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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Accidents

Accidents, 1935

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Youth Drowned in the Snowy River. Cooma

Daily Examiner · Monday 7 January 1935 · page 5

Owen Henry Foster, 16, laborer, son of William Arthur Foster, a laborer on Roloco Station, near Dalgety, was accidentally drowned in the Snowy River…

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Killed in Collision Bookmaker Committed for Trial. Adelaide

Daily Examiner · Monday 7 January 1935 · page 5

After a hearing lasting three days, the inquiry was concluded yesterday, into the death of Francis John Johns, 27, stable man, of McGill road. Norwood, who was…

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Axe Caught in Vine Forestry Employee's Foot Injured

Daily Examiner · Monday 7 January 1935 · page 4

Mr. Allan Cordwell, an employee of the Forestry Commission stationed at Urunga, was admitted to the Bellinger River District Hospital on Friday…

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One Killed, Two Injured Car Smash at Southport Missed Bridge on Pacific Highway. Southport

Daily Examiner · Monday 7 January 1935 · page 5

A young woman was killed and two persons were injured, when a motor car travelling from Brisbane to Burleigh Heads, skidded on the wet bitumen at a…

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Constable Killed Pistol Accidentally Explodes. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Monday 7 January 1935 · page 4

While sheltering from the wind under the post office verandah in Davey street, Frankston, yesterday, Constable Clive Smith, who was on special traffic duty…

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Child Scalded Ulmarra Accident. Ulmarra

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 8 January 1935 · page 4

Henry Arthur O'Keeffe, the four-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. H. T. O'Keeffe, of Ulmarra, was severely scalded on the arm, shoulder and body, on Sunday…

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Nearly Drowned Two Girls at Sandgate. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 9 January 1935 · page 5

Two young girls, Jean Keilly, 16, and Ruth Griffiths, 12, narrowly escaped drowning while bathing at Sandgate this morning. They were in an apparently…

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Trains Crash in Russia Heavy List of Injured Frozen Signals the Cause. Moscow

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 9 January 1935 · page 5

Frozen signals are believed to be the cause of sleeping car expresses from Leningrad to Tiflis and Leningrad to Moscow crashing on the main line, 140…

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Left Nervy and Sleepless Result of a Motor Accident

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 9 January 1935 · page 3

"Eight years ago I was involved in a motor accident, which left me in a low, depressed condition," states Miss G.S.R., of Haberfield, N.S.W. "I got sleepless ,…

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7 Killed. Many Injured "Church War" in Mexico. Mexico City

Daily Examiner · Thursday 10 January 1935 · page 5

Seven persons were killed and four wounded in the State of Michoacan and here five persons were seriously wounded, while 22 received minor…

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Train Smash 23 DEAD, 56 Injured Out of Date Signals. Moscow

Daily Examiner · Thursday 10 January 1935 · page 5

It was officially announced to-day that the casualties as the result of yesterday's collision between two express trains is 23 killed, 56 injured seriously…

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O'reilly Injured Finger Caught in Lawnmower May Not Bowl This Season Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 10 January 1935 · page 6

Slender though the hope was that O'Reilly could be induced to play in Sheffield Shield cricket for the State this season, there is now no possibility of him…

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Troopers Cut To Pieces by Plane Disaster In India at Army Manoeuvres 15 KILLED, 11 Injured. Calcutta

Daily Examiner · Thursday 10 January 1935 · page 5

Fifteen men of the fourth and fifth Baliech regiment were killed and eleven injured when an aeroplane of the Indian Air Force crashed into…

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ACCIDENTAL Bellinger Road Fatality the Coroner's Finding

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 11 January 1935 · page 1

The District Coroner, Mr. Chas. Walker, J.P., held an inquiry at the courthouse, Coffs Harbour, on Wednesday last concerning the motor…

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Injured on Rocks

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 11 January 1935 · page 2

A 12-year-old boy named Goofin Gourley, from Brisbane, was injured through a fall from the rocks at Blowhole, Woolgoolga, yesterday, and…

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Crashed Into Pole Lorry Fatality At Coff's Harbor Coroner's Inquest Verdict of Accidental Deaths. Coff's Harbor

Daily Examiner · Friday 11 January 1935 · page 6

At the Coff's Harbor Police Court on Wednesday the Coroner (Mr. Chas. Walker) held an inquiry into the deaths of Thomas Athol Cook and…

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Car Somersaults Woman Killed, Husband Injured. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 11 January 1935 · page 4

A woman was killed and her husband critically injured, when a car got out of control on the Molong road, this afternoon, and somersaulted twice. Their eight years…

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Shocking Accident Two Men Badly Injured Explosion in Well at Butter Factory Ivan Fuller Loses Hand—curly Haydon Suffers Broken Leg

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 11 January 1935 · page 2

Messrs. Ivan Fuller and Gordon ("Curly") Haydon received shocking injuries on Wednesday morning when an explosion occurred while they…

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Fell 20 Feet While Climbing Rocks Boy Injured at Woolgoolga

Daily Examiner · Friday 11 January 1935 · page 4

Gooffery Allan Gourley, the 12 years old son of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Gourley, of Brisbane, was climbing over steep rocks near the Blow Hole,…

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Moslem Riot Nine Killed, 20 Injured Appeal to Governor-general. Calcutta

Daily Examiner · Friday 11 January 1935 · page 5

Nine Moslems, including two women, were killed, and more than 20 injured, at Ajra, a small town in the State of Ichalkaranji, when the police fired on…

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