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Blue Mountains · Accidents

Accidents, 1935

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The Prevention of Accidents Nearly 250 Children Killed During 1933

The Katoomba Daily · Friday 4 January 1935 · page 3

"What are you doing to prevent accidents? "Nothing? But perhaps your indifference arises from a lack of…

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The Motor World Notes and News From the N.r.m.a. Berlin Tackles Accident Problem

The Katoomba Daily · Thursday 10 January 1935 · page 4

In an endeavour to reduce the great number of road accidents in Germany, the Berlin police have introduced an accident investigation…

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The Motor World N.R.M.A. NEWS Road Accident Figures

The Katoomba Daily · Friday 25 January 1935 · page 4

During the week ended November 24, last year, 146 persons died and 3,880 were injured In Great Britain, as a result of road…

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Accidents Slipped on Rooks

The Katoomba Daily · Saturday 26 January 1935 · page 3

Mrs Taylor, a visitor to Katoomba from Newcastle, while walking on the rocks at Minna Ha Ha Falls, slipped and fell striking her…

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Car Accident

The Katoomba Daily · Tuesday 29 January 1935 · page 2

How fortunate were the four passengers in a car which left the Main Western Road early on Sunday morning, opposite Cottey's Ham and…

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Three Vehicles in Road Collision Car Wrecked; Lady Injured

The Katoomba Daily · Thursday 28 February 1935 · page 1

Mr. O. Leggo, of St. John's Rd., Glebe, when travelling by car towards Medlow Bath on Saturday last, had just topped the hill near…

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Cars Collide Accident Near Leura School

The Katoomba Daily · Tuesday 19 March 1935 · page 2

On a section of the Main Western Road, near the Leura Public School, where the Main Roads Board is carrying out repairs, a…

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Shooting Accident in Megalong Valley

The Katoomba Daily · Tuesday 26 March 1935 · page 3

David McGill, a youth, resident in the city, was the victim of a shooting accident during the week-end. A bullet penetrated…

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Accidents Motor Cyclists Defended

The Katoomba Daily · Tuesday 2 April 1935 · page 4

The R.A.C.A. reminds drivers of motor vehicles that in case of an accident to them, or an accident having occurred in the proximity…

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Cycle Accident

The Katoomba Daily · Friday 17 May 1935 · page 4

A boy named Turner, res[?]ng at Mount Victoria, when riding behind another young man, on a push bike on the Main Western…

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For the Motorist Stopping After an Accident

The Katoomba Daily · Friday 7 June 1935 · page 2

The Royal Automobile Club of Australia appeals to all motorists to stop after an accident in which their cars are even remotely concerned,…

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Narrow Escape From Death Linesman Injured

The Katoomba Daily · Friday 21 June 1935 · page 3

Mr. Joseph Greeve, employed on the new trunk line work between Mt. Victoria and Katoomba. while dismantling old lines and poles,…

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Level Crossing Fatality Mr. J. Brownlow's Stepmother Killed at Richmond

The Katoomba Daily · Tuesday 9 July 1935 · page 2

Mrs. A. Brownlow, step-mother of Mr. A. Brownlow, of the local Railway staff, was struck by a passing train at Richmond Railway…

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Here and There Exhibition Dancers in Motor Accident

The Katoomba Daily · Tuesday 6 August 1935 · page 2

After having visited Mr. Bert Long at Katoomba, on Sunday, July 28, and arranged to open a dancing class at Katoomba Casino…

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Car Overturns Convent Corner Accident

The Katoomba Daily · Saturday 10 August 1935 · page 3

Proceeding towards Sydney on Thursday, about 1 p.m.. a car in which were two ladies, two children and one man (who was driving),…

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Fatal Motor Accident Woman Killed and Four Injured. Mount Victoria Pass

The Katoomba Daily · Thursday 15 August 1935 · page 3

When the tail-shaft of a car broke, in descending Mount Victoria Pass, on Tuesday night, the brakes failed to hold, and the vehicle…

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Road Accident Local Cyclists Narrowly Escape Injury

The Katoomba Daily · Tuesday 20 August 1935 · page 2

The largely increased number of cyclists to be seen on the roads these days, calls for caution on their part as well as that of…

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Blackheath News Foot Injured

The Katoomba Daily · Thursday 22 August 1935 · page 2

Mr. Dennis Lynch, resident of Blackheath, and employed as a linesman in the P.M.G. Department, while at work at Mount Victoria,…

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Collision Between Cyclist and Motor Truck Mr. J. Dennett Seriously Injured

The Katoomba Daily · Thursday 29 August 1935 · page 3

Mr. Joseph Dennett, Jar., aged . 25, employed in his father's printing works, Bathtrust Road, met with a serious accident on…

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Motor Accident at Blaxland Occupant's Lucky Escape From Injury

The Katoomba Daily · Thursday 19 September 1935 · page 2

A Nash La Fayette limousine car on Sunday, 15th inst, figured in an accident on the Great Western Highway that might well have been…

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