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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Accidents

Accidents, 1930

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Young Man Drowned When Canoe Capsized. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 29 January 1930 · page 5

Frederick Hoy, 24, was drowned when his canoe capsized in Port Phillip Bay yesterday. William Simmond, 18, who was also in…

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Four Injured Car and Lorry Collide. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 29 January 1930 · page 1

Four people were injured, one seriously when a motor car and heavy lorry collided at Arnc[?]iffe late last night. The victims were:-…

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Warrimoo Smash Catchpoints Were Open Cause of Derailment Injured Man's Fortitude Hand Amputated Under Wreckage. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 29 January 1930 · page 5

There is now ground for believing that the derailment at Warrimoo was caused by the runaway catchpoints on the down line being in an open…

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Car Driver Exonerated Tried to Avert Accident. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 29 January 1930 · page 6

At the conclusion of the inquiry into the death of Thomas Walters, 37, who was knocked down by a motor car in George street, city, on January 18, the…

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Drowned in Dam. Lithgow

Daily Examiner · Thursday 30 January 1930 · page 5

Kenneth Walsh, 15, was drowned while swimming in Piper's Flat dam to-day…

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Telegrams Drowned in Flooded River. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Thursday 30 January 1930 · page 7

Richard Brett, 24, laborer, was drowned when his horse plunged into the flooded Pioneer River, near Marani…

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A Gallant Rescue Crippled Boy Saves Girl Man Drowned Near Bondi. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 30 January 1930 · page 4

A man was drowned in endeavoring to rescue a girl who was carried out at Tamarama Bay, near Bondi, this afternoon. So far, he has not been identified…

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Pea --Rifle Bullet in Stomach Father Injured-- Son Charged at Laurieton

Daily Examiner · Thursday 30 January 1930 · page 4

Standing in the hallway of his hotel at Laurieton, at 6.30, on Saturday night, Bernard Hale, 50, was shot through the right arm by a bullet from a pea-rifle…

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Fell From Window Verdict of Accidental Death. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 30 January 1930 · page 7

The City Coroner, Mr. May, returned a verdict of accidental death at the conclusion of the inquest concerning the death of Ernest Edward Sherwood…

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Accident

Daily Examiner · Thursday 30 January 1930 · page 4

At 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon the Grafton District Ambulance received a call from the North Coast Company's wharf, Mr. Jack Newman, of Queen…

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Sulky Engulfed and Horse Drowned

Daily Examiner · Friday 31 January 1930 · page 4

The aggregate rainfall at Mooloola[?] (Q.) from December 28 to January 27 was 35 inches, which is the heaviest received since February, 1928, when about 43 inches…

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Kandos Miner Fatally Injured. Kandos

Daily Examiner · Friday 31 January 1930 · page 1

As a result of a fall of coal in the Coomber mine, near Kandos, to-day, Hock Wyldes, a miner, sustained a fracture of the spine, which resulted in his death…

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Missing Station Manager Believed to Be Drowned. Toowoomba

Daily Examiner · Friday 31 January 1930 · page 4

Search parties are out looking for Gerald Byrne, manager of Baroona Station, who, it is feared, was drowned in a flooded river…

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Lawless City Chicago Bombing Many Persons Injured. Chicago

Daily Examiner · Saturday 1 February 1930 · page 5

The fifth bombing outrage during the last 24 hours occurred when an olive oil shop was blown to bits and damage done to the extent of 100,000 dollars, over an…

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Racing Accident Unfortunate Victorian Meeting. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Saturday 1 February 1930 · page 3

During the running of the hurdle race at Woodend races, Victoria, Oontootwa ran into the guard rails, four of which penetrated its body. The rider,…

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Jockey Seriously Injured. Adelaide

Daily Examiner · Monday 3 February 1930 · page 1

Hylacola broke his back in a fall at Victoria Park races yesterday and was destroyed. The apprentice rider, H. Hendry, was taken to hospital in a serious…

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Three Dead Melbourne Accidents Week-end List. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Monday 3 February 1930 · page 2

Dennis McKay, 42, a seaman belonging to the steamer Euripides, dived from Prince's Pier, Port Melbourne, into three feet of water. His skull and spine were…

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Head on Collision Two Killed at Gawler. Adelaide

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 4 February 1930 · page 5

James Smith, 14, and Colleen Hamilton, 14 months, were fatally injured as the result of a head-on collision between a motor cycle and sidecar and motor car…

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DROWNED Four At Week-End Surf-river-dam Boy Gave Life for Girl. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 4 February 1930 · page 5

Four deaths by drowning occurred during the week-end. Frances Egan, 15, was drowned while bathing in a dam at Parkes on Sunday…

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Traffic Accidents

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 4 February 1930 · page 2

The N.R.M.A. Safety Department points to the fact that there were over 2000 more motor accidents in New South Wales in 1929 than…

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