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Blue Mountains · Accidents

Accidents, 1936

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Mount Victoria News Bright Social Function. Serious Accident

The Katoomba Daily · Saturday 4 January 1936 · page 2

The committee of management connected new Public Hall should be very happy over the result of their efforts in organising…

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Motor Cyclist Seriously Injured Collision with Taxi on Main Western Road

The Katoomba Daily · Tuesday 7 January 1936 · page 2

James Rutledge, 22, was 'riding his motor cycle along the Great Western High why hear Woodford on Saturday when…

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Boy Seriously Injured

The Katoomba Daily · Tuesday 14 January 1936 · page 1

Allan Stedman, the 11 -year -old son of Constable and Mrs Stedman, of Katoomba, was the victim of an unusual accident last week. He…

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Fractured Legs Two Men Injured in Road Collision

The Katoomba Daily · Saturday 18 January 1936 · page 2

A collision between a motor cycle and side-car, and a motor car, occurred near "Yama," between Hazelbrook and…

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Drowned at Manly Springwood Child's Death

The Katoomba Daily · Tuesday 21 January 1936 · page 2

Springwood residents will be shocked to hear of the death of a seven-year-old boy of that township --Harold Halliwell…

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Accidents Injured by Alsatian Dog

The Katoomba Daily · Saturday 1 February 1936 · page 3

Miss E. Hawkins, 69, whilst walking in the street on Friday, was knocked down by an Alsation dog, the fall causing an impacted…

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Hit-run Motorists Two Katoomba Men Injured. Driver and One Other Detained

The Katoomba Daily · Tuesday 4 February 1936 · page 3

While walking home at 11.15 p.m. on Saturday, Messrs C. Thirtell, 22, and J. Makin, 24, of Queen's Road, Katoomba,…

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Accidental Death Coroner Condemns Pillion Riding. Court Enquiry

The Katoomba Daily · Saturday 8 February 1936 · page 2

At Katoomba Court House on Thursday, Mr. H. J. Caton, District Coroner, conducted an enquiry info the death of…

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Youth Killed Shocking Accident Atleura

The Katoomba Daily · Thursday 20 February 1936 · page 3

Riding a motor cycle in Victoria Street, Leura, on Tuesday, Stanley William Simock, 18, met with an accident which…

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Week End Mishaps Brother and Sister Injured

The Katoomba Daily · Tuesday 10 March 1936 · page 2

While using an axe, at her parents' residence on Sunday, 10-year-old Susan McKay had the misfortune to badly cut her…

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Lorry Capsizes Girl Seriously Injured

The Katoomba Daily · Thursday 12 March 1936 · page 3

A motor lorry driven by Mr. Albert ("Bert") Beulah, of Toon gabble, in negotiating the hill from the Marked Tree, collided with…

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Accidents MOTOR-CYCLE - Car Collision at Wentworth Falls

The Blue Mountains Times · Friday 13 March 1936 · page 2

As a result oi a collision between a motor cycle and a car on Sunday afternoon, William R. Dyer, of 19 Egan Street Newtown, suffered severe…

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[?]tworth Falls NOTES Accident

The Blue Mountains Times · Friday 13 March 1936 · page 3

What might have proved a serious accident was narrowly averted when Mrs. A. Wilson's new car got out of hand at the railway bridge last week…

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Child Injured

The Katoomba Daily · Thursday 19 March 1936 · page 3

Wee Laurel Hill, aged 8, while swinging on a trapese-bar at the Public, School, slipped and fell, breaking her arm…

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Buried by Earth Fall Workman Injured in Merriwa Street

The Katoomba Daily · Thursday 19 March 1936 · page 1

While employing in the digging of a deep trench in Merriwa Street, on Monday afternoon, August. John Trump, 45, was severely injured…

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Trench Collapse Man Injured

The Blue Mountains Times · Friday 20 March 1936 · page 4

Augustus John Trump, while digging in a trench near Hinkler Park on Monday, sustained a fractured left foot, when the walls of the trench…

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Aged Lady Meets with Accident T[?]igh Broken

The Katoomba Daily · Tuesday 24 March 1936 · page 2

On Saturday evening, Mrs. Bryant, 78, a visitor, While walking along Lurline Street with the intention of meeting her husband,…

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Aged Woman Injured Fall in Street

The Blue Mountains Times · Friday 27 March 1936 · page 1

Whilst walking along Lurline Street, [?]toomba, on Saturday evening, Mrs. [?]ssie Bryant (79), of 3 Pomona Street, Pennant Hills, fell and sustained a…

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Car Overturns One Occupant Injured

The Katoomba Daily · Tuesday 31 March 1936 · page 2

When a motor car got out of control and capsized, on the Main Western Highway near Medlow Bath, of the six occupants only one…

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Accidental Death Coronial Inquire Into the Death of Norman Sinclair

The Katoomba Daily · Tuesday 31 March 1936 · page 3

Mr. H. J. Caton, District Coroner, at Katoomba Court House yesterday, returned a finding that Norman T. B. Sinclair, died…

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