General Wavell Injured
WASHINGTON, Feb. 27.—Just before the fall of Singapore (on February 15), General Sir Archibald Wavell, Supreme Commander of the…
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Accidents, 1942
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Cycle Rider Killed' in Collision
Ernest Samuel Spence, 53, postal employee, of Mabel Street. Waratah, was killed last night in Clyde Street. Hamilton North, when the…
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Keith John Jones, 6, of Brunker-road. Broadmeadow, received a punctured wound to his throat and shock when he fell from a trellis on to a piece of…
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Two men were injured in accidents at Cessnock district collieries to-day. Colin McCallum, 24. shiftman…
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WASHINGTON, January 23—One of the most colorful chapters in the history of American medicine was written at Pearl Harbor on December 7, when a little group of U.S. Navy doctors and nurses, aided by…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Two young soldiers were drowned in the Georges River this afternoon, as the result of a prank while on a fishing…
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Ron Fenwick (14). of Warner's Bay, was treated to-day by Lake Macquarie Ambulance, and later at wallsend Hospital, for slight…
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Three soldiers injured near Wyong last night were brought to Newcastle Hospital. They were Lance-Corporal Robert Tuckey, 23, Private…
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WASHINGTON, March 6.—General MacArthur has reported that it is believed that thousands of Japanese soldiers lost their lives…
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Two men were admitted to Cessnock Hospital this afternoon after a motor cycle on which they were travelling overturned at Pelton…
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W. Lang, 49, a fitter, living at Main Rood. Cardiff, was hit with a pulley block at Cardiff Workshops this morning. Lake…
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Robert Lockwood, wheeler of Barrett Avenue, Cessnock, injured his right ankle when he fell while at work to-day at…
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SYDNEY, Sunday.—While playing with what apparently was a detonator in Mitchell-street, Alexandria, this afternoon, two children,…
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LONDON, Sunday (AAP): Only a week after winning the V.C. in Libya, Major-General J. C. Campbell was killed in a car accident…
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James Thompson, 19, a member of the militia, received injuries to a leg when the motor-cycle he was riding skidded in loose gravel and struck a…
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The body of William Ahern, assistant radio-operator, was recovered from Newcastle Harbour early yesterday morning. It is believed that he…
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Jock Elkin, 22, of Union Street, Cook's Hill, was injured this morning when he fell into a concrete drain…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Three Chinese seamen were seriously injured, one critically, when their ship ran into a typhoon 34 hours after it…
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Mrs. Eliza Cartwright, 87. fell at Buckland Avenue, Cessnock, to-day and was treated by Cessnock Ambulance. She was taken to…
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A finding of accidental death was returned to-day by the Coroner (Mr. A. G. Chiplin) at Wall-send after an inquest into the…
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