Five Killed in U.s. Air Collision
NEW YORK, Sunday.-William Britton, son of the former world-welter-weight champion, Jack Britton. was killed when the plane he was…
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Boys Believed Drowned
AUCKLAND (N.Z.), Wednesday.—David Rusk, aged 7 years, Arthur Rusk. aged 10 years, and Henry Greenseal, aged 11 yean, are believed to have…
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ADELAIDE, Wednesday. —In a taxi accident near City Bridge last night Robert Anglesey, aged 37 years, A.J.P. was killed and Gunner B. C. Wil-…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Burra Creek Man’s Frightful Ordeal Leg Crushed; Pinned In Tree For Nearly Two Hours Accident Occurred Whilst Lopping Trees
His leg crushed by a limb which he had lopped off, William J. Brown, of Bongongolong, was pinned, for nearly two hours, to the tree in which he had worked. The accident occurred on Monday last, and Brown suffered frightful pain as he waited for assistance…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Ambulance Had Busy Day Chapter of Accidents on Easter
Superintendent Roy Osmond “commander-in-chief” of the Gundagai-Tumut District Ambulance service had perhaps the…
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Mr. Harry Barr was carting water with a Furphy cart during the week, when the horse bolted. Mr. Barr fell oft and a wheel of the cart passed over his hand,…
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On Tuesday last. Miss Canoe Paltison, of Melbourne, niece of Mr. and Mrs. Tom Pattison, of Winchendon Vale, and who came from Melbourne to…
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LONDON, Thursday. — The Istanbul correspondent of the "Daily Mail" reports that a large motor boat carrying 236 Greek refugees from the Aegean…
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MELBOURNE, Sunday.âA youth was fatally injured and 10 other passengers sufÂfered minor injuries when at a coupling broke on the miniature train at the Zoological…
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SYDNEY, Sunday. — Believed to have suddenly developed cramp, Norman Weygand, aged 42 years, of sydney, was drowned at Ocean Beach,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Injured While Landing Big Cod
A Gundagai man, Mr. George Elliott, hauled a 371b. cod out of the Murrumbidgee, and suffered injuries in doing so. As he pulled the line…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Awful Accident Whilst Lopping Trees
His leg crushed by a limb which he had lopped off, William J. Brown, of Bongongolong, was pinned for nearly two hours to the tree in which he had…
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Michael Flynn, 64, manpower, officer, who was injured in a motor accident near Yeoval on Wednesday, died in the district hospital on Saturday. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Terrific Road Collision Aged Man Seriously Injured
A TERRIFIC collision between a modern Studebaker motor utility truck and a light horse-drawn sulky on the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Arrest Follows Accident at Leeton
LEETON, Monday.—An accident occurred on Saturday night near the Leeton cannery, when Benjamin Saunderson, aged 64 years, was injured,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fruit Inspector Drowned in Mirrool Creek
Sydney O'Sullivan, a well known fruit inspector on the Irrigation Area, was drowned in the Mirrool Creek on Sunday, when he swam out to get a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →“Brown Out” Dangers in Sydney Accidents And Crime Increase (From Our City Representative)
PARTIAL blackout of Sydney is Sydney causing grave concern because the increase in crime and road accidents You wouldn’t think a civilised city like Sydney would contain so many night dangers, but its so Girls are afraid to walk home at night unescorted for fear of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Drowned While Retrieving Duck Fatality at Griffith
SEEKING to retrieve a duck which fell into Mirrool Creek on Sunday, Sydney O'Sullivan, fruit inspector, representing…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Drowning Accident in Mirrool Creek Near Griffith
Seeking to retrieve a duck which fell into Mirrool Creek on Sunday, Sydney O'Sullivan, well known fruit inspector representing Henry Jones…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Railway Collision at Tamworth
TAMWORTH, Friday.—Two men were slightly injured and two locomotives seriously damaged thirteen trucks less seriously damaged, and 30 sheep killed. when…
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