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Blue Mountains · Accidents

Accidents, 1936

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Youth Injured Bike Out of Control

The Blue Mountains Times · Friday 3 April 1936 · page 3

John Madden (16), of 167 Rowe Street, Earl wood, suffered incised wounds to the head and concussion, when the motor cycle he was riding…

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R.a.c.a. News. Accidents and Education

The Katoomba Daily · Tuesday 21 April 1936 · page 3

In practically all countries in the world to-day, where automobiles are extensively used, efforts are constantly being made to reduce…

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America's Road Accidents

The Katoomba Daily · Thursday 23 April 1936 · page 4

The gravity of America's road accident problem is revealed in figures compiled by the United States Census Bureau, which have…

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Cars Collide at Lawson Bridge Three Persons Injured

The Katoomba Daily · Tuesday 28 April 1936 · page 3

The bridge across the railway line near the Catholic Church, Lawson, was the scene of an accident yesterday, when two cars…

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News of the Mountains District Mount Victoria News Car Accident at Mitchell's Ridge

The Katoomba Daily · Thursday 30 April 1936 · page 4

Skidding across the roadway, near Mitchell's Ridge, on Sunday night, a motor car, travelling towards Lithgow, crashed into a…

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Serious Car Accident Katoomba Girl Injured

The Katoomba Daily · Saturday 2 May 1936 · page 2

The car smash which occurred in the vicinity of Marrickville, early on Friday morning, in which the well-known Katoomba girl, Miss…

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Two Youths Injured Motor Accident Near Medlow

The Katoomba Daily · Friday 22 May 1936 · page 2

On Wednesday, in the vicinity of Medlow Bath, a car in which Reg. Thomas and Walter Powell were driving, ran off the road and…

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Slippery-dip Accident

The Blue Mountains Times · Friday 22 May 1936 · page 3

John Ryan (4), of 36 Beresford Road, Strathfleld, sustained a fractured right arm when he fell off the slippery-dip in Hinkler Park last S…

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Police Court Accident Claim

The Blue Mountains Times · Friday 29 May 1936 · page 3

In a claims action arising out of a motor accident on April 27, Leslie John Gotwald, of 241 Katoomba St.. Katoomba, sued Roy John Allsop,. also…

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First Aid Why You Should Learn First Aid to the Injured

The Katoomba Daily · Thursday 11 June 1936 · page 1

Because--1.The knowledge rightly applied assists the medical man and lessens the period of suffering and agony…

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First Aid Why You Should Learn First Aid to the Injured

The Blue Mountains Times · Friday 12 June 1936 · page 2

The knowledge rightly applied assists the medical man, and lessens the period of suffering and injury. The knowledge may enable you to…

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Here and There Unusual Accident

The Katoomba Daily · Friday 12 June 1936 · page 2

Mr. "Jack" Hickey, well-known as the driver of one of Hunter's bread delivery carts, met with an unusual accident early on Tuesday morning,…

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Motor Fatality Death of Mrs. Stedman's Sister

The Katoomba Daily · Saturday 20 June 1936 · page 1

Constable Stedman, of Katoomba, received word on Thursday that Mrs. Stedman's sister had met with a motor accident on Saturday last,…

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Five Injured Car Accident

The Katoomba Daily · Tuesday 30 June 1936 · page 2

When a car overturned three times near Faulconbridge, on Sunday morning, five people were injured…

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Schoolboy Injured During Football Game

The Katoomba Daily · Tuesday 30 June 1936 · page 2

Young Jack Chapple broke his collarbone while playing in a school football match at Penrith on Thursday last. The Penrith…

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Boy Killed by Car Accident at Little Hartley

The Katoomba Daily · Thursday 9 July 1936 · page 2

Charles William Johnson, aged 0, was killed instantly by a car on the Main Western Road on Monday afternoon…

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Death of Accident Victim

The Katoomba Daily · Saturday 25 July 1936 · page 2

Mr. George Francis Thompson, go, died in the B. M. A). Anzac Memorial Hospital on Friday morning…

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Hit-run Motorist on Western Highway Man Found Seriously Injured. Help the Police

The Katoomba Daily · Tuesday 28 July 1936 · page 2

Driving home from the Caves, at about 7 p.m. on Saturday, Mr. "Wally" Campbell, a service car driver, noticed a man…

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Small Clue Leads to Arrest Western Road Motor Accident

The Katoomba Daily · Thursday 30 July 1936 · page 3

With only a small piece of rubber, [?] x [?] inch in size, Katoomba police were not very sanguine of finding the motor vehicle that struck…

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Accidental Death Coroner's Finding in Geo. Thompson Inquest

The Katoomba Daily · Tuesday 11 August 1936 · page 2

Mr. H. J. Caton, District Coroner, held an inquest on Friday last at the Katoomba Court House, in connection with the…

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