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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Accidents

Accidents, 1931

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Tragic End of Holidays Mother and Father Killed, Son Injured. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 7 January 1931 · page 5

Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Mildren, aged 52 and 49 respectively were killed, and their son, aged 20, was badly injured, when a motor car overturned at the corner of the…

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Boy Drowned. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 8 January 1931 · page 3

William Ryman, 12, of Bankstown, was drowned while swimming at Potts Hill reservoir to-night with a number of other boys. The body was recovered in four…

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Found Drowned Death of C. A. Grainger Coroner's Inquiry at Maclean

Daily Examiner · Thursday 8 January 1931 · page 1

The district Coroner (Mr. A. McKinnon), conducted an inquiry at the Maclean. Courthouse yesterday, into the circumstances surrounding the death of Charles…

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Sea Drama Fire And Explosions Well-known! Motor Ship Sinks Dead and Two Injured Colombo

Daily Examiner · Thursday 8 January 1931 · page 6

The Norwegian motor ship, Tricolor, well known in the Australian trade, came to grief off Bentota (Ceylon), on Monday afternoon, and…

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Double Drowning Fatality Sister and Brother Sydney

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 9 January 1931 · page 2

When Mrs. Dorothy Elliott got into difficulties while bathing in the Thomson River, near Walhalla, Victoria, her brother, James Murray, 21, went…

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Capt. Cockle Injured

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 9 January 1931 · page 2

Captain Cockle, genial manager for the North Coast Co. at Coffs Harbour, was driving home from Bellingen on Tuesday afternoon, when a tyre burst…

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Moon and Earth Collision in Far Future a Scientist's Vision

Daily Examiner · Friday 9 January 1931 · page 6

The time when there will be full moonlight all night long was described in a broadcast talk by Sir James Jeans, secretary of the Royal Society, says the London…

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Local and General Unusual Accident

Daily Examiner · Friday 9 January 1931 · page 4

Ernest Kincher, a railway employee, opened a gate at a level crossing near Parkes Railway Station, and stood aside to allow a train to pass. He failed to…

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Brother and Sister Drowned Heroic Rescue Effort Fails Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Saturday 10 January 1931 · page 5

James Murray, 21, and his sister, Mrs. Dorothy Elliott, were drowned in the Thomson River, near Walhalla, yesterday. They were fishing, when Mrs. Elliott…

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Riot in Adelaide Worst In History Of City Unemployed Clash with the Police Spiked Poles Used As Weapons Police and Civilians Injured--twelve Arrests Effected Adelaide

Daily Examiner · Saturday 10 January 1931 · page 5

Four police and a number of civilians were seriously injured to-day in the worst riot in the history of the city. An army of unemployed, 1000 strong, attempted to force an entrance into the Treasury building, but the police blocked their ways. Blows were…

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Fell From Ferry Aged Man Drowned. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Monday 12 January 1931 · page 1

Falling overboard from the Hamilton ferry, when in midstream, at 10 o'clock on Saturday night, an old man, Peter Weigh. 72, of Bulimba, was drowned…

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Blunderbuss Burglar Alarm Boy Killed, Two Girls Injured. Madrid

Daily Examiner · Monday 12 January 1931 · page 3

Three children housebreaking at Monforte disturbed a burglar alarm operating a blunderbuss with the result that a boy was killed and two girls seriously…

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Lost Control Motor Cyclist Killed Accident at Coutts' Crossing Two Companions Escape Injury

Daily Examiner · Monday 12 January 1931 · page 2

Yesterday morning three young men were riding on a motor cycle on the Armidale road at Coutts' Crossing when the driver of the machine,…

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Boy Drowned. Fatality at Bonville Reserve. Life-savers' Persistent Efforts

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 13 January 1931 · page 2

A very sad fatality happened at Bonville Reserve on Sunday, when a little boy met his death. He was Keith Alexander Forbes Edmonds,…

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Electrician Injured

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 13 January 1931 · page 4

Bernie Mullins, or Alice street, an electrician employed by Messrs. McKenna and Smith, received injuries to the back and side when a scaffolding board on…

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Girl Drowned Brother and Sister Attempt Rescue. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 13 January 1931 · page 5

Leila Walker, 23, was carried out by a strong current while bathing at St. Kilda beach yesterday and drowned. Her brother and sister, who tried to save her…

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Drowned in Creek Lost Hold From Suspended Wire. Corwa

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 13 January 1931 · page 5

William Dennison Pearce, 14, of Crumplehorn, Wahbunyah, was drowned in a creek on Saturday afternoon. He was hanging from a piece of wire…

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Touring North Coast Tamworth High School Boys a Chapter of Accident.--plenty of Fun

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 13 January 1931 · page 4

Combining education with pleasure, a party of 21 Tamworth High School boys, accompanied by four adults, are touring the North Coast and being excellent…

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Woman Killed Level Crossing Accident. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 14 January 1931 · page 5

Alice Lees, 32, was killed this morning, when a motor car in which she was travelling crashed into an electric train at a level crossing between Chelsea and…

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Street Accidents 238 Deaths in Metropolis. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 14 January 1931 · page 3

During 1930, 238 persons were killed in street accidents in the metropolitan area, compared with 272 the previous year…

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