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Newspaper
Sunshine Advocate
Location
Sunshine, Victoria, Australia
Date
Sep 29, 1939
Page
2
Town notices reveal Mr T E Robinson will keep his Sunshine newsagency open late every evening until 7 pm except Friday until 9 pm. Braybrook Council to provide transport for all eggs collected for the Royal Melbourne Hospital Auxiliary annual appeal.
John Anderson of 48 Sydney Street Sunshine died after a brief illness at Mount St. Evin’s Hospital Melbourne aged 62. He worked as a watchman at Harvester Works and leaves his widow and three sons Robert Alex Albert. A Dundee native he moved from Scotland to Sunshine and joined Albion Lodge of the Grand United Oddfellows. The private funeral was held Saturday at Footscray Cemetery.
Eric Charles Clooney aged 26 of 292 Hampshire Road Sunshine died at the Alfred Hospital after a motor accident weeks earlier. He was married, son in law of Mr and Mrs H J Stock of Sunshine, and leaves a widow and one small child. Mrs Clooney has been very ill.
A massive explosion at the Nobel Australasia Ltd munitions works in Deer Park at 1 25 pm left three victims identified as Lilian Gordon 34 of Footscray Ethel Foster 29 of Brunswick Michael Francis O Gorman 26 of Albert Park. The hut F13 was blown apart and a cordon of soldiers and emergency crews secured the scene. Funeral for Michael Frenery O Gorman was held at Fawkner Cemetery with 400 workers marching in procession.
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