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Hawkesbury (Windsor & Richmond) · Accidents

Accidents, 1930

31 stories in Hawkesbury (Windsor & Richmond)'s papers · page 2 of 2

Mystery Solved Who Was the Driver? Windsor Road Collision

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 27 June 1930 · page 4

WHEN Donald McArthur Lamont Was riding his motor cycle along the Windsor-road on April 6 last, a motor car, travelling in the same direction, collided with…

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His Last Job Laborer Crushed to Death Fatality at Richmond

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 27 June 1930 · page 3

DOWN and out, and practically starving, a stranger; William Owens (46), seeking employment in Richmond a few weeks ago, was taken in by Mr. Roy Bush and given…

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Fatal Collision Leg Cut Off in Smash Horse Killed— Two Others Hurt

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 11 July 1930 · page 4

THROWN from his market cart when a motor cycle crashed into it on the Windsor-road, near Rouse Hill, on .Thursday evening of…

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"Very Serious Case" Speed Cyclist on Borrowed Machine Fatal Collision on Windsor Road Committed for Trial on Manslaughter Charge

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 25 July 1930 · page 7

MORRIS Stewart Cobcroft, a well-known dirt track rider, was committed for trial on Monday by the Hawkesbury District Coroner (Mr. H. S Johnston, J.P.) for feloniously slaying Anthony James Petersen (41), a market gardener, on the Windsor-road, near Rouse Hill, on July 3…

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Fell Off Engine Railway Fireman Killed Fatality at Riverstone

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 5 September 1930 · page 3

LEANING out of his engine after having just exchanged a staff for single-line Working with a porter on the Riverstone railway station on Saturday afternoon…

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Crashed Into Fence Cyclist and Girl Passenger Accident at Magrath's Hill

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 5 September 1930 · page 3

SKIDDING in some loose dirt on the side of the road when endeavoring to negotiate a bend near Magrath's Hill on Saturday…

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Woman Drowned Fell Into Eastern Creek Fatality at Riverstone

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 17 October 1930 · page 12

ARRIVING home shortly after 6 p.m. on Monday, William Nash, fishmonger at Riverstone, discovered that his wife, Elizabeth Mary Nash (48), was missing. A search…

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Windsor Farmer Killed Thrown From Cart on Bridge Fatality at Cornwallis

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 17 October 1930 · page 3

EDWIN GOW, 73, a well-known Hawkesbury farmer, was fatally injured when his horse and cart were precipitated over the Cornwallis bridge on Friday morning…

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Schoolboy Killed Crushed Under Heavy Lorry Wilberforce-road Fatality Coroner Exonerates Driver

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 24 October 1930 · page 9

RETURNING home on a pushbike from the Richmond Rural School on the afternoon of the 9th instant, Percy James Salter, the 13-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. James…

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Fell Over Bridge Death of Edwin Gow "Accidental" Says Coroner Structure Was Safe for Traffic

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 24 October 1930 · page 6

WHEN Edwin Gow (72), a well-known Hawkesbury farmer, endeavored to cross the Ricaby Creek bridge, on Cornwallis-road, with a…

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Pinned in Pond Centennial Park Accident Former Windsor Men Hurt

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 7 November 1930 · page 4

TRAPPED in the ooze of a Centennial Park pond, into which his car had turned turtle on Saturday, Carl Woollostan, of Kit-chener-road, Randwick, was rescued at the…

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