Girl Drowned in Baths
SYDNEY, Monday:—Eileen Abrook (9) was drowned in Sans Souci baths today while some 300 people were in the water. With other children she…
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Child Drowned Sydney
Tireless efforts for two hours by ambulance officers, including treatment in an iron lung, failed to save the life of Aileen Abrook (9), of…
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BALLINA, Monday:—Getting out of his depth in a channel near the sand spit at Ballina to-day, Kevin Hooper (5 1/2), of Ballina, was…
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BALLINA: Kevin Henry Hooper, 54 years, son of Mr. and Mrs. B. Hooper, of Tamar-street, Ballina, was drowned and his brother, Carlyle…
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MELBOURNE, Monday:—When a home-made bomb exploded in the mechanics shop at Geelong Grammar Shcool to-day, two students, L…
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SYDNEY, Monday:—Fourteen persons were injured when a bus with 25 pessengers crashed over a bridge at Rocks Hill, 11 miles…
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Kevin Henry Hooper, 5½ years, son of Mr. and Mrs. B. Hooper, of Tamar-street, Ballina, was drowned, and his brother, Carlyle…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Car Capsized One Kiiied, Three Injured TAMWORTH
A woman was killed and three other persons injured when a car skidded after a blowout and capsized on the main north-western…
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Two students of the Geelong Grammar School, L. V. Lansell (17), of Melbourne, and R. O. Jose (16), of Adelaide, were injured when a bomb…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →No Holiday Accidents
The 1940 Easter holidays in Murwillumbah were not married by anything in the nature of a serious accident, and Tweed District Ambulance…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Tabulam Truck Fatality Verdict of Accidental Death
A finding of accidental death was returned by the District Coroner (Mr. Elsmer Jones) after hearing the evidence tendered at an inquest at Tabulam…
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Vincent Golding, the eight-year-old son of Mr. Charles Golding, of Mullumbimby, was cutting chips and had the top joint of his left thumb…
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BRISBANE, Thursday:—The excursion steamer Koopa suffered minor damage to-day when she collided with the coastal vessel Wandana in the…
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A 14-foot police patrol launch was holed and sunk following a collision with a 24-foot speed boat in the harbour, off Point Piper, to-night…
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BASLE, Thursday:—It is reported that 14 persons were injured and considerable damage done in a railway accident when a shunting engine…
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A finding that Kevin Henry Hooper, 5½ years, son of Mr. and Mrs. B. Hooper, of Ballina, had been accidentally drowned while playing on a…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Road Worker Injured CASINO
Frank Douglas (55), a labourer employed on a main roads job at Tabulam, fractured a bone in the left foot to-day when a large stone rolled on…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →North Coast Soldiers Injured in Traffic Smash Sydney
Three A.I.F. soldiers from the North Coast were injured when the truck in which they were being taken to the Ingleburn camp collided with…
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SYDNEY, Friday:—"War or no war, the fight to prevent unnecessary loss of life in road accidents must go on," said the…
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At 11.30 yesterday morning Mullumbimby ambulance received a call from Tyagarah, where it was reported a man had met with a cycle accident…
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