Boy Drowned at Culcairn
David James Embleton. aged 7 years, was drowned in the Blllabong Creek, Culcairn. on Saturday afternoon. His father is Mr…
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Splendid Rescue From Drowning
A splendid rescue from drowning was made shortly before midday yesterday. When Les Wakem. of Best street Wagga, got into difficulties in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Some Unusual Accidents in 1943
Hundreds of times, Aloys Peters, 45, circus star, had made his death-defying leap from a high platform with a hangman'n noose around his…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Saved Tank Driver From Drowning Queensland Soldier Commended by King
CANBERRA, Tuesday: Trapped in a tank which had fallen into a river, a Queensland soldier saved the unconscious driver from…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Lad Injured in Fall From Bus
Ron Squires, aged 13 years, of 140 Fitamaurice street, Wagga, sustained a sevens lacerated wound to his right lower leg when he fell from a box in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Youth Drowned
SYDNEY, Wed.—Vincent William John Anderson, 19, of Hornsby, was drowned in a swimming pool near Hornsby to-day. The body was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Drowned in Bong Bong
The report of a gunshot, followed closely by agonising cries from the direction of the Bong Bong River, about two miles from Burradoo…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Injured When Fell From Bridge
A railway bridge [?]anger. Charles Ticehurst, of North Wagga. while working on a bridge near Borambola yesterday. stepped backwards off the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sgt. Ken French Injured
Sgt. Ken. French, formerly of the Trade Palace staff, who went into the Services, was making home by the express the other night, to spend leave…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Car Accident Miraculous Escape
An accident occurred at the 13-mile peg, near Kiley's mail box, on the Tomorroma Road on Tuesday night about 11…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Hotel Brawl Policemen Injured
SYDNEY, Sunday: Two policemen were injured In a brawl which started in the bar of a North Sydney Hotel and finished…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bush Fire Fighters Should Be Cowed by Insurance District Accident Reveals Necessity For Action Membr for Yass Makes Effort to Secure Compensation
"Some months ago I made representations to the Chief Secretary's Department that some scheme be evolved to cover engaged in fighting bush fires not covered by the terms of their .mployment pnder th Workers Compensation Act" states Mr W. F…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Victorian Bush Fires Another Flare-up at Wangaratta Men Injured Near Clunes
MELBOURNE, Mon.—After a destructive week-end. fires in the Wangaratta district flared up again to-day. The town fire bell…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Five Killed Inquiry Into Queensland Road Collision
BRISBANE, Tuesday: Describing a scene in which five passengers were killed and 22 injured in a collision between a tram and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Air Travellers Six Injured Near Newcastle
SYDNEY, Tuesday: When a Qantas Empires flying boat enroute from Queensland to Sydney, flew into a bad air pocket south of Newcastle…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →South Gundagai Man Killed Another Seriously Injured Motor Fatality Near Albury
A well known South Gundagai man, Mr Joe Walters, was killed and another, Mr Harry Higham, was seriously injured in a motor accident which occurred in the early hours of this morning near AIbury. Details of the accident are not yet…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Boy Jumper Injured
Albert Raymond Dempsey. eight year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Bill Dempsey of Petersham. suffered a sever wound to his left hand on…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Two Sisters Drowned Albury Tragedy
Two sisters, aged seven and six, were drowned in a disused quarry on Western Hill, near Albury, yesterday afternoon. They were Ollive I[?]…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Items of News Boy Cyclist Injured
Peter Street, aged 14 years, of Cootamundra received a nasty fall from his bicycle when taking the turn from me Hume to the Sturt Highway at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Two Sisters Drowned at Albury
Two sisters, aged seven and six, were drowned in a disused quarry on Western Hill, near Albury, on Wednesday afternoon. They were Olive…
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