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Macarthur (Camden & Campbelltown) · Accidents

Accidents, 1931

20 stories in Macarthur (Camden & Campbelltown)'s papers

Motor Accidents

Camden News · Thursday 1 January 1931 · page 1

Motor accidents on Christmas Day kept the medical officers and staff of the Camden District Hospital very busy. No fewer than eight persons…

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Drowning Fatality

Camden News · Thursday 8 January 1931 · page 8

Frederick Webster, aged 38, of Marrickville, was drowned in the Nepean on Wednesday of last week. His friend, Frederick Roberts, a visitor…

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Holiday Accidents. Man Drowned. Youth Wounded by Stray Bullet. Motorists Narrow Escapes

The Campbelltown News · Friday 9 January 1931 · page 3

On New Year’s Eve morning Frederick Webster, of Addison Road, Marrickville, was drowned in the Nepean River at Cobbitty, and his companion…

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Motor Accidents. Collision on Concrete Road

Camden News · Thursday 29 January 1931 · page 2

Six men were injured when a collision occurred between a motor car and a motor lorry on the new Cow-pasture road, on Friday evening last…

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Woman Injured

Camden News · Thursday 29 January 1931 · page 2

Mrs. May Porter, (65), of Camperdown was conveyed to Camden Hospital by the Liverpool Ambulance, after a car had crashed into a…

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Fatal Accident Struck by Car

Camden News · Thursday 19 February 1931 · page 1

Whilst walking along the Old Southern Road, near the intersection of Barsden Street, about 7.30 p.m. on Sunday last, Mr. James Ryan, school…

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Shooting Accident

Camden News · Thursday 9 April 1931 · page 1

On Monday morning last Alfred Semmens, 54, of Henderson Road, Alexandria, met with a painful accident whilst out shooting rabbits at…

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Motor Cycle Accident

Camden News · Thursday 16 April 1931 · page 1

On Monday afternoon, Mr. George Wall, a resident of Bargo, was riding his motor cycle along the Hume Highway, near Picton, when his machine…

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Motor Accidents Remarkable Escapes

Camden News · Thursday 14 May 1931 · page 1

Mr. and Mrs. Harry Mayard, of Abercrombie Street, Sydney, had a [?]ble escape from serious injury when their Willys Knight sedan…

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Accident on Golf Links

The Campbelltown News · Friday 26 June 1931 · page 6

Mrs. E. J. King met with a most painful accident on Thursday afternoon last while playing golf on the Campbelltown Golf Links, when a…

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Tennis Accident

The Campbelltown News · Friday 26 June 1931 · page 6

While playing Tennis at Buxton. last Sunday afternoon week, Mr. W. Keller, of Appin Road Campbelltown, met with a most unfortunate…

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Motor Accident. Two Men Killed

Camden News · Thursday 6 August 1931 · page 1

One of the most tragic happenings in our district's history occurred shortly after 4 p.m. on Friday last, at Glenmore…

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Car Accident

Camden News · Thursday 10 September 1931 · page 1

Shortly after 11 a.m. on Friday last a Ford sedan car, driven by Miss Dorothy Nicol of Lidcombe, crashed into a gate post on the Old Southern Road…

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Accident at Subway Menangle Residents Seriously Injured

The Picton Post · Wednesday 16 September 1931 · page 2

A happy family motoring party were rather badly knocked about on Sunday afternoon, about 4 o'clock, when a car driven by Mr…

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Cattle Injured

Camden News · Thursday 24 September 1931 · page 2

A matter of much interest to dairy-farmers and drovers was heard in the case Athol Charles Mulholland sued Laurie Dunk for the loss of two dairy…

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Lad Dies From Burns. Douglas Park Fatality

Camden News · Thursday 8 October 1931 · page 1

Leslie Thurkettle, aged 14, son of Mr. Thurkettle, of Douglas Park, was severely burnt about the lower portion of the, body and both legs, near his…

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Death From Burns Fatality at Douglas Park

The Picton Post · Wednesday 14 October 1931 · page 1

A frightful burning accident similar to that which befell poor Ronnie King last year happened at Deugies Park on Sunday night…

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Motor Accidents. Lorry Hits Post

Camden News · Thursday 22 October 1931 · page 5

Electric light wires snapped shortly before 10 o'clock on Monday night, when a motor lorry, driven by Mr. A. Gander, of Camden, dashed into an…

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Sad Fatality. Motor Car Overturns

Camden News · Thursday 3 December 1931 · page 2

Mr. Oswald Milton Jeffree, aged 48, a well known and popular resident of Yerranderie, and Mrs. Eileen Maud Sutherland, of Petersham, met their…

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Mine Host Meets with Pain-ful Accident

The Campbelltown News · Friday 11 December 1931 · page 1

On Sunday last while playing cricket, “Lack’s Campbelltown Federals” versus the Rosehill Owners and Trainers’ Cricket Club, Mr. Herb…

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