Local News and General Items. Dwarf Drowned in Creer
Ison Thomas, 35, a sideshow performer known as "Tommy the Pygmy," was drowned in water four feet deep in Styx Creek,…
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Drowned Vibes Boat Overturns
While rowing with companions in a boat on the Hume Weir on Saturday, Lance-Sergeant Wallace Henry Drummond, aged 32 years…
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While rowing with companions in a boat on the Hume Weir on Saturday. Lance-Sergeant Wallace Henry Drummond, aged 32 years, a soldier…
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QUEANBEYAN, Monday.—While waiting to catch his dog, Dusty Son, after the running of the first event at the local dog meeting on Saturday…
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While playing at the South Wagga Public School during recess yesterday William Keefe, aged 10 years, of Turvey Park, Wagga,…
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America's National Safety Council rates this the dizziest accident of the year Private John Fein was shaving informally in the nude at…
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An accident, which it was a miracle did not prove instantaneously [?] befell Master John McInto[?] son of Mr. Hugh McIntosh, of the Hillston…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Flying Officer G. Knight Killed Accident near Deniliquin
Word has been received from Deniliquin that Flying Officer Geoffrey Knight had died of injuries received in an aeroplane accident near…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sulky Accident Down Gap Hill
Mr. Dob. Bolton, of Tanyina, suffered head injuries when he was thrown from a sulky. the horse of which had bolted down the Gap Hill…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sensational Accident at Yanco Power House Workman Strikes High Tension Transmission Cable with Steel Chisel a Marvellous Escape
A BLINDING flash of bluish flame momentarily filled the switch room at the Yanco Power House on Friday afternoon when…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday: As a sequel to an accident in which Arthur Maugson, aged 37 years, tram conductor, and Jessie Mary Newby, aged 22 years,…
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GOSFORD, Wednesday.—Robert James Newell, aged 15 years, of Liverpool, was drowned while surfing at Ocean Beach to-day. Members of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sensational Accident at Yanco Power House Workman Strikes High Tension Cable with Steel Chisel
A blinding flash of bluish flame momentarily filled the switch room at Yanco power house when a 5200 volt cable was struck accidentally with a…
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An accident, which was remarkable that it did not prove instantaneously fatal, befell John M'Intosh, aged 12 years, son of Mr. Hugh…
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Admitted to Lithgow Hospital after having had his leg frightfully injured when he apparently slipped and fell on a moving circular saw at the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Lost Half of Train Before Fatal Railway Accident
The Grenfell Coroner returned a verdict of accidental death after inquiring into the death of James Albert Kennedy, a railway engine…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Heroic Gunner Injured
Mr. Charlie Hatwell's hurdle champion, Heroic Gunner, dead-heated with Short and Snappy in the hurdle race at Wagga on Saturday in meritorious…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Britain's Big Bomber Came Partly By Accident
Britain's Lancaster bomber, which most air experts believe to be our main instrument for the scourging of Germany, was a…
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One of the luckiest saves ever recorded was effected at Temora Olympic Pool, when a small child was rescued in dramatic circumstances…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Double Fatality at Deniliquin Severe Burns Cause Deaths of Airmen
Deaths from toxaemia from burns accidentally received when an aircraft in which they were flying crashed and burst into flames were the findings…
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