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Mid North Coast · Accidents

Accidents, 1933

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Accidents

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 20 January 1933 · page 2

Falling from a horse at Taylor's Arm on January 6, Miss D. Ward (daughter of Mr. and the late Mrs. H. Ward) sustained a badly-broken…

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Drowning. How to Restore Breaching

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 21 January 1933 · page 6

A person apparently drowned suffers from asphxia or shock. In either case no time should be lost in attempting to restore normal…

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Car Tragedy. Kempsey Girl Fatally Injured

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 21 January 1933 · page 8

Kempsey folk were shocked and saddened on Sunday last when news was received that Miss Joyce Amy Brazel, the 12-year-old daughter of Mr. and…

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Seven Drowned in Flood. Campers Overwhelmed at Stanwell Park Sydney

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 24 January 1933 · page 2

During the terrific storm which lashed the coast last night and to-day, seven people were drowned and two others were gallantly rescued…

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Family Drowned

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 25 January 1933 · page 4

Camped near the beach lagoon at Stanwell Park, South Coast, Vincent Kempton Davis, 40, of Leichhardt, with his wife Rosa Gladys Davis, 35…

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Jilliby Tragedy. Mr. A. S. Smith's' Drowning. Accidental Happening

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 25 January 1933 · page 2

The Coroner, Mr. W. E. Kirkness, on Friday, January 13, at Wyong, held an inquiry into the death of Mr. Allen Sydenham Smith, aged 32 years…

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Seven Campers Drowned Tragedy at Stanwell Park

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 25 January 1933 · page 2

During the terrifie storm which lashed the coast on Sunday night and Monday, seven people were drowned and two others were gallantly rescued when flood…

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Local and General News. Woman Severely Injured

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 25 January 1933 · page 2

Mrs. F. Boustead, of Brisbane, is at present an inmate of the Bellinger Hospital, suffering from severe chest and lung injuries, the result of a…

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Another Bridge Fatality Feared. SYDNEY

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 28 January 1933 · page 8

Three men reported to the Sydney police last night that they had seen a man hurl himself over the Harbor Bridge. The police searched, but so…

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Child Drowned While Chasing Balloon. Sydney

The Northern Champion · Saturday 28 January 1933 · page 4

Ruth Robinson, aged 6, was chasing a balloon at Cronulla yesterday when she got into deep water and was drowned…

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Girl Drowned. Chasing a Balloon. SYDNEY

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 28 January 1933 · page 8

Ruth Robinson, aged 6, was chasing a balloon at Cronulla yesterday when she got into deep water and was drowned…

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Child Drowned at Urunga

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 31 January 1933 · page 2

Rata Maude Vaughan, aged two years and a half, was drowned at Hungry Head, two miles from Urunga, on Sunday. The child was picnicking with a…

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Fatality on Koppan Yarrat Road. Mr. Lindley Murray Shiels the Victim

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 1 February 1933 · page 2

There was widespread regret and sorrow felt throughout the Manning and Comboyne districts yesterday (Tuesday) morning when the news…

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Tragic Car Accident on Comboyne Road Mr. L. M. Shiels Killed

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 1 February 1933 · page 2

Widespread regret was expressed in all parts of the district on Tuesday morning when the news was circulated that one for the most popular residents of…

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Sulky Accident

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 1 February 1933 · page 4

Mr. H. Henry, accompanied by his small son, had a nasty experience Wednesday last, when erasing Sherwood bridge in a sulky. The rise in…

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Motorist Fatally Injured

Macleay Argus · Friday 3 February 1933 · page 4

Lindley Murray Shiels, of Comboyne, was fatally injured on Monday when the motor car in which he and his wife and son were returning home from…

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Child Drowned at Hungry Head

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 3 February 1933 · page 2

Rita Maude Vaughan, aged two years and a half, was drowned at Hungry Head, two miles south from Urunga, on Sunday. The child was…

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Accidents

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 3 February 1933 · page 2

On Sunday night last, a peculiar accident, with possible serious results, befel Ernie, small son of Mr. and Mrs. E. Saunders, of Valla…

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Injured Man the Aggressor Might Die at Any Time Friday, Afternoon

The Northern Champion · Saturday 4 February 1933 · page 5

At the Central Court Ernest Lavington Morrison (58) a laborer, was charged with having assaulted Henry Victor Drury, and did then beat, and otherwise…

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Man Loses Hand Gun Accident at Bobin

The Northern Champion · Saturday 4 February 1933 · page 6

Mr. Alex Wm. Minus, 34, of Bobin, had a most unfortunate experience on Wednesday morning, when the accidental discharge of a shotgun resulted in the…

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