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Blue Mountains · Accidents

Accidents, 1932

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Aftermath of Fatal Motor Accident at Leura Higgin's Convicted

The Katoomba Daily · Thursday 25 August 1932 · page 2

On the 23rd instant, at Katoomba Court of Petty Sessions, Hugh Clarence Higgins was charged with driving a motor car in a manner…

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Police Court News Echo of Leura Motor Accident Dangerous Driving Charge

The Blue Mountains Times · Friday 26 August 1932 · page 5

At the Police Court on Tuesday before [?]r. McCullock, P.M., Roy Albert Higgins, [?]aster-butcher of Sydney, was charged with driving a motor car along Bathurst…

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An Unusual Golf Incident Player Injured. Wentworth Falls

The Katoomba Daily · Thursday 8 September 1932 · page 4

A remarkable and unique accident happened on the Wentworth Falls Holt links last week- end, when Messrs Ivor Chisholm, Cecil Cook…

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Scalding Accident Black Heath Lady's Painful Injuries

The Katoomba Daily · Thursday 8 September 1932 · page 2

Mrs. Harold Crouch, wife of Mr. H. Crouch, builder, Black health, was the unfortunate victim of an accident which is at present…

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Leura Fatality Coroner's Inquest

The Blue Mountains Times · Friday 16 September 1932 · page 1

The inquest on the death of Miss Anna Gullett, sister of Mr. H. S. Gullett, Minister for Customs, whose body was found in a swamp near the Leura…

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Sensational Car Accident Katoomba Residents ' in Hospital. 20Ft Fall Into Creek

The Katoomba Daily · Friday 21 October 1932 · page 2

Three well-known Katoomba residents, who were journeying to Sydney, by car, featured in a sensational accident, at St…

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Home Again Motor Accident Victims

The Katoomba Daily · Tuesday 25 October 1932 · page 3

Ald. A. H. Packer, of Carrington Avenue, and Mrs. G. H. Atkins, of "Valhalla," Merriwa Street, were transported from the Penrith…

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Sensational Accident Goods Train Derailed at Leura

The Katoomba Daily · Thursday 10 November 1932 · page 2

A sensational accident which befell a goods train tills morning at Lenra Railway Station might have ended disastrously…

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Accident at Lawson Engine Driver Seriously Injured

The Katoomba Daily · Saturday 12 November 1932 · page 3

William Simpson, 52, engine driver, living at 287 Lakemba Av., Lakemba, had a miraculous escape from death on Friday morning…

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Nearly a Fatality Dangerous Early Morning Swim

The Katoomba Daily · Thursday 1 December 1932 · page 1

Mr. Alan Dind, accompanied by Mr. George McNaughton, an employee, while enjoying a swim at 7.30 a.m. on Tuesday were nearly…

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Drowning Fatality Averted Lawson Visitor's Timely Rescue

The Katoomba Daily · Saturday 10 December 1932 · page 5

A drowning fatality was timely averted by some visitors to Lawson on Thursday last. The event took place at Lawson Swimming Pool,…

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Accident

The Katoomba Daily · Friday 23 December 1932 · page 6

Mr. D. Kidd, of Bathurst Road, met with a nasty accident on Tuesday. While cutting wood a log rolled in the act of chopping and…

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Fatal Accident Motor Mishap at Mount Wilson Man Killed

The Katoomba Daily · Thursday 29 December 1932 · page 3

Leaving Mt. Victoria at 9 a.m. on Saturday last, Henry F. Coward, of Dunn's Plains, Hockley, accompanied by a lady friend, in a single…

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