Saved From Drowning
At Manly Pool on Wednesday a four-year-old girl, of Earlwood, got out of her depth and disappeared. Other children attracted the attention of a…
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Accidents, 1944
64 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 1 of 4
Two Girls Drowned
While playing with other children near Albury War Memorial on Wednesday, Olive Isabella Bohun, aged 7, and her sister Constance, aged 6,…
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A sad fatality occurred on Monday night, when Graeme Williams, the three years-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Williams, of Stanmore, died…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →£300 SUBSCRIBED For Injured Fire Fighter
At a large and representative public meeting held in the Jugiong Hall, over £300 was subscribed to assist a volunteer bushfire fighter…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Hundreds Killed and Injured Earthquake in Argentine New York, Monday (A.A.P.)
The Argentine Minister for the Interior, Mr. Perlinger, who flew to San Juan Province with the War Minister General Farrell, to take charge of…
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Slipping down the bank of a quarry at Mortdale yesterday, Edward Percival Forwood, aged 11, was drowned in eight feet of water…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Jap. Warship Mined 1,000 Japanese Drowned CHUNKING, Thursday (A.A.P.)
The Central Newsagency reports that about 1000 Japanese were drowned on January 19 when a medium sized Japanese warship sank after…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Inquiry into Wolf Cubs Drowning
The inquiry into the drowning of 13 Wolf Cubs in the Clarence River on December 11, when a punt in which they were seated with 15 other Cubs…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Two Killed in Air Collision
L.A.C. Harold Taylor, of Burwood (Vic.), was killed and L.A.C. Eric Holt of Moonee Ponds (Vic) died from injuries received when two aircraft…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Cub Drowning Tragedy Coroner Finds Accidental
The death by drowning of 13 Scout Cubs in the Clarence River on December 11, was accidental, the Grafton District Coroner, Mr T. H. Brooke,…
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A woman and two children were saved from drowning in the Lane Cove River yesterday afternoon by a soldier. Mrs. Marie Truffler, 33, went with…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Accidents to Pedestrians
That 43.4 per cent, of the total deaths in road accidents in New South Wales last year were of pedestrians again demonstrates the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Hospital Bombing Accidental LONDON, Wednesday (A.A.P.)
Full investigations have established that the German bombing of a field hospital in the Anzio beachhead on February 7, and the shelling of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Tree Kills Man Finding of Coroner “Accidental Death”
An inquest was held on Tuesday by the Canberra Coroner, Colonel J. T. H. Goodwin, into the death of Cletus Charles Hamilton, 33, timber…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Odd Accident
During a recent week-end a car was noticed hurrying through Murrumburrah with a queer looking object seated beside the driver. It was…
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Arthur J. W. Hughes, 15, son of Mr. Alfred Hughes, of Coonamble, was drowned in Bungle Gully Creek, about 48 miles from Coonamble. The…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Drowned in Dock
John Summers, address unknown, was drowned in 60 feet of water at the Sydney graving dock yesterday. He was working near the water when he…
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Death came in a strange way to nine-months-old Keith Barrass, of Condobolin district, the other day. He was playing on the floor with his…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Baby Drowned in Bucket
Death came in a strange way to nine months old Keith Barrass, of Condoblin district the other day. He was playing on the floor with his…
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This week has been very unfortunate for Mr. Vic Sacagio. Earlier in the week one of his employees, Arthur Richards, while loading logs in the…
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