B.H.P. Man's Death Was Accident
A finding of accidental death was returned by the District Coroner (Mr. A. G. Chiplin) at an inquiry at the Newcastle Courthouse…
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Accidents, 1945
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Vital Roer Dam Battle Mass Drowning Plan Foiled
LONDON, Sunday: U.S. 9th Army troops are fighting in the massive concrete bastions on the top of Schwammanauel Dam in he Roer River Valley (Germany). THE constant danger of this dam…
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A motorist travelling along the Croudace Bay-road yesterday morning found Joseph Hetherington, 37, of Evans-street, Belmont, pinned…
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Raymond Pont, 33, married of Mitchell-street, Tighe's Hill, a rigger who was employed by Morison and Bearby, died in Maitland…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Head Injured in Fall
Falling from a fence at her home last night, Christine Gillispie, 5, of Smith-street, Mayfield, received a probable fracture of the skull…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Flying Officer Killed in Training Accident
MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—Flying Officer Thomas Watson Wood of Campsie. N.S.W., was killed when an aircraft crashed during training…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mine Employees Injured
John Bilk 30, of Argenton, an employee of Stockton Borehole, mine had the middle finger of his right hand almost severed when it was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Hour's Delay at Accident Ambulance Not Called
A mistaken belief that the ambulance had been called resulted in two boys, injured in an accident at Belmont, waiting almost an hour for an…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Four Bicycle Accidents
Leonard Dennis, 10, and William Barry, 12, both of Belmont, fractured their left legs when their bicycles and a lorry collided…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.—During low-flying exercises at a Northern New South Wales R.A.A.F. station on Wednesday two aircraft collided in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Air Accidents Cause Commons Concern
LONDON, Thursday.—An air accident to Field-Marshal Sir Henry Maitland Wilson nearly proved fatal because of insufficient landing arrangements it was stated in the House of Commons yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Manitoba Cares for Injured
CANBERRA, Friday.—The Government of the Province of Manitoba, Canada, has decided on a plan for taking care of persons injured in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Soldier Killed, Three Injured in Gale
BRISBANE, Friday.—A soldier was killed and three others injured when a gale struck Redbank military camp…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Four Dead, Two Injured in Smash
MELBOURNE, Friday.—Four persons were killed and two seriously injured when a car struck a stationary, truck loaded with firewood…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Children Took Boat, One Drowned
MELBOURNE, Sunday.—Panic-stricken when they found themselves being blown out to sea in a boat which they took from its moorings…
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Hilton Kay[?] 19, of Rosebrook, while attempting to cross the swollen Hunter at Oakhampton this morning, on a horse, was swept from the saddle and drowned. Police are using grappling irons to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Girl's Death Accident, Defence Says
MELBOURNE.—Iris Lorna May Jeffries (19), machinist, of South Melbourne, had died as a result of an accident, Mr. Trevor…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Horseman Drowned Near Oakhampton
Losing his hold on a horse he was riding across the swollen Hunter River near Oakhampton yesterday morning, Hilton Kay, about 20, of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Alabama Kid Injured
MELBOURNE, Monday.—The American negro boxer Alabama Kid was so badly injured in his fight with Jack Johnson at West…
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Dragging was continued yesterday for the body of Hilton Kay, 22, of Melville, drowned in the Hunter River on Monday. The body was…
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