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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Accidents

Accidents, 1932

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Father of Boxer Drowned. Griffith

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 27 January 1932 · page 4

John Haines, father of Jack Haines, former middleweight champion of Australia, was drowned last night in the main irrigation channel close to the township…

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Girl Drowned Tragedy Near Alstonville. Lismore

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 27 January 1932 · page 4

Zona Armstrong, 16, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Armstrong, of Alstonville, was drowned in a swimming hole at Campbell 's Creek, a mile and a half from…

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Woman Drowned Old Man Attempts Rescue. Goondiwindi

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 27 January 1932 · page 5

Mrs. Jones, 39, housekeeper, at Mudine Station, was drowned in the Macintyre River, despite a gallant attempt to rescue her by an old man. Mrs. Jones was…

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Man Drowned Wife and Child Met Similar Fate. Suva

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 27 January 1932 · page 5

Mr. D. Gray, employed in the Government Works Department, who left Rewa in a launch for Vunidawa, is believed to have been drowned…

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Clergyman Drowned Daughter Brought Safely Ashore. Adelaide

Daily Examiner · Thursday 28 January 1932 · page 5

Rev. H. S. Joyce, 46, of Port Adelaide, and chairman of the South Australian Congregational Union, was drowned at Middleton Beach…

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Grazier Injured Flying Wheel Rim Fractured Skull. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 28 January 1932 · page 4

When Richard Gordon Allen, 34, a well known grazier of Manilla, was blowing up a motor tyre at his station the rim of the wheel flew off and struck him on the fore…

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Drowned in Billabong. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 29 January 1932 · page 3

While a party were bathing in a billabong near Culeairn, Philip Jewell got, out of his depth and was drowned. The body was recovered a few minutes later, but…

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FELL 40 Feet Man Injured at Darlinghurst Flat. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 29 January 1932 · page 5

Joseph McConncil, 27, salesman, residing at Maxwell Flats, Darlinghurst, was seen clinging to the parapet of the roof early this morning, and then he fell 40…

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Day of Agony Badly-injured Woman Unattended and Famished in Scorching Heat

Daily Examiner · Friday 29 January 1932 · page 7

Mrs. J. Beacham. an employee on Mr. B. M. Wade's "Bedwell Downs" property, Yetman, suffered over" 12 hours of excruciating agony on Wednesday, when…

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Telegrams Accidental Shooting. Newcastle

Daily Examiner · Friday 29 January 1932 · page 4

Jossie Rbertson, 16, of Mayfield, was shot in the right, breast with a pearifle this afternoon. It is stated that the girl was examining the gun when it…

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Lismore Drowning Case. Man From Unemployed Camp. Lismore

Daily Examiner · Saturday 30 January 1932 · page 2

The police to- day recovered from the Richmond River the body of Hans Kellet, aged 53, one of the unemployed camped in town, who was drowned in the river on…

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Bexley Woman Injured. Found Unconscious in Gutter. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 30 January 1932 · page 5

At 3 o'clock this morning, Mrs. Madge Harkness, aged 45, was found lying unconscious in a gutter at Bexley, suffering from a broken jaw and serious facial and…

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Youth Seriously Injured. Tried to Board Moving Train. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 30 January 1932 · page 2

Cyril Garland, 18, when attempting to, board a moving train at Sydenham station to- day, slipped and fell between the train and the platform . He was dragged along…

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Chapter of Accidents . in Dorrigo District. Dorrigo

Daily Examiner · Saturday 30 January 1932 · page 3

There has been an unprecedented number her of accidents here during the past week. A youth named Andrew Goodlet had…

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Petrol Accident

Daily Examiner · Saturday 30 January 1932 · page 4

Their clothes ablaze with petrol, two men, A. Rushby and V. Turton, fled in terror from a railway petrol waggon at Junce, which was menaced by a grass…

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Nearly Drowned Press Photographer's Close Shave. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 2 February 1932 · page 3

Ernest Nutt, aged 20, press photographer, slipped from a rock and fell into 40 feet of water in Parramatta Lake. He was brought, ashore in an annarently…

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Accident

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 2 February 1932 · page 4

It was reported last night that whilst Mr. C. Bare was driving his cream lorry along the Woolgoolga road near the Mud Hut yesterday…

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Painful Accident Nail Through Foot. Maclean

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 2 February 1932 · page 4

A very painful accident happened to Joan, the eight-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. D. Munro, on Sunday afternoon. Juan, who was playing in the…

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Woman Killed Car Accident Near Bathurst Bathurst

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 2 February 1932 · page 5

When a motor car overturned at Dunkeld, on the Orange road, yesterday afternoon, Mrs. Edith Annie Lay[?]k, aged 66, a widow, was killed instantly, and her…

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Seized with Cramp and Drowned. Wilcannia

Daily Examiner · Thursday 4 February 1932 · page 4

While swimming in the Darling River Thomas Cleary, 40, was seized with a cramp and drowned…

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