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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Accidents

Accidents, 1929

943 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 11 of 48

Runaway Engine Number of Miners Injured. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 2 March 1929 · page 5

A motor engine, with some [?] waggons attached, travelling on the Wesport-Stockton tramway line, New Zealand, got out of control while on an…

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Knocked Down by Trucks Ex-manager of Butter Factory Injured. Kyogle

Daily Examiner · Saturday 2 March 1929 · page 4

Mr. James Simes, senr., late manager of the local butter factory, was knocked down by railway trucks which were being shunted this afternoon…

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Terrible Injuries Child Unconscious Accident at Deep Creek

Daily Examiner · Saturday 2 March 1929 · page 4

A shocking accident occurred on Thursday as a result of which Bruce Patty more, aged six years, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Pattemore, of Deep…

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After the Accident in the Air Again Lindbergh and Miss Morrow. Mexico City

Daily Examiner · Saturday 2 March 1929 · page 5

Colonel Lindbergh and Miss Morrow took three short flights to-day in the neighborhood of the Valbuena Field, despite yesterday's accident…

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Fettler's Death Fatality Near Timber Top Coroner's Inquest

Daily Examiner · Monday 4 March 1929 · page 2

On Saturday morning, at the Grafton Courthouse, the District Coroner, Mr. E. A. Mahony, P. M., opened an inquest into the circumstances of the tragic death of…

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Mid-air Crash 'Planes in Collision One Pilot Killed. London

Daily Examiner · Monday 4 March 1929 · page 3

Flying-Officer Scaly Allin was killed in a mid-air collision between his aeroplane and another at Kenley. The pilot of the other machine,…

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Two Boys Drowned Sent to School --Went to River Instead. Hobart

Daily Examiner · Monday 4 March 1929 · page 2

On Thursday. Allan Peace, 11, and Keith Pearce were sent to school, but they did not go Subsequently they were seen in a canoe on the river, and when they did…

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Hit and Run Motorist Man and Wife Injured. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Monday 4 March 1929 · page 2

A motor car collided with a motor cycle and sidecar at Brooklyn at Midnight last night and John Jankin, 32, and his wife, Linda, 21, who was in the…

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RECEDING Flood At Lismore People Return to Homes Man Drowned in Creek. Lismore

Daily Examiner · Monday 4 March 1929 · page 2

On Saturday morning the Richmond River rose to 29 feet 7 inches above normal at Lismore; hung at this height for a while and then commenced to…

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Swept Off Rocks Overwhelmed By Wave Tragedy at North Bondi Woman Killed --Man Injured. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 4 March 1929 · page 2

A woman was killed and a man seriously injured when they were swept off the rocks at North Bondi by a terrific wave this afternoon and…

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Jockey Injured. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 5 March 1929 · page 2

While schooling Roisyee over the hurdles at Randwick this morning, J. Harris sustained a broken collarbone when his mount fell…

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Serious Accident

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 5 March 1929 · page 4

Bruce [?]attemore, [?]ed six, of D[?]p Creek, Clarence Riv., was dragged by a horse for about a mile and sustained terrible inj[?] when…

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Telegrams Child Drowned at Mungindi. Mungindi

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 6 March 1929 · page 7

Lillian Martyn, aged 2, was drowned when a rowing boat containing three adults and five children capsized in the Barwon River yesterday. The others were…

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Violent Explosions at Woolwich Arsenal Eighteen Persons Injured. London

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 6 March 1929 · page 5

Six violent explosions which shook Woolwich Arsenal and neighborhood, were heard miles around. A series of minor reports, extending for 90 minutes,…

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Timber Top Fatality Inquiry at Grafton

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 8 March 1929 · page 2

The District Coroner (Mr. E. A. Mahoney, P.M.) held an inquiry at Grafton last Saturday into the death of Mr. Allan Rowland,…

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Seven Hurt in Accident. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 8 March 1929 · page 3

Six, trainees and an army officer were injured when a lorry conveying them to Liverpool camp crashed into a pole and overturned at Bankstown early this…

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Alleged Negligent Driving Sequel to Randwick Collision. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 9 March 1929 · page 6

Harold Baker sustained a fractured skull when two motor cars collided at Randwick last night. Subsequently the police arrested the driver of one of the…

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'Bus Accident

Daily Examiner · Saturday 9 March 1929 · page 4

While conveying schoolchildren to Grafton on Wednesday, Golding's 'bus, which runs daily between Lawrence, and Grafton, conveying children to school,…

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Diving Fatality at Townsville

Daily Examiner · Monday 11 March 1929 · page 4

An accident which terminated fatally occurred at the Townsville City Baths. Charles Joyce (aged 25 years) was diving off the springboard into 4 12ft. of water…

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Fettler Injured. Accident After Ulong Show

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 12 March 1929 · page 3

A serious accident occurred at Ulong on Saturday evening, resulting in Mr. George Quigley, a railway fettler who has a wife and family at…

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