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Blue Mountains · Accidents

Accidents, 1933

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Strange Accident Visitor Injured at Jenolan Caves

The Katoomba Daily · Friday 6 January 1933 · page 2

While waiting with other departing passengers, on the concrete near the Jenolan Caves House, on Wednesday afternoon, Miss Symes, a…

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The Blue Mountain Echo News of the Mountains District Blackheath News Painful Accident

The Katoomba Daily · Friday 6 January 1933 · page 4

Mr. J. Jeffery, teller at the Bank of N.S.W., met with a painful accident last Thursday afternoon while using a file, when a piece of steel…

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Coroner's Inquiry Verdict of Accidental Death

The Katoomba Daily · Thursday 12 January 1933 · page 4

At Katoomba Court-house yesterday, Mr, J. A. Bamber, Coroner, conducted an inquiry into the circumstances…

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Accidents Youth Injured at Leura Cascades

The Katoomba Daily · Tuesday 17 January 1933 · page 3

About 9.30 on Thursday night last a youth named W. Rogers, met with a very painful accident whilst running down the footpath at the…

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Street Collision Motor Car and Cycle

The Katoomba Daily · Friday 3 February 1933 · page 2

Mr. J. Packer, son of ex-Mayor A. E. Packer, had an unenviable experience on Wednesday. A motor cycle driven by Thomas Joseph…

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A Sad Fatality Young Man Killed

The Katoomba Daily · Tuesday 7 February 1933 · page 3

Shortly before noon on Saturday last William Marshall Bruce Hollier, 23, of Lurline Street, kattomba, lost his life in a…

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Almost an Accident Lucky Escape

The Katoomba Daily · Thursday 9 February 1933 · page 2

Heather Angel, who plays the leading role of Sookey in "Self–Made Lady," which is now showing at Katoomba's Empire Theatre, had…

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Motor Fatality

The Blue Mountains Times · Friday 10 February 1933 · page 1

With his usual cheery wave to his mates in Shaw's shop, Bruce Hollier set out shortly after breakfast last Saturday on his Medlow run. Less than an hour…

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Accidental Death Late Bruce Hollier's Inquest

The Katoomba Daily · Saturday 18 February 1933 · page 4

Before My. Arthur Judges, (Coroner) an inquest was held on William Marshall Bruce Hollier, who died in the B.M.D.A.M…

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Painful Accident

The Katoomba Daily · Thursday 2 March 1933 · page 3

A very painful accident befell Mr M. A. Duffy, of Stephen Street, Katoomba, on Tuesday morning, in Merriwa Street. While cutting wood…

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Blackheath News Collision

The Katoomba Daily · Tuesday 7 March 1933 · page 2

On Thursday afternoon a horse and sulky, driven by young Malcolm MacArthur. collided with a motor car on the Bathurst Road,…

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Cricketer Seriously Injured Fell From Motor Lorry

The Katoomba Daily · Tuesday 21 March 1933 · page 2

Cyril Silvester Hope, aged 32, a resident of Mt. Victoria, received serious injury on Sunday afternoon When lie fell from a motor lorry on…

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Accidental Death Fell From a Motor Lorry

The Katoomba Daily · Thursday 23 March 1933 · page 2

The Distinct Coroner. Mr. Arthur Judges, at Katoomba Court-house on Tuesday, conducted an inquiry into the death of Cyril Silvester Hope,…

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BOXING No game was ever vet worth a rap For a rational man to play. Into which no accident, no mishap. Could possibly find its way. Whitelaw Issues Challenge First Class Programme at Town Hall, To-night

The Katoomba Daily · Saturday 1 April 1933 · page 4

Fans can expect plenty of thrills when Frank Hall and George Webb get together to-night. Hall is a promising middleweight from Syd…

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Shocking Motor Fatality Young Man Killed in Megalong Valley

The Katoomba Daily · Tuesday 4 April 1933 · page 2

Death was waiting around the corner, at the bend near the Megalong Creek oil Sunday morning, for Frank Hunt, aged…

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Accidental Death Coronial Inquiry Into Motor Fatality

The Katoomba Daily · Thursday 6 April 1933 · page 1

At Katoomba Police Court on Monday Mr. Arthur Judges, District Coroner, conducted an inquiry into circumstances…

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Motor Fatality at Megalong

The Blue Mountains Times · Friday 7 April 1933 · page 4

A fatal accident occurred on the road to Megalong on Sunday morning last when a car containing two young men capsized when turning a bend. No doubt…

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Accident at Mt. York Visitor Injured

The Katoomba Daily · Thursday 25 May 1933 · page 3

Miss Murlin, a visitor to Katoomba, living at 136 Queen Victoria St., Bexley, while on a visit to Mt York on Monday fell and received a…

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Car Accident Medlow Bath Bridge

The Katoomba Daily · Tuesday 6 June 1933 · page 3

Over the week-end Katoomba District Ambulance received a call to Medlow Bath bridge, the scene of many accidents. A car driven by…

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Motor Accident Worker Seriously Injured

The Katoomba Daily · Thursday 8 June 1933 · page 1

A lorry on which members of the Mains Roads Board were being conveyed home, on Monday afternoon, collided with a car travelling in the…

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