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Mid North Coast · Accidents

Accidents, 1934

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Shocking Motor Accident. Melbourne

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 23 October 1934 · page 5

When a motor car crashed with great force into a tree in Studley Park Road, Kew, opposite the residence of Archbishop Mannix, two men…

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A Painful Accident

Macleay Argus · Friday 2 November 1934 · page 4

While working on the construction of the ambulance station in Smith Street, Kempsey this week, Mr. Watson Walker had the misfortune to…

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Ex-kempsey Doctor Accidentally Shot

Macleay Argus · Friday 2 November 1934 · page 4

While cleaning a revolver in his surgery in Military-road, Mosman, on Wednesday afternoon, Dr. A. MacInnes, medical practitioner, was…

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Two Men Drowned. Adelaide

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 6 November 1934 · page 5

When their fishing boat was caught by a sudden squall near Adelaide, two men, Arthur Alfred Dean and Edward Smith, were drowned. Later the boat…

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Injured When Bottle Burst

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 6 November 1934 · page 4

While working at Coleman's cordial factory, Kempsey, on Friday last Mr. R. Mayhew received a nasty punctured wound in the right elbow when…

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Cup Travellers in Accident Wagga

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 6 November 1934 · page 5

While on their way to the Melbourne Cup Thomas Cowie, proprietor of the Star Hotel, Narrandera, was killed, and four others, namely, John…

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Sad Fatality

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 7 November 1934 · page 4

On Tuesday afternoon the sad news was received in Kempsey that Mr. David Cooper, of Warrell Creek, had been killed by a falling tree in…

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Fatal Accident at Ingalba Forest Reserve

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 9 November 1934 · page 2

On Tuesday of this week Messrs. David Cooper and Stanley Gosling were engaged in falling on the Ingalba Forest Reserve, near to the…

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Fateful Accident

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 9 November 1934 · page 2

Mr. M. Moran has reason to believe just now that troubles don't come singly. Last Friday he resumed work on his lorry after three…

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Doctor Accidentally Shot

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 9 November 1934 · page 5

While cleaning a revolver in his surgery in Military road, Mosman, on Wednesday of last week, Dr. A. MacInnes, medical practitioner, was…

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Current Topics Car Accident

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 13 November 1934 · page 2

While on his way to Gloucester from Taree on Monday morning, Constable Braun had a very narrow escape from a serious car accident…

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Rifle Explodes. Fatal Accident at Connelly's Creek

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Tuesday 13 November 1934 · page 3

About 1 o'clock on Sunday afternoon a fatal accident happened at Connelly's Creek, on the Upper Manning. Mr. W. E. Turner, a well-known…

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Chipperfield. Accidentally Injured

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 14 November 1934 · page 3

Mr. A. G. Chipperfield, the test cricketer, had a nerve-shaking experience on Newcastle railway station on Sunday night just after he…

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Shooting Accident at Connelly's Creek

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 14 November 1934 · page 2

On Sunday ut Connelly's Creek, on the Upper Manning, W. K. Turner, n well-known resident, was accidentally shot. Getting down from a pig-sty, he slipped,…

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Some Accidents

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 14 November 1934 · page 4

At the Risk Church, near Kyogle, Sunday last, a boy rushed in and announced that his father, Mr. Spark Wilson, was drowning; and the Rev…

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Sad Drowning Fatality. Little Peter Stone. Large and Representative Funeral

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Tuesday 20 November 1934 · page 2

The keenest of sympathy is felt for Mr. and Mrs. T. H. Stone, of Cedar Party Road, Wingham, in the loss of their little son, Peter, by drowning on…

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Young Girl Drowned. Sydney

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 20 November 1934 · page 5

Elsie Furner, aged 16, was drowned in Forbes Weir yesterday. She had previously been warned not to go into the water. She slipped from the…

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Current Topics Boy Drowned at Wingham

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 20 November 1934 · page 2

Peter Stone, about five years of age, fell into Cedar Party Creek on Sunday afternoon and was drowned. He was in company with other small…

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Shooting Accident at Connelly's Creek. Death of Mr. W. E. Turner. Inquest at Wingham

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Tuesday 20 November 1934 · page 2

We recently referred to a shooting' accident that happened at Connelly's Creek on Sunday afternoon, November 11th. 1934, as a result of which Mr…

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Drowning Fatality

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 21 November 1934 · page 4

A painfully sad drowning fatality occurred near Wingham on Sunday afternoon. It appears that two little boys of Mr. and Mrs. Darby Stone, of…

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