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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Accidents

Accidents, 1934

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Strained Arm Bobby Pearce in Accident. Hamilton (Ontario)

Daily Examiner · Friday 23 March 1934 · page 5

Bobby Pearce suff red severely from a strained left arm, when his ear collided with another, on Wednesday…

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New York Riots. Striking Taxi Drivers Fights with the Police. Cabs Destroyed and Drivers Injured. New' York

Daily Examiner · Saturday 24 March 1934 · page 5

Following intermittent rioting last night, when 3000 striking taxi-cab drivers fought the police and wrecked. the vehicles of the non-strikers, the same…

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Accident Roll Grows

Daily Examiner · Saturday 24 March 1934 · page 8

Unless there is a considerable slowing up of the number of road accidents in New South Wales there will be no chance of lowering this year's figures, states…

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Drowned Member of House of Commons. London

Daily Examiner · Monday 26 March 1934 · page 5

The death occurred of Mr. G. Price, Labor member of the House of Commons. He had been suffering with nerves, and had been recuperating at his son's home…

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Cars Collide Man and Boy Injured One Driver Arrested

Daily Examiner · Monday 26 March 1934 · page 4

As a result of a collision between a Studebaker sedan car and an open car, at the intersection of Prince and Dobie streets, Grafton, at about 6…

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Life-savers Injured Returning From Surf Carnival Lorry Ran Into Telegraph Pole Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 26 March 1934 · page 5

Five surf life-savers were injured, one seriously, when a motor truck on which they were returning from Bondi on Saturday, struck a telegraph pole in Mosman,…

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Collision Ferry Steamer and Scow. Hobart

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 27 March 1934 · page 5

About 50 passengers on the ferry Lurgurena received a thrill to-day when the ferry collided with the three-masted scow Cathkit, near Ocean Pier. The…

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Father and Son Drowned While Surfing. Auckland

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 27 March 1934 · page 6

Robert Brown, 50, a prominent Auckland sportsman, and his son, Douglas, were drowned at Orewa Beach. Attempts to rescue them in the heavy surf failed…

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Man's Knee Injured Dragged by Frightened Horse

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 27 March 1934 · page 4

Frederick Gleddon, a young man residing at Halfway Creek, was admitted to the Grafton District Hospital yesterday suffering from an injured knee,…

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Car Collision Police Court Sequel Driving Under the Influence Sydney Seaman Fined £3

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 27 March 1934 · page 2

A collision between two motor cars in Prince street, Grafton, near the intersection of Prince and Dobie streets, on Saturday afternoon had its sequel…

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Rescuer Injured

Daily Examiner · Thursday 29 March 1934 · page 4

An unusual accident, in which the rescuer sustained a broken arm and the person originally implicated escaped with only slight injuries, occurred at the…

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Child Fatally Injured. Albury

Daily Examiner · Friday 30 March 1934 · page 3

Wandering on to the railway line at Table Top, Richard Feehan, a 16 months old child, was struck by the Albury mail train, and fatally injured…

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One Man Killed Others Injured Lorry Overturned Near Sandilands. Casino

Daily Examiner · Friday 30 March 1934 · page 4

Hector Bailey, 21, of Casino, was killed this afternoon, when a motor truck on which he was travelling from Tenterfield overturned near…

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Eight Killed: Scores Injured Riots in Sacred City Hindus V. Moslems. Calcutta

Daily Examiner · Friday 30 March 1934 · page 5

Eight persons were killed, including a woman, and scores were injured in riot between Hindus and Moslems at Ajodhya, the sacred city of the Hindus…

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Safety First Campaign Motor Toll in United Kingdom Every Day 600 Killed or Injured London

Daily Examiner · Friday 30 March 1934 · page 5

The campaign for road safety, which is being conducted by the National Safety First Association, was opened to-day,…

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Telegraph Linesmen Injured

Daily Examiner · Monday 2 April 1934 · page 4

When a telegraph pole on which he was working in the Kunghur district collapsed, William Deadman, telegraph linesman had a miraculous escape from…

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Hit Telegraph Post Driver Killed—others Injured. Bendigo

Daily Examiner · Monday 2 April 1934 · page 5

When a ear carrying five men failed to take a curve and crashed head on into a telegraph post William Leslie, 60, of Bendigo, was killed outright and the…

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Shark Fatality Boy Bitten At North Steyne Right Leg Torn From Hip Died on Reaching Hospital. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 2 April 1934 · page 5

Attacked by a shark while surfing at North Steyne, Manly, early this afternoon, Leon Ritson Hermes, 15, of Lauderdale street, Manly, was…

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Fatal Plane Clash Two Deaths Result Third Person Injured Nose Dive at Evans Head While Making Joy Flights. Lismore

Daily Examiner · Monday 2 April 1934 · page 5

Raymond Woolley, aged 22, of Lismore, was killed, Roy James McGregor Dunn, aged 18, of Lismore, received injuries from which he…

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Slipped Over Cliff Gara Falls Fatality Girl Tourist Drops 100Ft. Body Recovered with Difficulty Armidale

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 3 April 1934 · page 5

While sightseeing at Gara Falls yesterday, Rila Clair, 17, slipped over a cliff and was killed instantly. The unfortunate girl rolled 100 feet down…

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