D.h.50 Fatality Pilot Blamed
The Air Accidents Investigation Committee, in a report to the Minister for Defence (Mr. Thorby) on the crash of a D.H.50 aeroplane at Yeppoon,…
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Accidents, 1937
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Swagman’s Death Drowned After Drinking Bout
At an inquest at Narrandera on Saturday, the District Coroner found that Michael Barry, or Reidy, 47, a swagman, formerly of Leichhardt, was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railway Disaster Thirty-five Killed Nearly 100 Injured
Thirty-five persons were killed when the Edinburgh-Glasgow express, travelling at 60 miles an hour through a blizzard, crashed into a stationary train…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Man Killed on Queanbeyan-canberra Road Collision Between Car and Truck
Shortly before 9 o’clock on Saturday night, Alfred McDonald, aged 22, of Westlake, Canberra, was killed, and three other persons were injured when…
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Mr. Leopold Tamelane Watson, aged 77, of “Wollongorang,” Goulburn, one of the most prominent men in the pastoral industry and public life in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fatal Collision on Uriarra Road Inquest on Alfred McDonald Car Driver Committed For Trial
The Canberra Coroner (Colonel J. T. Goodwill) held an inquest on Tuesday concerning the death of Alfred McDonald who was killed when a motor…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Christmas Tragedy Girl Drowned
The Christmas holiday was marked by a tragic drowning at Point Hut on the Murrumbidgee River, when Ann Clarice Blake, aged 16 years, lost her…
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