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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Accidents

Accidents, 1935

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Drowned in Taree Baths

Daily Examiner · Friday 1 February 1935 · page 4

A drowning fatality occurred in Taree baths on Saturday night. It appears that a man named Albert Boyd, aged 42, and a man named Catt started to go home…

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Girl Drowned in Dam Gallant Attempts at Rescue. Campbelltown

Daily Examiner · Friday 1 February 1935 · page 5

Falling into a dam on her parents property this morning, Betty Humphries (16) was drowned. A gallant attempt to rescue her was…

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Faking Accidents Art of Being Knocked Down How Insurance Frauds Are Worked. London, January 12

Daily Examiner · Friday 1 February 1935 · page 8

British motor insurance companies are convinced that they pay out thousands of pounds a year in compensation for accidents which have…

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Foot Cut Off By Falling Circular Saw Shocking Meatworks Accident Victim in Serious Condition

Daily Examiner · Friday 1 February 1935 · page 4

Whilst operating a rapidly revolving beef saw, a mechanical device for splitting carcases at Tancred Bros, meatworks, South Grafton…

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Motor Accident

Daily Examiner · Friday 1 February 1935 · page 4

Whilst driving along the Tyndale road en route from Brisbane to Sydney yesterday morning, the car of Mr. C. A. Melrose, of Auburn Sydney, overran the…

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Man Drowned Boat Capsizes at Brisbane. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Saturday 2 February 1935 · page 4

Thomas Bontland (50). of East, Brisbane, was drowned to-day when a small boat capsized in choppy seas a milo off Manly jetty. Two brothers, Mervyn and…

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Miner Injured Hammer Fell Down Shaft. Wagga

Daily Examiner · Saturday 2 February 1935 · page 8

While working at the bottom of M 120ft. shaft of the Bullenbong gold mine at Carabost, Harry Lachlan was struck on the head with a three-pound hammer…

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Dresser Falls on Child Accident During Storm

Daily Examiner · Saturday 2 February 1935 · page 4

Tay Hollis. the four-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. D. J. Hollis, of Tabulam, was injured when a heavy kitchen dresser full…

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Collided with Cow Motor Cyclist Injured

Daily Examiner · Monday 4 February 1935 · page 4

Colliding with a cow which unexpectedly doubled back across the road, Mr. Len McNamara, of Federation street, South Grafton, was thrown from his motor cycle…

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Leg Amputated the Meatworks Accident Victim's Condition Still Serious

Daily Examiner · Monday 4 February 1935 · page 4

The young man, Patrick Fox, who sustained frightful injuries when a rapidly revolving circular beef-splitting saw fell upon him at Tancred's meatworks. South…

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Scalding Accident

Daily Examiner · Monday 4 February 1935 · page 4

Max McKay, the 17 months old son of Mr. and Mrs. Ellis McKay, of Argent's Hill, was severely scalded on the hand and arm by coming in contact with some…

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Horses Bolt Drowned in Yarra Plunged Over 30Ft. Wharf. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 5 February 1935 · page 5

Excitement was caused along the waterfront this morning when two horses attached to a brewery waggon took fright and bolted along the streets…

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Collision at Kempsey

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 6 February 1935 · page 8

As a result of a collision between a sulky they were riding in and a motor car, Mrs. Maud Perry, of Warwick, near Kempsey, was taken by the Ambulance…

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Cycle Crashes Into Car Repton Man Injured. Bellingen

Daily Examiner · Thursday 7 February 1935 · page 4

When a push bicycle, ridden by Mr. William Keogh, of Repton, Bellinger River, came into heavy hend-on collision with a big Sedan cur, driven by a…

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Federal Ministers Injured in Car Smash Collision at Caulfield. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Friday 8 February 1935 · page 2

While returning to their homes from a meeting of the Federal Cabinet Mr. T. C. Brennan, Hon. Minister, Mr. T. Paterson, Minister for the Interior, Mr…

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P.m. Injured in Surf

Daily Examiner · Friday 8 February 1935 · page 4

While surfing at Black Head on Sunday, the Police Magistrate at Taree, Mr. V. Grugeon, was caught in a wave and dumped heavily on the sand. He…

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Riding Fatality Girl Killed on Station. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Friday 8 February 1935 · page 2

While out riding with her two sisters at Carpentaria Downs on February 1, Ronica Enid Jackson, 20, was killed. It is surmised that the girl's horse got…

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Riots at Sheffield Reduced Relief Scale Many Injured—numerous Arrests. London

Daily Examiner · Friday 8 February 1935 · page 5

Six thousand domonstrators against the unemployment relief scale rioted outside Sheffield Town Hall to-day, after refusal of the council to receive their…

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Uncle and Nephew in Accident

Daily Examiner · Friday 8 February 1935 · page 7

While Joseph Walcolm (55) was crossing William street, Granville, recently, a cycle ridden by George Westward (20) struck him and knocked him down…

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Collision on Murwillumbah Bridge

Daily Examiner · Saturday 9 February 1935 · page 2

A collision between a motor car, driven by Mrs. McRenzie, of Eungella, and a motor cycle occurred at the northern approach to Murwillumbah bridge on…

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