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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Accidents

Accidents, 1930

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Four Killed Level Crossing Accidents Four Others Injured Supposed Young Sleep Walker

Daily Examiner · Monday 6 January 1930 · page 3

Level crossing accidents were responsible for the death of two children in New South Wales to-day, one at Como, near Sydney, and the other…

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Shocking Men Drowned in Reservoir. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 6 January 1930 · page 3

The Parramatta Coroner was surprised to learn yesterday, during the hearing of an inquiry, that during the past twelve months two men drowned themselves in…

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Trams Collide Several Persons Injured Girl in Hospital. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 6 January 1930 · page 3

Several people were injured, one seriously, when two trams collided at White Bay Junction, White Bay, to-night. Ettie Heath, 18, of Annandale, was…

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Empty Petrol Drum Explosion Kills Three Children Six Others Seriously Injured. London

Daily Examiner · Monday 6 January 1930 · page 3

Another tragedy involving the lives of three children and serious injury to six others occurred as the result of an explosion of a petrol drum at Finsbury…

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Storm Causes Accident

Daily Examiner · Monday 6 January 1930 · page 2

A storm which was scattered in nature broke over the Tweed district on Friday afternoon, falls varying from two points to over an inch. As a result of…

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Bathing Fatality Young Woman Drowned Christmas Day Tragedy Plucky High School Boy

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 7 January 1930 · page 4

A Magisterial inquiry was conducted yesterday at the Grafton Courthouse by Mr. C. G. Carr-Boyd, P.M., into the circumstances of the death of Joan Millicent…

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Car Hits Culvert Boy Killed, Sister Injured. Goulburn

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 7 January 1930 · page 5

Harold Dyring, 12, was killed and his sister, Betty, four, was seriously injured. when a car driven by their father crashed into a culvert when attempting to avoid…

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Local and General. Peculiar Accident

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 7 January 1930 · page 3

Mr. Norman Hill met with a peculiar accident at his home at Korora one day last week, when he was knocked out by a motor tyre cover…

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Surf Accident at Yamba Beach Mr. C. I. Imeson Injured

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 8 January 1930 · page 4

A most regrettable accident took place at Yamba yesterday morning, at about 7 o'clock. It appears that Mr. C. I. Imeson, the well known Grafton business man,…

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Elderly Man Drowned Son's Trying Ordeal. Auckland

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 8 January 1930 · page 5

Henry Burnitt, 63, was drowned in the Rangitoto Channel, as a result of the swamping of a 12ft, sailing boat. The victim's son, aged 19, made strenuous…

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Three Children Trapped in Car–Drowned Plunged Into River Forty Miles an Hour Shocking Tragedy at Jerseyville. Kempsey

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 8 January 1930 · page 5

Dashing over the punt approach at Jerseyville, into the Macleay River, at a late hour on Monday night, a motor car, driven by Mr. Arthur…

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Thrown From Horse Accident on Upper Clarence

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 8 January 1930 · page 4

While Sylvester Taylor, 61, single, was riding on horseback from Lionsville to Solferino, a distance of four miles, yesterday afternoon, the horse bucked and…

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Many Charges Against Casino Motor Cyclist Sequel to Fatal Accident. Lismore

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 8 January 1930 · page 4

At Casino Court this morning Christopher Murray was changed with driving a motor cycle without being the holder of a driver's license, with driving at a…

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Migrant Drowned Went Swimming Immediately After Meal. Adelaide

Daily Examiner · Thursday 9 January 1930 · page 5

A drowning tragedy occurred at the farm of Ms. A. E. Milner, of Bosderton, on Sunday. The body of George Chambers, a boy migrant, employed by Milner…

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Two Little Girls Drowned Pathetic Incident Near Adelaide. Adelaide

Daily Examiner · Thursday 9 January 1930 · page 5

Margaret Eberhard, 11, and her sister Connie, 9, were drowned in a waterhole near their home at Robertstown, 60 miles from Adelaide, to–day…

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Accidental Mortality. More Fatal Than War Rapid Increase in Recent Years

Daily Examiner · Thursday 9 January 1930 · page 3

More people die annually from accidents in Illinois, than were killed in action in any battle of the Civil War, says "The Illinois Health Messenger" (Springfield)…

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Sad Drowning Case Mrs. Karl Sinclair Loses Her Life on Xmas Day at Nymboida

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 10 January 1930 · page 2

The community was shocked to learn of the tragic death of Mrs. Karl Sinclair who got into difficulties while bathing in the Nymboida River at…

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Car and Cycle Collide One Dead, Six Injured. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Friday 10 January 1930 · page 3

As a result of a collision between a motor car and a motor cycle on the Bendigo road last night Roland Kirk, 26, of Abbotsford, died in hospital to–day. Six…

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Jerseyville Tragedy Three Children Drowned Father's Pathetic Story

Daily Examiner · Saturday 11 January 1930 · page 8

At the inquest at Kempsey on Thursday, into the circumstances of the Jerseyville tragedy, the Deputy–Coroner, Mr. N. L. Parker, returned a finding that…

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Telegrams Motor Lorry Accident. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 11 January 1930 · page 8

When a motor lorry overturned in Victoria Pass, near Katoomba, last night Several persons were more or less seriously injured. Mrs. Morrison received…

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