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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Accidents

Accidents, 1929

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Local and General Accident at Coramba

Daily Examiner · Saturday 23 February 1929 · page 4

A man named Dart, working at McKenzie, Ltd's., sawmill, met with an accident and had his hand broken. He was taken to Coff's Harbor Hospital…

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Telegrams Accidental Shooting Perth

Daily Examiner · Saturday 23 February 1929 · page 5

While undergoing instruction in rifle shooting in the Lord street Drill Hall, Frederick Leighton, 18, was fatally shot when one of the rifles accidentally…

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Fatal Blasting Accident. Wollongong

Daily Examiner · Saturday 23 February 1929 · page 5

Walter John Brock was killed by a premature explosion during blasting operations on the cross-country railway between Moss Vale and Port Kembla…

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Kiln Accident Roasted by Hot Bricks. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 23 February 1929 · page 5

Charles Alverton, of Eastwood, was severely burnt and received internal, injuries when a wall of a brick kiln at Eastwood brick works collapsed and fell…

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Shocking Motor, Fatality

The Clarence River Advocate · Monday 25 February 1929 · page 2

"While practising motor cycle riding on Fisher Park oval at Graf ton on Saturday morning in preparation for the afternoon's racing, Aloysius Thomas…

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Bad Smash One Killed Four Injured. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Monday 25 February 1929 · page 5

After playing golf at Caulfield William Empey, 57, a school teacher, of Carlton, gave a lift, to a party of ladies in his motor car…

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Petrol Fumes Ignite Girl Badly Injured. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 25 February 1929 · page 5

While, cleaning a dress with petrol at her home at Newtown to-day Constance Dawes, 21, was seriously burned. The fumes ignited when they came in…

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To Avoid Collision Car Driven Into River. Newcastle, Mnoday

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 26 February 1929 · page 5

When Mr. S. Jones, of Newcastle, saw a man, who had fallen from a motor cycle, lying prostrate on the side of the roadway at Hexham, he realised that if he…

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Nasty Accident. Coramba Lad's Misfortune

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 26 February 1929 · page 2

Master Jack Bettridge, son of Mr. and Mrs. R. E. J. Bettridge, Coramba, was riding a bicycle on, the him in the main street of Coramba on…

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Malcolm Campbell Injured in 'Plane Accident. Capetown

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 27 February 1929 · page 5

Malcolm Campbell, the British racing motorist, was returning from Verneuk Pan by aeroplane, when the machine crashed. He sustained injuries necessitating…

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Three Injured in Car Smash. Albury

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 27 February 1929 · page 8

Leslie Stanton, motor car proprietor, George Romar and George Long, were injured when a car which was being driven by Stanton, in endeavoring to…

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WINDSTORM 20 DEAD, 50 Injured. Vancouver

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 27 February 1929 · page 5

A message from Duncan (Mississippi), says a devastating [?]ornado struck the town this afternoon and caused considerable loss of life and great property damage…

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Moth Plane Crash at Richmond One Dead, Another Injured. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 27 February 1929 · page 5

After taking off from the Richmond aerodrome on a trial flight a new. D.H. Moth machine struck the top of a tree arid crashed from a height of about 50…

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Bridegroom and Best Man Injured

Daily Examiner · Thursday 28 February 1929 · page 6

Three persons were injured, two seriously, when a car in which they were travelling to attend a wedding, collided head-on with train in Cavendish road,…

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"Good- Bye Tom" Tasmanian Burning Fatality. Launceston

Daily Examiner · Thursday 28 February 1929 · page 5

At the inquest on the bodies of the seven persons Who were burnt to death when their house in the little village of Don was destroyed by fire, evidence was…

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Car Driver for Trial Mother and Baby Injured. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 1 March 1929 · page 5

Phillip Post, 38, storekeeper, was committed for trial at Parramatta court, on a charge of having, through misconduct in driving a car, inflicted bodily harm on…

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Calliope Accident

Daily Examiner · Friday 1 March 1929 · page 2

An unusual accident befell little Neureda, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Merlyn Johnston, on Monday afternoon last at her own home. It appears the…

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Fisher Park Fatality Death of Motor Cyclist "Injuries Accidentally Receive."

Daily Examiner · Saturday 2 March 1929 · page 3

That Aloysius Thomas McAuliffe, 23, died from the effects of injuries accidentally received through a fall from a motor cycle at Fisher Park…

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Cycling Accident Lad Injured at Coramba. Coramba

Daily Examiner · Saturday 2 March 1929 · page 4

Jack Bettridge, son of Mr. and Mrs. R. E. J. Bettridge, met with a very painful accident, during the week. He was riding a bicycle, down the main…

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Two Boys Drowned. Hobart

Daily Examiner · Saturday 2 March 1929 · page 6

Two brothers, Allan and Keith Pearee, 11 and 8, respectively, of Gleporchy, are believed to have been drowned in the Derwent River…

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