Three Soldiers Killed in Collision. Sydney
Perth.— Three soldiers were killed and sixteen other people injured, one seriously, when a motor car and bus collided seven miles…
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Accidents, 1942
178 stories in Dubbo & the Western Plains's papers · page 2 of 9
Fatal Circular Saw Accident at Balladoran
Mr. James Martin Sutton, a well-known carrier of Balladoran. received fatal injuries while cutting firewood on a circular saw. A piece of wool…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sad Fatality Gular Girl Killed at Hermidale Struck Tree Whilst Riding A Horse
A sad fatality occurred at Hormidale on Wednesday afternoon when Dorothy Jean Smith, aged 15 years, who is…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Soldier's Death Accidentally Killed Sapper Jim Smith, Of Collie
News was received in Collie on Tuesday afternoon from the Defence Department that NX 1170 Sapper J. H. Smith,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Plane Fatality. Sydney
Melbourne.— Two R.A.A.F. pilots were killed when a training plane dived into Port Phillip Bay. They were Pilot Officer Milville…
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A cable received from England by Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Astley, of Bourke Street, Dubbo, yesterday, brought the tragic news that their youngest son…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Accidental Wounding of Newcastle Man Newcastle
Roy Waggins (24), of Hamilton South, son of a former mayor of Newcastle, was wounded in the chest by a pea rifle bullet early this morning…
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Brisbane. - When his plane crashed in heavily timbered country about sixty miles south of Brisbane yesterday, F1. Lt. Donald…
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A sad accident occurred at [?] last Wednesday when Dorothy Smith daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. Smith Gulargambone, was injured…
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Melbourne. - When two training aircraft from the elementary flying school at Western Junction, Tasmania, collided during a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Collie Digger Accidentally Killed in Malaya
News has been received in Co[?]Iie that NX1170 Sapper J. H. Smith, only surviving son of Mr. and Mrs. William Smith, of Collie,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Militiaman Injured on Train Line Sydney
A militia man, James Hector Hart (36), of Newcastle, was found unconscious on the railway line near Petersham this morning. Hart was…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Dubbo Airman Killed In English Accident
The late Sgt.-Pilot Astley was the youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Astley, of Bourke Street, Dubbo. He was killed in an aircraft accident in…
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When a training plane crashed fourteen miles north-west of Ungarie, five members of the R.A.A.F. were killed. The cause of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Girl's Face Injured in School Accident
Struck on the face by a swinging window, Betty Brooks (12), of Eulomogo, suffered a large incised wound to an eyelid, and also shock, today…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Soldier Drowned in River During Night Exercises
Disappearing while participating in night exercises with a unit from the Dubbo military camp last night, Raymond Bruce Blackshaw (21), A.I.F…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Soldier Drowned During Night Manoeuvres Near Dubbo
Raymond Bruce Blackshaw (21), NX49781, a member of the 5th I.T.B. at Dubbo Military Camp, was drowned in the…
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A party of 400 officers and men from a unit at the Dubbo camp yesterday afternoon marched from the Dubbo District Hospital to the cemetery for…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Report of Third Darwin Air Raid Was False Alarm 15 DEAD, 24 Injured in Initial Attacks by Japanese Planes Melbourne
An announcement by the Prime Minister's Department in Canberra at lunch time today that there had been a further raid on Darwin was corrected this afternoon in an official R.A.A.F. communique In yesterday's raid the casualties are estimated so far at 39-39—15 persons killed and 24 wounded. Japanese planes bombed and machine-gunned several hospitals, both service and civilian, according to a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fatal Well Accident
Francis Henry Trounson (20), of Rankinâs Springs, was being lowered down a well to effect repairs last week, when he called out to Mr. H. A…
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