colliery, fell from a bicycle while on his way to work…
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Paul Preston, 8, of Miller-street, Cessnock, had his left heel and foot badly cut when the foot was caught in the chain of a bicycle he was riding…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Baby Drowned in Bath Sydney
Left alone for a few minutes to-day, Maureen Smith, aged 15 months, was drowned in a bath at her parents' home, Bellevue Hill. Doctors and ambulance…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →W. Elliott Injured Again Leg Broken at Caulfield MELBOURNE
Ill fortune continues to follow W. Elliott. Six months ago he broke his right leg, and remained in hospital for a considerable time. He resumed riding a week…
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