Burned to Death 10 Other People Injured in Fire
ROCKHAMPTON, Monday. - Mrs. Gwen Stevens, aged 22 years, was burned to death and 10 other persons, including three firemen, were injured…
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Tube Tragedy in U.s. Four Killed and Hundreds Injured
NEW YORK, Sunday.-Four were killed and 400 injured when trapped in a smoke-filled tunnel in Hudson Tubes, 75 ft. below the Exchange Place…
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White L.A.C. James Tasman Green, aged 35 years, in company with other airmen, was walking into Benalla (V.) from the Benalla Elementary Training…
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AFTER hearing the evidence given at the inquiry, held at the Court House yesterday, into the cause of the death of Henry James Benjamin Saunderson, the Coroner, Mr. W. C. Barker, J.P., found that he had died on April 20 from the effects of injuries received on April II,…
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Mr. Tom Ryan, the well-known Yass district drover, had the misfortune to meet with nasty accident recently. He was on his way from Yass to…
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LEETON, Tuesday.—The inquest on the death of Henry Jones Benjamin Saunderson, was concluded at Leeton to-day. Saunderson died in the Leeton District…
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It is reported from Claremore (Oklahoma) that a tornado struck the nearby armaments boom town of Pryor. At least 100 were killed,…
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L.A.C. Lionel Albert Gale, of Footscray (V.), who was critically injured as a result of being (truck by a motor car on Sunday night, succumbed to his injuries…
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SYDNEY. Wednesday. — Figures released to-day by the-Commissioner of Road Transport and Tramways (Mr. Neale), on road accidents and…
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A finding of accidental death was returned yesterday at Albury by the coroner (Mr. I. Beavers) at the conclusion of an inquest…
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LONDON, Friday.—It is officially announced from Berlin that 250 were killed and over 1000 Injured in an explosion in the chemical factory at…
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Attempting to cross a creek In a "flying-fox" on Friday, Adolph Ernest Beever, farmer, of Walla, was swept away and drowned. The…
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MELBOURNE, Monday: One member of the V.D.C. was drowned and five other V.D.C. men swam to safety when a car in which they were riding…
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MELBOURNE, Sunday. — One member of the V.D.C. was drowned and five other V.D.C. men swam to safety when a car In which they…
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SYDNEY, Friday—commenting on a statement made yesterday by the Minister for Labor and Industry (Mr. Knight) regarding the…
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SYDNEY, Sunday. — Roderick John Cowan, aged 23 years, of Revesby, was killed and his fiancee, Dorothy Hazel Murphy, aged 21…
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SYDNEY, Sunday.—After an inquiry into the interference suffered by Skerries, Beau Port and Tyrannus in the Flying Welter First Division at…
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MELBOURNE, Sunday. — The deathroll in the brownout was increased by four last night in separate traffic accidents when the…
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Widespread sympathy was expressed for Mr and Mrs Sid Rathmell, of Dirnaseer, in the untimely death of their eldest son, Desmond Bolte, aged…
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GORDON Steel was riding his horse back to Yanco on Sunday night when the animal shied and threw him heavily to the…
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