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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Accidents

Accidents, 1931

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Motoring Accident Honeymooners in Hospital. Maclean

Daily Examiner · Saturday 24 January 1931 · page 4

Mr. C. R. Kempnich received word on Wednesday that Mr. and Mrs. George McCrystal while motoring in the Newcastle, district on Wednesday met with an…

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Collision with Tram Honeymooners Injured

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 27 January 1931 · page 4

As reported in Saturday's issue, Mr. and Mrs. George McCrystal, of Repton, when travelling from the Bellinger River to Sydney on their honeymoon trip, met…

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Carnival Mishap Scaffolding Collapses Several Persons Injured. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 27 January 1931 · page 5

About 25 people were injured this afternoon when the scaffolding used as seats at the Freshwater Surf Club carnival collapsed…

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Local and General. Street Accident

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 27 January 1931 · page 2

Master George Casey, aged about 10 or 11 years, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Casey, Coffs Harbour, was riding a bicycle down Grafton Street towards…

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Unusual Accident

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 27 January 1931 · page 4

While fielding in a cricket match at Cundle, Mr. Charlie Jenkins met with a rather painful accident. He was watching the flight of a ball, and in running to…

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Bradman Again 208 Not Out N.S.W. V. Victoria Serious Accident to a 'Beckett. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 28 January 1931 · page 1

As a result of a fine performance by Bradman and an equally good knock by Wendell Bill, New South Wales has greatly improved its…

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Dog Causes Motor Accident

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 28 January 1931 · page 4

A dog which ran in front of a car on the Brisbane-Sandgate road on Sunday afternoon, was responsible for the capsize of the machine, and the serious injury…

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Fell Off Jetty Boy Injured at Woolgoolga

Daily Examiner · Thursday 29 January 1931 · page 4

Yesterday an aboriginal lad named Amby by Taylor, ten years of age, was walking along the jetty at Woolgoolga when he fell a distance of about 30 feet on to…

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Badly Injured Motor Cycle Out of Control Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 29 January 1931 · page 4

Alfred Donohue, 32, had his eye cut out and his skull fractured, and John Berford his pelvis fractured, when a motor cycle and side car, which got out or…

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Girl's Fall Fractures Arm and Foot Swimming Pool Accident. Bellingen

Daily Examiner · Thursday 29 January 1931 · page 4

Phyllis Behan, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Bchan, of Bellingen, had the misfortune to slip and fall from the second staging of the diving lower at the…

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Injured Whilst Swimming

Daily Examiner · Friday 30 January 1931 · page 4

Mrs. Thompson, 35, of Kitchener, near Cessnock, had her back injured under strange circumstances, while swimming at the Wangi Wangi baths. Mrs…

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Drowned in Bath. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 30 January 1931 · page 4

Miss Mary Freeborn, 66, was found drowned in a bath at her residence last night. It is believed that she fainted while washing the bath mat. Some hours…

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Father and Son Drowned. Hobart

Daily Examiner · Friday 30 January 1931 · page 6

Horace Alexander Davidson, 42, and his son, Jack, aged 15, were drowned yesterday in the Macquarie River, near Mornington. They were harvesting. The son…

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Aerial Ambulance. Injured Footballer's Long Trip a Night at Coffs Harbour

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 30 January 1931 · page 2

Cheerful, although he has been paralysed from the chest down for the past eight months, Fred. Poelitz, a Rockhampton footballer, showed great…

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Accident

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 30 January 1931 · page 5

Whilst on their way to the, Deervale sports Messrs. Edwards and Eiks and Miss Gatenby were thrown out of a sulky, through the vehicle…

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Unusual Accident

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 30 January 1931 · page 3

Mr. Stanley Fleming, of Central Lansdowne, Manning River, was the victim of an unusual and painful accident which necessitated his removal…

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Two Young Men Drowned. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Saturday 31 January 1931 · page 2

Harold Pell and Lawrence Hughson, both young men were drowned at Cowes to-day when they not into difficulties while swimming. Hughson's body was…

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Killed Instantly Gun Accident at Bondi. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 31 January 1931 · page 6

When a double-barreld shotgun accidentally exploded this afternoon, George Garnham, bookmaker, of Bondi, was killed instantly Garnham, who had returned…

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Painful Accident

Daily Examiner · Saturday 31 January 1931 · page 2

John Foxley, of Elands, near Wingham, met with a painful accident a few days ago John and Jimmy Gaudron were riding up a cutting on a motor cycle,…

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Sawmill Fatality Man Frightfully Injured. Ungarie

Daily Examiner · Monday 2 February 1931 · page 5

Frederick Bland received frightful injuries when he fell against a circular saw at his father's sawmill, yesterday. The teeth began to cut into his left leg, but…

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