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Hawkesbury (Windsor & Richmond) · Accidents

Accidents, 1938

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

Death From Drowning Late Mrs. Amy Stones Coroner's Inquiry

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 28 January 1938 · page 8

A VERDICT of death from asphyxia from drowning, due to deceased's having thrown herself into the Hawkesbury River while of unsound mind, was recorded by…

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Coroner's Inquest Accidental Drowning Fatality in Grose River

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 4 February 1938 · page 14

THE District Coroner, Mr. PI. S. Johnston, J.P., conducted an inquest into the circumstances surrounding the death of Robert Rex Hayes, aged 14 years, who was…

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Mr. Lawson, M.h.r. Seriously Injured at Dubbo Lung Punctured by Rib

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 1 April 1938 · page 13

In the early hours of Tuesday morning, March 22, about three o'clock, Mr. John N. Lawson, (40), M.H.R. for Macquarie, was seriously injured when the car he was…

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Another Accident Car and Cycle Collide on Windsor Road

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 1 April 1938 · page 4

ALTHOUGH not on the ill-fated Vineyard section on this occasion, another weekend accident was added to the large Windsor-road list on Sunday, between Windsor…

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Negligent Driving North Richmond Collision Heavy Penalty Imposed at Richmond Court

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 15 April 1938 · page 5

ARISING out of a collision in which he was involved at North Richmond on the evening of November 9, 1937, charges of negligent driving and driving without a…

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Accidental Death Coroner Holds Inquiry Late W. C. Eather

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 15 April 1938 · page 6

IN recording a verdict of accidental death at the conclusion of an inquiry conducted by him into the circumstances of the death of the late William Charles Eather…

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Road Collision Negligent Driving Charge at Windsor Court

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 3 June 1938 · page 7

FOLLOWING a collision of a moving vehicle with a stationary one on Windsor-road, Vineyard, on April 24, Arthur Sherwood entered a plea of guilty at the…

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Pilot Killed Was Resident of Windsor Tragic Accident

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 17 June 1938 · page 4

THE long list of recent tragic R.A.A.F. crashes was added to on Tuesday afternoon when a Hawker-Demon machine struck a tree and burst into flames at…

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Unlucky Collision Two Windsor Cyclists Injured Admitted to Hospital

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 1 July 1938 · page 4

A head - on collision between two push bicycles on the Windsor-road early on Tuesday night resulted in tooth riders — Arthur Rea, Windsor and E. G. Greentree, Pitt…

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Richmond Collision Young Man Severely Burned Pinned Amid Blazing Petrol

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 8 July 1938 · page 4

SHOCKING injuries, which included severe burns to the face and hands, and fractured right thigh, right leg, and right wrist, were sustained by Edgar Phipps (23), of…

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Car Fatality Kurrajong Heights Accident Driver Killed

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 15 July 1938 · page 4

A TRAGIC accident o'ccurred on the Kur-rajorig:-road on Thursday evening Of last week when a car con taming two occupants while rounding a sharp bend, ran off…

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Riverstone Fatality Elderly Resident's Tragic Death Struck by Railway Trucks

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 15 July 1938 · page 3

HIS wide 'circle of friends throughout the Hawkesbury were deeply shocked to hear of the tragic death on Thursday evening of last week of one of Riverstone's oldest and…

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Level Crossing Collision Man Killed by Train. Lorry Passenger's Tragic Death

Hawkesbury Herald · Thursday 28 July 1938 · page 4

On Monday afternoon last at a level crossing at North Richmond, near the junction of the Grose Vale and Kurrajong roads, a man named Victor Henry…

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Crossing Fatality Verdict of Accidental Death Coroner's Recommendations

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 12 August 1938 · page 3

A FINDING of accidental death was returned by the Hawkesbury District Coroner, Mr. H. S. Johnston, J.P., at the Richmond Coroner's Court held on Tuesday, when…

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Accident

Hawkesbury Herald · Thursday 1 September 1938 · page 4

While working a rotary hoe on his property at Agnes Banks on Saturday last, Mr. Ronald Barr, a well known resident of that locality, had the…

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Coroner's Inquiry Riverstone Drowning Fatality Accidental Death Verdict

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 9 September 1938 · page 12

THE sad circumstances surrounding the death of little Jean Ada Dobson, the 22 months old daughter of Mr. Harry Morley Dobson, of Riverstone, were revealed at the…

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Accidental Death Late William Joseph East Inquest at Riverstone

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 9 September 1938 · page 3

A VERDICT of accidental death was returned by the Hawkesbury District Coroner, Mr. H. y. Johnston, J.P., at Riverstone last Wednesday when an inquest was…

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Fatal Accident on Wiseman's Ferry Road Young- Woman Killed

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 16 September 1938 · page 12

A PARTICULARLY sad motoring fatality occurred on the Wiseman's Ferry-road on Sunday last, as a result of which a young woman, who was to have been married on…

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Accidental Death Late Miss Julia Head Coroner Holds Inquiry

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 7 October 1938 · page 6

THE sad circumstances surrounding tho death of Miss Julia Margaret Head, who died as the result of injuries received in a motor accident on the Old Northern Road…

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Shocking Fatality Hundreds Watch Pilot Crash Tragic Death at Windsor

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 21 October 1938 · page 4

WATCHED by a horrified audience of some hundreds of spectators in all parts of Windsor and environs, a young Citizen Air Force pilot, Cadet John Charles Fletcher, 19…

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