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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Accidents

Accidents, 1935

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Four Injured: Horse Killed

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 1 January 1935 · page 1

A motor car and a sulky were involved in a collision at Argenton, near Wallsend, on Thursday night. Four persons were injured and the horse in the sulky was…

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Wrenched Back Employee Injured

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 1 January 1935 · page 4

Wrenching his back while lifting cream ca[?]s at the Grafton Dairy Co.'s factory yesterday, Thomas Hackett, an employee of the company, who resides in Clarence…

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Man Drowned Swimming in Macquarie Desperate Rescue Efforts Fail Dubbo

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 1 January 1935 · page 5

Albert Beveridge (26), manager of the Shell Oil Co. Depot at Dubbo, was drowned in the Macquarie River, nine miles from Dubbo, late yesterday…

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Fate's Double Blow Injured in Car Smash Anp Car Looted

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 1 January 1935 · page 6

Fate dealt, a double blow to Mr. Frank Richardson, a well-known company director, of Sydney on Sunday afternoon, when he was motoring in the New…

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In the Saar Meeting Broken Up Chief Speaker Injured. Saarbrucken

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 1 January 1935 · page 5

The calm which has hitherto prevailed in the Saar was broken at Pliesscastel today where an indoor meeting of the Catholic Front was broken up by the…

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Bus and Lorry Collision at Tweed Heads Five Persons Injured

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 2 January 1935 · page 1

Five Persons were injured on Monday night when one of Miller's service buses and a fruit lorry; believed to be [?]vned by a man named Granville, of Brisbane,…

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Injured Fettler

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 2 January 1935 · page 4

When a brake van was being shunted near the scene of the derailment between Lawrenee road and Banyabba on Monday a number, of fettlers were thrown off…

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JUMPED When Car Bolted Down Steep Range Young Woman Injured

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 2 January 1935 · page 4

Jumping from a motor car, which careered wildly down the steep range to Cloud's Creek, on the Armidale road, 43 miles from Grafton,…

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One Killed, Two Injured Car Crashes Into Bridge Falls 30 Feet to Bed of Creek. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 2 January 1935 · page 4

One person was killed and two others injured—one seriously—when a motor car crashed into a bridge and fell 30ft. to the bed of a creek…

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Curious Accident

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 2 January 1935 · page 3

A curious accident befell Robert Davies, 28 of St. Kilda (Vic.). As he put his head on his pillow to go to sleep he heard something crack in his neck, but did not…

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Sequel to Collision

Daily Examiner · Thursday 3 January 1935 · page 4

A sequel to the collision between Miller's service bus and a lorry, in Tweed street, Tweed Heads, on Monday night, when five persons were injured,…

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Down Steep Hill Car Runs Backwards Collision at Yamba

Daily Examiner · Thursday 3 January 1935 · page 4

Running away backwards when it had almost reached the summit of Saxby's hill, at Yamba, a motor car, driven by Mr. M. J. Firth, of Upper…

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Scalding Accidents

Daily Examiner · Thursday 3 January 1935 · page 4

Matthew Duncan, aged 10, of Kyegle street, South Lismore, had to receive hospital treatment as the result of a scalding accident at his home on…

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Ferocious Alsatian Woman Severely Injured. Auckland

Daily Examiner · Friday 4 January 1935 · page 5

An Alsatian flog made a ferocious attack on Mrs. Tallentine, at Panmure, inflicting severe injuries. The dog was shot after making a second attack…

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Outage Pensioners Injured in Drunken Brawl. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 4 January 1935 · page 3

Two old-age pensioners were admitted to hospital to-day following a drunken brawl in a room in Regent street, Sydney. One suffered a fractured skull and the…

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Two Killed Many Firemen Injured in New York Tenement Fire. New York

Daily Examiner · Friday 4 January 1935 · page 5

Bringing to a climax a series of disastrous tenement house fires of the past few months which has taken many lives, a hulk in the crowded section of…

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Knife in Groin Fatal Accident in Butcher's Shop. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 4 January 1935 · page 5

When a knife slipped while he was working in a butcher's shop, George Haves, 22. of Lakemba, was fatally injured. The knife entered the left…

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Two Children Drowned While Mother Was Shopping. Griffith

Daily Examiner · Saturday 5 January 1935 · page 5

Robert Henry Rowley (9) and David Alexander Rowley (8) were drowned in the irrigation canal near Griffith last night. The children visited the canal…

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Accidents Coff's Harbor Mishaps. Coff's Harbor

Daily Examiner · Saturday 5 January 1935 · page 5

Mr. Jim Ward, of Coff's Harbor, who has been associated with the butchering business, owned by Mr. Archie Smith, for a long time, experienced two nasty…

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Tweed Accidents

Daily Examiner · Saturday 5 January 1935 · page 4

Two somewhat serious accidents on the Tweed on Wednesday morning resulted in Harold ("Mick") Plater, of Mooball, receiving a severe wound on…

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