Naval Man Drowned in Vain Rescue Attempt Crash of Amy Johnson's Plane
LONDON, Tuesday:—The Admiralty announces that Lieut.-Commander W. E. Fletcher, commanding the British trawler…
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Broke Thigh in Fall From Smokestack Painter Injured at Mullumbimby
While painting the smoke stack at Foley Bros. Butter Factory, Mullumbimby, yesterday afternoon, D. Lynch (60), fell on to the iron…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Low Level in Road Accidents (Issued by the Road Safety Council of New South Wales.)
There were fewer fatal road accidents in New South Wales during the month of December than there were for the Christmas-New…
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CAIRNS, Sunday:--Dennis Thomas McEvoy (30), single, of Cairns, was found drowned in the Barron River to-day. He was swimming with a…
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Caught in thick reeds when hi capsized in the Manton River, Darwin, last night, Arthur King (29), employed on the M…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Child Injured Casino
Carl Murphy (6), son of Mr. J. T. Murphy, of West-street, Casino, fell off a table at his home to-day. His chin struck a chair and he suffered a…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Children Hurt in Billy Cart Accident
Two children were injured from a racing billy cart in Dawsonstreet, Lismore, yesterday. It was fortunate that their injuries were…
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Jack Perkins (37), of 16 Tweedstreet, North Lismore, a slaughterman employed by Ruane Brothers, was taken to the Lismore Base Hospital…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Brunswick Heads Tragedy Death Accidental by Drowning Coroner's Finding
After hearing statements at an inquest into the death of Ronald Go[?]don Hepburn (Lismore) at Mullumbimby Court yesterday, the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Sequel to South Lismore Fatality
Sequel to a fatality in Unionstreet, South Lismore, last June was the conviction in the Lismore Police Court yesterday of Charles…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Air Force Men Believed Drowned
MELBOURNE, Monday:--Three Air Force men, who left Point Cook in a dinghy on Saturday are believed to have been drowned…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Injured By Falling Tree
While scrub falling near Caims, Richard Kennedy, a former Lismore resident, was badly crushed when a tree fell on him. Kennedy, who is…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Death From Drowning Coroner Praises Lifesavers MULLUMBIMBY
After hearing evidence at the inquest concerning the death of Ronald Gordon Hepburn, of Lismore, at the Mullumbimby…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mother's Vain Attempt to Save Boys Drowning Tragedy
INVERELL, Monday:--An Assyrian woman, who could not swim, tried heroically but unavailingly to save her son and another Assyrian…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Air Force Trainees Feared Drowned Melbourne
Following the discovery of a dinghy on the beach at Altona, the authorities fear that its occupants, three air force trainees who failed to report for…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Flew 1,690,000 Miles, Killed in Accident
LONDON, Sunday:-- An Imperial Airways foundation pilot. Captain H. J. Horsey, who has flown 1,690,630 miles without serious mishap and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Horseman Injured CASINO
Evans Maxwell (18), an employee Mr. S. Parker, of Bottle Creek, Bonal was thrown from a horse he was r[?] ing yesterday and dragged along…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Girl Drowned on Lonely Beach Near Wooli
GRAFTON, Wednesday:--When four girls, whose ages range from eight to 12 years, were carried out by undertow at American Beach,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Child Seriously Injured Thrown From Horse and Struck Stump
Edith Powell (8), daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Powell, of Piggabeen, was admitted to Tweed District Hospital yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Boy's Death in Strange Accident Junee
Attracted by screams, Mrs. Robert Hulm, found her six-year-old son, Leslie, gasping for breath. It is thought that he bumped his…
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