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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Accidents

Accidents, 1934

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Boys Drowned at Rockdale and Undercliffe. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 9 January 1934 · page 5

William Clarke (11), of Rockdale, who was spending the school holidays at Goulburn was drowned when he fell into the Wollondilly River yesterday…

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Diver Seriously Injured Cart Collided with Car and Lorry. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 9 January 1934 · page 5

Hugh Wilson, 35, of Marrickville, was critically injured when a horse and cart he was driving collided with a motor car and later crashed into a motor lorry, at…

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Sandshoe Found Belonged To Drowned Boy No Trace of Body Urgent Appeal for Boats

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 9 January 1934 · page 4

A sandshoe, worn by William McCarthy, the 14-year-old boy who was drowned in tragic circumstances in the Nymboida River on Saturday…

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S. Coast Floods Moruya Out Of Danger Farmer Drowned Shoalhaven River Up 20 Feet. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 9 January 1934 · page 5

Communication was restored this morning with Moruya, which was isolated during the week-end, when flood waters swept the South Coast,…

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Mental Patient Drowned. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 10 January 1934 · page 5

Wandering from a mental hospital at Wilson Island. Hawkesbury River, to-day an inmate John Campfield, 23, fell into Ike river and was drowned…

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Beer Barrel Exploded Unusual Hotel Accident

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 10 January 1934 · page 4

When a beer barrel exploded under the counter in the Queen's Hotel Dalby, on Monday afternoon, the proprietor of the hotel, Mr. A. A. Baker, had a narrow…

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Aboriginal Drover Drowned

Daily Examiner · Thursday 11 January 1934 · page 4

William Richardson, 40, an aboriginal drover, was drowned in Grass Tree Creek, seven miles from Milmerran (S.A.). He attempted to swim across a flooded creek…

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Woman Drowned Baby Tied Round Neck Rocks As Weights. Tumut

Daily Examiner · Thursday 11 January 1934 · page 5

With the body of her infant son tied to her neck, Mrs. Florence Martin was found drowned in a swimming pool in the Tumut River to-day. Two pieces of…

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From Speeding Train Prisoner's Leap Dash For Liberty Near Grafton Escorting Constable Injured Large Force of Police on Trail

Daily Examiner · Thursday 11 January 1934 · page 4

Making a desperate bid for liberty, a prisoner, who was being brought from Lismore to Grafton gaol yesterday, jumped from the…

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Sad Drowning Fatality

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 12 January 1934 · page 2

"The treacherous waters of the Nymboida River at Nymboida have claimed another victim, a lad named William McCarthy, aged 13, being…

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Linesman Injured

Daily Examiner · Friday 12 January 1934 · page 4

Robert Browning, a Postal Department linesman, Lismore, had a lucky escape from serious injury when a telegraph pole to which he was strapped snapped off and…

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Man Killed in Collision. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 12 January 1934 · page 5

William Caswell, 21, of Bexley, was killed instantly when a motor cycle collided with a motor lorry at Lakemba to-day. The force of the impact hurled…

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Three Women Killed 8 INJURED Terrible Motor Tragedy Tourist Coach Somersaults Passengers Scattered Over Road Wrecked Coach Bursts Into Flames. Gundaga[?]

Daily Examiner · Friday 12 January 1934 · page 5

A terrible motor tragedy occurred near here to-day, three women being killed and five men and three women injured when a tourist service coach…

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Street Accident

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 12 January 1934 · page 2

Mr. Fred White, an elderly man who works at the breakwater, was thrown from his bicycle in the main street this afternoon by a collision…

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Cyclists Injured

Daily Examiner · Saturday 13 January 1934 · page 4

Two Grafton cyclists, Jack Gant and Lester Henkel, whilst practising on the Fisher Park track late yesterday afternoon, crashed and sustained injuries…

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Sleepercutter Injured

Daily Examiner · Saturday 13 January 1934 · page 4

Reg Thorley, a young married man residing in McKay street, South Grafton, sustained an incised wound to his left foot as the result of his axe slipping while he…

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Elderly Man Injured Accident [?]T Coff's Harbor. Coff's Harbor

Daily Examiner · Saturday 13 January 1934 · page 5

An accident occurred in Hugh street, Coff's Harbor, this afternoon when a motor car, drive by D. Hanley collided with F. White, who was returning from…

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Service Car Smash Injured Persons at Gundagai. Gundagai

Daily Examiner · Saturday 13 January 1934 · page 5

Percy Allen, who was seriously injured in a tragic service car smash yesterday was reported to be in a serious condition to-day, but hopes are…

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Riots in Paris Streets 700 ARRESTS Mob Held By Police Tanks Were Ready Guarding Chamber of Deputies Hundreds of Persons Injured. Paris

Daily Examiner · Saturday 13 January 1934 · page 5

Seven hundred rioters were arrested in the streets of Paris to-night when crowds attempted to break their way into the Chamber of Deputies,…

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Man Injured Thrown Under Buggy Accident at Newton Boyd

Daily Examiner · Monday 15 January 1934 · page 4

When she was trying to get into as heavily laden buggy at Newton Boyd, about 68 miles from Grafton, on Saturday morning, Charles Cramp, at farm laborer,…

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