Train Collision in English Fog
Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 9 January 1946 · page 1
Two views of the wreckage caused when one suburban train crashed into the back of another during a fog at Pinner, Middles[?]ex, England, on December 31. Below is a close-up of telescoped coaches. Three people were killed and many seriously injured…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →£5 Fine for Negligent Driving Former Gundagai Man Convicted .Sequel to Sheridan Street Motor Collision
The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 10 January 1946 · page 4
On the afternoon of Wednesday November 7th last, two cars col- lided in Sheridan Street, one driven by Postmaster J. M. Reardon…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sad Fatal Accident Death of Mrs [?] A. Martin
The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Thursday 10 January 1946 · page 2
Widespread grief and consternation was evidenced in Hillston and throughout the district on Christmas Eve, when the sad and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Accidental Death Finding in Fatal Street Accident Inquests at Wagga
Daily Advertiser · Thursday 10 January 1946 · page 3
The coroner (Mr. Hugh Oates) returned a finding of accidental death when he conducted an inquest at the Wagga. Town Hall…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Unusual Accident at Leeton Man's Skull Fractured
The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 10 January 1946 · page 4
Mr J. Hester, son of Mr Jack Hester, formerly of Leeton, who was holidaying on the MIA as the guest of Mr and Mrs P. Grace of Yanco…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fatal Burning Accident Cootamundra Child Dies
The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 10 January 1946 · page 1
Neville ' Chamberlain, aged [?] of Mr and Mrs Alf Chamberlain, of Cootamundra, met with a 'burning accident at his parents' home last…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Collision at Yarrangobilly
Cootamundra Herald · Friday 11 January 1946 · page 2
Mrs. Leo O'Sullivan, of Church Hill. Cootamundra. came home yesterday from the Tumut hospital, where she was treated for facial injury and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Freak Accidents in 1945
Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 11 January 1946 · page 1
A man who lay pinned under his overturned car for 14 days before he died provided perhaps the strangest of 1945's freak accidents…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Seven Injured in City Collision
Daily Advertiser · Monday 14 January 1946 · page 1
SYDNEY, Sunday: Seven people were injured when a car and a lorry collided at the corner of Archer and Ashley streets,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Man Pound on Road Seriously Injured
Daily Advertiser · Monday 14 January 1946 · page 1
SYDNEY, Sunday: A dying deposition has been taken from Charles Vincent Graham, aged 63 years, timber cutter, by the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fatal Road Accident
Daily Advertiser · Monday 14 January 1946 · page 2
SYDNEY, Sunday: When the car in which she was riding got out of control or the Coraki-Lismore road last night, Marie…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Left Note But Met Death by Accident
The Gundagai Independent · Monday 14 January 1946 · page 1
Although Mrs Nellie Bartel, of Temora, apparently intended taking her life, she met her death accidentally, decided the Coroner, M…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Street Accident Mrs. Viti Lamb Injured
Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 15 January 1946 · page 2
Mrs. Viti Lamb, employed as a telephonist at the local post office, was severely injured in a street accident on Saturday afternoon…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →British Sailor Drowned In Leeton Baths Expired After Responding to Artificial Respiration
The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 15 January 1946 · page 2
YESTERDAY afternoon a British sailor, who was greatly affected by the heat, swam across the Leeton Baths and back again and had just reached the edge when he was seen to sink. Little time was lost in bringing him up to the surface and resuscitation methods…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sensational Grenade-Throwing at Cairns Six Injured Police Cannot Question Victims
Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 15 January 1946 · page 1
BRISBANE, Tuesday: Believed to have been thrown deliberately, a hand grenade or a bomb exploded on the verandah at the rear of a house…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Tragic Sequel to Drowning Girl Shoots Herself
Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 16 January 1946 · page 1
MELBOURNE, Tuesday: Shirley Birmingham, aged 17 years, of Croydon, shot herself to-day while her parents were attending…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →City Trams Collide Many Passengers Injured
Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 16 January 1946 · page 2
SYDNEY, Tuesday: Twenty-four people were injured, two seriously, when a Crow's Nest bound tram crashed into the rear of a Lane…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Melhero Injured Melbourne Trip Cancelled Munro to Ride Cragsman
Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 16 January 1946 · page 6
SYDNEY, Tuesday: There were two major developments in the Challenge Stakes to-day. Melhero was announced as a non-starter…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Turf Melhero Injured Melbourne Trip Cancelled
The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 17 January 1946 · page 8
Melhero was announced as a nonstarter in the Challenge Stakes on Tuesday because of injuries sustained on the track…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Horse Struck by Lightning Near Gundagai Woman Severely Injured
Daily Advertiser · Thursday 17 January 1946 · page 1
A horse ridden by Mrs. Reg Smith, aged 35 years, of South Gundagai, was struck by lightning…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →