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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Accidents

Accidents, 1934

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Schoolgirl Drowned Washed Down Storm Channel. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Friday 2 February 1934 · page 5

A drowning tragedy was reported from Maryborough to-day, Joan Krammer, age 7, was swept down a drain by the flood waters when returning from school. She…

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Head-on Collision Cars Damaged Near Coff's Harbor. Coff's Harbor

Daily Examiner · Friday 2 February 1934 · page 4

Two motor cars met in a head-on [?]lision at the sharp bend at foot of Red Hill road, two miles out of Coif's Harbor. this afternoon. Mr. Jack Cochrane, of…

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Spill From a Horse Lad Injured at Mylneford Mylneford

Daily Examiner · Friday 2 February 1934 · page 4

When Mervyn, the second son. of Mr. and Mrs. John Grebert, failed to return after taking the cows to the back paddock, on Tuesday morning, his father set…

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Car Plunged Over Cutting Driver and Lady Injured Now in Kempsey Hospital. Kempsey

Daily Examiner · Friday 2 February 1934 · page 4

This morning Mr. Warren left Port Macquarie in a Nash sedan car, accompanied by a lady passenger. Heavy rain fell as the car was negotiating…

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Insect Causes Accident

Daily Examiner · Friday 2 February 1934 · page 4

Arthur Hicks, of Pendle Hill, and Miss Dorothy Edwards, of Undereliffe, Were admitted to Wollongong Hospital suffering from injuries sustained in a motor…

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Fishing Fatality Off Cronulla Beach One Man Drowned. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 3 February 1934 · page 5

John Notts, 35, of Shell Harbor, was drowned, and Bernard Burke, 29. of Shell Harbor, had a 'arrow escape to day when a fishing boat…

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County Council Truck in Collision

Daily Examiner · Saturday 3 February 1934 · page 4

A car driven by Mr. B. Webster, and a utility truck belonging to the Clarence River County Council came into collision at the corner of Centre and Richmond…

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Eight Persons Injured Tram and Ice Waggon Collide Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 3 February 1934 · page 5

Eight persons were injured when a tram and an ice waggon collided at Mosman during the height of the storm this afternoon…

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All Over a Dog Milkman Seriously Injured. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 5 February 1934 · page 5

Albert Canning, 21, of Pensliurst, was fatally injured in unusual circumstances at Penshurst this morning. Canning was delivering milk on a…

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Surf Rescue By 'Whiskers' Blake Noted Wrestler's Fine Effort Two Boys Almost Drowned. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 5 February 1934 · page 5

"Whiskers" Blake, the noted wrestler, was the hero of a dramatic surf rescue, at Bondi to-day. Two boys were carried out by the strong…

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Girl Drowned

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 6 February 1934 · page 3

Ethel Ada Rogers, aged 14, eldest daughter of Mr. Martin Rogers, of Taylor's Arm, Nambucca River, was drowned on Sunday evening last…

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Manslaughter Charge Sequel to Motoring Fatality. Mudgee

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 6 February 1934 · page 5

Following a collision between two lorries last night seven persons were thrown to the ground. William James Bloomfield, 79, received…

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Trod on Scythe Child's Foot Injured. Maclean

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 6 February 1934 · page 4

Norma, the nine-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Phillis, of Clyde street, Maclean, accidentally trod on the blade of a scythe on Sunday afternoon…

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DROWNED Mother And 3 Children Boat Struck Tree Husband Reached Bank. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 6 February 1934 · page 5

Five drownings as the result, of flooded rivers were reported to-day. When a boat in which they were rowing struck a tree' in midstream in…

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Wallamba Tragedy Father and Daughter Drowned Mother and Two Sisters Saved. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 6 February 1934 · page 5

When a boat overturned on the Watlamba River, on Saturday night, Thomas Shersing,33, of Tuncurryandhis 2 years old daughter, Dawn, were drowned…

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Narrow Escapes Children in Accidents

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 6 February 1934 · page 3

Two three-year-old residents of Coffs Harbour had very fortunate escapes from serious injury at the week-end, in different localities, and…

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Brothers Drowned

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 7 February 1934 · page 4

At double drowning fatality occurred in the flooded Ross River on Saturday afternoon the victims being two brothers, Robert James (10) and Henry James (7)…

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Seven Injured Tram and Car Collide. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 7 February 1934 · page 5

A tram and a motor ear collided at the intersection of Cleveland and Elizabeth streets, city, this morning. Seven people were slightly injured and taken to…

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The Motor World News and Notes From the N.r.m.a. Accident Figures Alarm

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 7 February 1934 · page 2

The N.R.M.A. Safety Department expresses alarm at the number of road accidents which have occurred in this State since the beginning of the year…

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Three Children Drowned in Victoria Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Thursday 8 February 1934 · page 5

Jumping off a rock into deep water in the Macalister River, Gina Palligrini, 11, and John Melton, 16, were carried away in the swift current and drowned…

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