Three Injured in Smash
On Sunday afternoon when a motor car skidded and overturned at Ourimbah three of the five occupants were badly injured. They were: Mrs. S…
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Accidents, 1942
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Man Drowned Tried To Save His Child
At Coledale on Sunday morning George Hart, aged 35, ironworker, of Balmain, was drowned when he dived into the open sea to save his…
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Mr. H. Poidevin, of Collector, had a narrow escape from death on Friday evening last. He had gone to visit a neighbour where they were playing…
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Harry Holmes, 73, of Beverly Hills, was dragged three times round a tennis court on Wednesday by a neighbor’s cow which he had saved from a bush…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Local and General Shooting Accident
A Captain's Flat correspondent writes:—On January 2nd. Mr. Golden, Of Lakemba, who has been spending a holiday at Noronga, was out…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Captain's Flat Accident
On Wednesday last, 7th January, Ken Mackenzie, of Captain's Flat, who is employed at Lake George Mine accidentally fell down a stope…
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On Wednesday afternoon Ivor Moore, aged 11, and Bernard Mahon, 9½, were drowned in Herbert River at Halifax (Queensland). They had gone for a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Holiday Tragedy Two Boys Drowned at Hazelbrook
The bodies of two boys who were drowned on Wednesday in a swimming pool at Coates Park, Hazelbrook, were later found clasped together in nine…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Market Garden Blaze Two Chinese Injured
A 73-year-old Chinese, Lin Ham, was seriously injured when an eight-roomed cottage, living quarters of a market garden, was razed at Thome’s Bridge,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Accidental Death Miner’s Fatal Fall
The Deputy-Coroner, Mr. E. R Boardman, held an inquest at the Queanbeyan Court House on Tuesday last concerning the death of Kenneth…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bomb Outrages 8 Killed, 21 Injured PERTH
Two bombing outrages resulted in eight persons being killed and 21 injured at Boulder early this morning, The first occurred at 11.10 a.m., when…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fisherman Drowned
Herbert Holden, aged 42, fisherman, married with five children, was drowned at Toowoon Bay, near Gosford, yesterday, when his dinghy capsized in a…
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MELBOURNE.— When two trainer aircraft from the elementary flying school at Western Junction, Tasmania, collided during a practice flight…
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Thousands of pounds worth of damage was done to property ,crops , and stock in widespread floods in the Burnett, Dawson, and Condamine…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Accidental Death Soldier Shot at Camp
The Lithgow Coroner, Mr. D. Cregan, returned a finding of accidental death at an inquest on Wednesday into the death of Private John Thomas…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Freak Accidents
Safety organisations and insurance companies have a file of freak car accidents. One such freak Is evidence that a car, rubber tyres and all, is not…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Double Drowning Two Youths Disappear
When a rowing-boat, containing two men and three youths capsized in George’s River, Como, on Wednesday afternoon, two of the youths were…
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The arm found near the Sans [?] baths on Sunday was yesterday identified as being from the body of Ronald [?] Bishop, [?] of Woniora Road,…
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Mrs. Byrnes, wife of Mr. W. Byrnes, of Burrangong had an unenviable experience last Thursday. When she went to light the copper fire an…
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When two trams collided in Anzac Parade, Sydney, yesterday the conductor of one tram, S. D. Marsh, of Redfern, was thrown from the…
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