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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Accidents

Accidents, 1932

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Infant's Tragic Drowning

Daily Examiner · Saturday 13 February 1932 · page 4

A sad drowning fatality occurred at Mumblebone station, near Warren, the victim being the 12-months-old son of Mrs. Gardiner, who is employed at the…

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Injured by Bolting Horse. Dorrigo

Daily Examiner · Saturday 13 February 1932 · page 8

An elderly man named Caisley received painful' injuries when a horse which was. being shod, in a blacksmith's shop at North Dorrigo attempted to make its…

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In River Girl Drowned at Mungindi. Mungindi

Daily Examiner · Saturday 13 February 1932 · page 5

A drowning fatality occurred in the Barwon River at Mungindi at 7 o'clock this morning, the victim being Suzanne Brady, aged 15, who dived into the water…

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HAIL-WIND Many Ho uses Unroofed People Injured Terrific Storm at Murrurundi. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 13 February 1932 · page 5

Latest details of a terrific hailstorm which passed over Murrurundi yesterday shew that practically half the houses in the town were unroofed…

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Copmanhurst Three Accidents

Daily Examiner · Saturday 13 February 1932 · page 2

Mr. Bill Davey, of Upper Copmanhurst, had the misfortune to shoot, himself in the finger recently. Whilst lifting a bag in search of a snake the rifle,…

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Two Brothers Drowned in Waterhole. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Monday 15 February 1932 · page 5

Thomas Heushail (8) and his brother, John (3½), were drowned in a waterhole near their home near Lancefield. On their way home from school the boys…

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Electricity Accidents Boy Killed, Man's Narrow Escape. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Monday 15 February 1932 · page 1

Walter Veall, 10, was electrocuted in the backyard of a house at Fairfield. He threw a wire over a clothesline, which came in contact with an electric light…

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Fatal Car Accident. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 15 February 1932 · page 4

James Mechan, 28, of Ultimo, was killed, and two others injured, when a motor ear crashed into a telegraph pole in Victoria street, Marrickville, last night…

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Cars in Collision

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 16 February 1932 · page 2

A collision between two cars that might easily have ended much more disastrously than it did, occurred in High-street, Coffs Harbour, near Cox's…

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Car Collision at Coff's

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 17 February 1932 · page 4

Yesterday morning, two ears, one driven by Mr. J. Young, of Raleigh, and the other by Mr. W. M. Harrigan, of Coff's Harbor, came into violent contact…

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Pioneer Drowned a Victorian Tragedy. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 17 February 1932 · page 5

Isaac Furphy, 86, one of the oldest pioneers of the Rush worth district, was drowned at a swamp known as the Horseshoe. He was in a flat-bottomed boat,…

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Girl's Fortitude Injured When Thrown From Horse. Lismore

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 17 February 1932 · page 4

Amazing fortitude was shown by Doris Woods, a 7' years old school girl, this afternoon, when she was thrown from a horse while returning home from school…

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Accident at Taree Found Dying on Road. Taree

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 17 February 1932 · page 4

When a motor car which he was driving skidded and turned over near Taree yesterday, G. S. Coberoft, chemist, was killed. Coberoft was alive when found…

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Miss Jean Cocks Swimming Champion Injured. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 18 February 1932 · page 1

Jean Cocks, who, although only 17 Years of age, has held every State and Australian free style swimming record from 50 to 880 yards, has decided to…

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Strange Accident Girl's Dress Ablaze Walking in Busy City Street. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 19 February 1932 · page 4

Elsie Mitchell, 16, of Marriekville, was the victim of a strange accident in the city this afternoon. She was was king along a crowded footpath in Pitt, street…

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Newtown Affray Injured Man in Hospital. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 20 February 1932 · page 5

Jack Kennedy, 29, who is in hospital in a serious condition, with another man, has been charged with assault in connection with a disturbance at a house at…

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Unusual Accident Struck by Falling Limb Teamster Seriously Injured

Daily Examiner · Monday 22 February 1932 · page 4

Whilst snigging logs in scrub country, several miles from the main road at Kangaroo Creek, on Saturday afternoon, Alfred Green, 43, a teamster,…

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Kicked by Horse Man Seriously Injured. Maclean

Daily Examiner · Monday 22 February 1932 · page 4

Whilst Mr. W. C. Eckersley, of Tullymorgan, was harnessing a young horse late on Saturday afternoon, he was kicked on the nose and eye, both being seriously…

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Smash at Southport Man and Woman Injured. Southport

Daily Examiner · Monday 22 February 1932 · page 1

Two persons were injured when a motor, car overturned on Marine Parade, Southport, this afternoon. Frank Percy Rougher, Hampstead road, South…

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One Killed, Six Injured Car Crashes Into Culvert. Bega

Daily Examiner · Monday 22 February 1932 · page 5

Grordon ferry. 17. of Bega, was Killed, three persons critically injured, and three others slightly hurt, when a motor car crashed into a culvert on the Bega road…

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