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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Accidents

Accidents, 1930

913 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 6 of 46

Chatsworth Accidents

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 4 February 1930 · page 4

On Friday afternoon Colin, the younger son of Mr. and Mrs. Ross Anderson, had the misfortune, while climbing a tree, to take hold of a limb which broke and caused…

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Baby Drowned in Tub. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 5 February 1930 · page 4

Leaving her thirteen–months–old baby in a tub in which she was bathing it at her home at Woollahra to–day, Mrs. Marjorie Londregen returned a few minutes later…

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Girl Injured Police Searching for Taxi Driver. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 5 February 1930 · page 5

Betty Grayson, 17, was found hanging to a rope in the river near a coal lighter at Victoria Docks early this morning. She was admitted to hospital suffering from…

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Manchurian Horror Thousand Chinese Drowned Mine Flooded by Soviet Troops Tokio

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 5 February 1930 · page 5

A Japanese merchant who has returned from Manchuria reports that, after the capture of Dalainor, Soviet soliders deliberately flooded a coal mine, previously…

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Accident to Child

Daily Examiner · Thursday 6 February 1930 · page 4

Ronald Wykes, aged 4 years, residing with his parents at the vulcanising works. Prince street, Grafton, was riding a little tricycle, about noon yesterday, when he…

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Another Collision on Deervale Road

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 7 February 1930 · page 2

Deervale road is renewed for the frequency of collisions. There was yet another on that narrow thoroughfare on Wednesday afternoon when a…

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Double Drowning Tragedy Death of Two Sisters. Auckland

Daily Examiner · Friday 7 February 1930 · page 4

A double drowning fatality occurred at Makahu. Miss Renai went to the rescue of a child who was in danger of drowning, but got into difficulties herself. Her…

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Struck by Motor Boat Swimmer Severely Injured. Hobart

Daily Examiner · Saturday 8 February 1930 · page 7

While Gordon Westbrook was swimming off a beach at Kingston he was struck by the stem of a motor boat. The craft travelled right over his body, stripping…

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Accident at Praser's Mill

Daily Examiner · Saturday 8 February 1930 · page 4

Allan O'Toole, a laborer, whilst engaged in his employment at Fraser's mill. Grafton, early yesterday morning, met with a painful accident, as a result of…

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Three Injured Steering Gear Failed. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Monday 10 February 1930 · page 3

Failure of the steering gear caused a motor car to go over a steep embankment at Olinda. The car was fortunately checked by trees 50ft. below…

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In a Dam Two Men Drowned Tragedy Near Wagga. Wagga

Daily Examiner · Monday 10 February 1930 · page 4

While riding a horse at Delfreydon yesterday Albert Langthorne, 23, a migrant who had been in Australia 12 months, was thrown into a dam when the horse he was…

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Cab and Sulky Collision

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 11 February 1930 · page 2

When Mrs. Amos Moran, of Boambee, was driving in to Coffs Harbour on Saturday two motor cars caught up to her at the foot of the hill near…

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Cyclist Injured Collision with Motor Car. Maclean

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 12 February 1930 · page 4

Mr. Athol Schipp, as the result of a collision with a motor car on Sunday afternoon, sustained a fractured arm and other minor injuries to the body. He is…

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Telegrams Shooting Gallery Fatality Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 12 February 1930 · page 6

The Coroner to-day returned a verdict of accidental death at the inquest on David Hamilton, 44, who was shot in a shooting gallery in George street recently…

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Boy Drowned Policeman's Narrow Escape Tumut

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 12 February 1930 · page 5

James Freligos, 14, was drowned while bathing in the river below Tumut bridge. He got beyond his dept, and three companions attempted to rescue him, but…

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Head on Collision Youth's Skull Fractured. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 12 February 1930 · page 5

Two motor cars collided with a terrific impact, at Redfern last night. One car plunged to the side of the road and crashed into a verandah post, causing the…

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Collision at Sea Admiralty Court's Finding. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 12 February 1930 · page 4

Acting Justice Maxwell, in the Admiralty Court, found that the trawler Millimumul was to blame for the collision with the trawler Palmerston, which was sunk…

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Two Little Girls Drowned in River. Gosford

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 12 February 1930 · page 4

A shocking drowning fatality occurred at Narara, near Gosford, to-day, resulting in the deaths of two sisters, Dulcie Gavenlock, 11, and Phyllis, 7…

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INCINERATED Bride And Bridegroom Frencs Air Liner Crashes Pilot and Mechanics Injured. London

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 12 February 1930 · page 5

A French air liner crashed in a field at Marden (Kent). The machine caught fire and two persons were incinerated. Three others were injured…

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Jockey Jurd Injured. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 13 February 1930 · page 7

Apprentice Jockey A Jurd sustained a broken arm, when his mount stumbled on the tan track and fell on him, at Randwick this morning…

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