FATHER McCUSKER DROWNED Tried to Save Two Boys
CANBERRA, Friday: The Rev. Father John M'Cusker, M.A., Dip. Ed., inspector of Catholic schools in the Goulburn diocese, parish priest at…
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Mail Train Crash Passengers Trapped One Dead, 11 INJURED
Twelve people were injured --one fatally -- when the Thallon mail train crashed into a landslide of rocks and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Priest Drowned Father John M'cusker Well-known in Wagga Boy Also Loses Life
The Rev. Father John M'Cusker, M.A., Dip.Ed., inspector of Catholic schools in the Goulburn diocese, and parish priest at Bungendore, lost his…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Griffith R.A.A.F. Man Killed in Action Was 2Rg Engineer; First Area Fatality
FIRST fatal casualty on active service among servicemen from the M.I.A., Corporal Victor Jarvis of the Royal Australian Air Force…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fell From a Load of Hay Mr. Martin MeCormick Badly Injured
A serious accident happened to Mr. Martin MeCormick. of Bulga Hum, Gundagni Marked-Tree Road, on Wednesday…
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A car containing a party of four Griffith men was involved in a spectacular accident on Monday last, the Anniversary Day…
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Herbert Gilbert, a local resident, was the victim of a shooting accident on Monday last, which could easily have bad more serious results…
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THE road accident figures for January show an unusually high percentage of accidents caused by motorists failing to signal their…
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The road accident figures for January show an unusually high percentage of accidents caused by motorists…
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While trying to make a landing after night flying exercises Leading Aircraftman Allen Henry M'Ivor was killed early this morning. Flares had…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Three Men Injured Explosion at Munitions Factory Melbourne
An explosion that shook Sunshine and was heard several miles away severely injured three man, one critically, at Deer Park about 6 p.m…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Double Drowning at the Cotter
The "Canberra Times" gives the following account of the drowning of the Rev. Fr. McCusker and the boy: Rev. Father John McCusker, Parish Priest…
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The body of Maxwell Harris, aged 8 years, of Hopetoun Avenue, Vaucluse, was recovered yesterday morning from a deep hole in Parsley Bay, by Eric…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Priest Drowned Father John McCusker Tried to Save Two Boys’ Lives
The Rev. Father John McCusker, M.A., Did.Ed.. inspector of Catholic schools in the Goulburn do[?]ese and parish priest at Bungendore, lost his…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Three Youths Injured Train Hits Ice Lorry West Mattland
Three youths were injured when a train hit the ice lorry on which they were travelling at a railway crossing on the Morpeth road this morning…
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When returning on leave to his wife at Boorowa on the Melbourne express on Saturday morning, Sergeant Charles Dick. of the A.I.F., and until his enlistment…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Accident in Sydney Tumut Lady Involved
An urgent wire was received in 'Tumut on Monday last conveying the sad news that Mrs Steve Ar[?]ntz of Tumut Plains road, who is holidaying…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →FATHER McCUSKER DROWNED Cotter Fatality Priest Perishes in Rescue Attempt
The Rev. Father John McCusker, Parish Priest of Bungendore, was drowned in the Cotter River on Thursday…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Ketch Fatality Survivors' Ordeal Melbourne
Driven ashore on a tiny island in Bass Strait on Sunday, January 26, during the terrific gales which swept the southern coast, the crayfishing ketch Tasman was…
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The [?] accident figures for January show an unusually high percentage of accidents caused by motorists [?]ailing to signal their intention to…
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