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Hawkesbury (Windsor & Richmond) · Accidents

Accidents, 1936

25 stories in Hawkesbury (Windsor & Richmond)'s papers · page 1 of 2

Girl Injured Accident on Cattai-road Karlsson's Corner Again!

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 10 January 1936 · page 3

WHAT may have resulted in a serious accident occurred on Saturday last, when the Cattai milk lorry, on rounding Karlsson's corner, on the road between Pitt…

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Laborer Killed Death Follows Accident Tragedy at Kurrajong

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 10 January 1936 · page 3

WHILE walking along the Kurrajong-road late on Monday night, December 30, George Turner, laborer, aged 49, of Cedar Ridge, was run into by a lad riding a push…

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Coroner's Inquiry Late Lawrence Beecroft Injuries Accidentally Received

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 10 January 1936 · page 6

A VERDICT of death following injuries accidentally received in a motor collision on December 29, 1934, was returned by the Hawkesbury District Coroner, Mr. H…

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Woman Drowned Tragedy in Colo River Settler Recovers Body

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 31 January 1936 · page 3

WHILE attempting to swim the Colo River, near Central Colo Park, on Monday afternoon last (Anniversay) Day), Caroline May Vernon, 45, married…

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Alleged Cruelty Worked Injured Horse Richmond Prosecution

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 7 February 1936 · page 7

AS a result of having worked a horse on January 6 while it was suffering from sore shoulders, William John "Wilson was charged at the Richmond Police Court on…

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Forced Landing Air Force 'Plane Overturns Pilot Slightly Injured

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 7 February 1936 · page 3

A Royal Australian Air Force Hawker Demon fighter ran short of petrol, and the pilot, Pilot-Officer Cox, had to land at "Webb's Creek, about eight miles from…

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Accidental Death Late George Turner Coroner Invokes Official Action Undighted Bicycle Menace

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 21 February 1936 · page 9

A LONG-OVERDUE appeal to the authorities for prompt and salutary action in all cases of persons detected riding bicycles without proper…

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Collision Aftermath Damages Claim Successful Defence Witness Stood Down Case at Windsor Court

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 6 March 1936 · page 6

FROM a mass of conflicting evidence regarding a collision between two cars on Windsor-road on April 29 of last year, Mr. A. G. Hardwick, S.M., was…

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Burning Fatality North Richmond Man's Death Coroner Holds Inquiry

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 20 March 1936 · page 2

AN inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the death of Charles William Davey, who was the victim of a burning accident at the North Richmond Hotel on…

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Drowning Fatality Late Stanley Leader Coroner Holds Inquest

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 3 April 1936 · page 4

THAT the late Stanley Leader, whose body was recovered from the Grose River on the morning of February 17, had died from asphyxia due to drowning, but how or by…

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Youth Killed Fatality at Magrath's Hill Struck by Motor Car

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 10 April 1936 · page 12

HAL GORDON BEAUCHAMP, aged 14, son of Mrs. Maud Beauchamp, of 5 McKee-street, Ultimo, was killed instantly on the Windsor-road, about 400 yards from…

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Body Found in Well Sackville Reach Tragedy Woman's Determined Drowning Coroner Holds Inquiry

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 15 May 1936 · page 12

"I FIND that the said Naomi Evelyn Dunstan in a well of water at Sackville Reach, in the police district of Windsor, State of New South…

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Pedestrian Killed Windsor Road Fatality Coroner Holds Inquiry

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 30 May 1936 · page 5

AFTER hearing lengthy evidence, mostly of a corroborative nature, regarding the fatality on the Windsor-road near Magrath's Hill, on the night of April 4, when…

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"Error of Judgment" District Coroner's Finding Motor Van and Truck Collide Driver Fatally Injured

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 30 May 1936 · page 12

"THIS death appears to me to have been caused by an error of judgment by both drivers. There appears to be these days a desire to hug the centre…

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Fell From Grandstand Young Man Fatally Injured Former Riverstone Resident

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 26 June 1936 · page 3

GEORGE PATRICK ROSA, aged 29, of 32 Wilson-street, Harbord, suffered a fracture of the skull when he fell a distance of fifteen feet at the Sydney Cricket Ground…

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Fell in Boling Fat Riverstone Meatworks Fatality Young Man Dies From Burns Coroner Holds Inquiry

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 24 July 1936 · page 3

AN inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the death of Bertie Ernest Graham, 31, laborer, of Macquarie-street, Windsor, who died in the Hawkesbury District…

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Windsor Firemen Injured Engine Overturns Early Morning Sensation Crashes Through Fence Into Waterhole Cottage and Shed Destroyed

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 28 August 1936 · page 1

WHILE dashing to a fire at the home of Miss Nora' Mahony at Pitt Town Bottoms early on Sunday morning last, a Garford fire engine, manned by…

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Fatal Injuries Motor Car Accident Student Charged

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 16 October 1936 · page 4

FREDERICK JOHN McKELLAR, 24, of Riley-street, Penrith, died in the Nepean District Hospital on Sunday, as the result of injuries received in a motor car…

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Car Fatality Manslaughter Charge Withdrawn

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 30 October 1936 · page 4

A VERDICT of accidental death was returned by the District Coroner, Mr. Arthur Judges, at the Penrith Court House on Tuesday; at an inquest into the death of…

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£2,000 Damages Sequel of Collision at Richmond

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 30 October 1936 · page 11

AS a result of a collision between a motor cycle ridden toy Jack OWen Donahay, of the Royal Australian Air Force, Richmond, and a sulky in which William Charles…

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