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Mid North Coast · Accidents

Accidents, 1934

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Serious Accident

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 9 May 1934 · page 5

Murrurundi, reported Friday that a car being: driven along the New England Highway towards Sydney by John William Charles Monder…

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Accidentally Killed. Edward A. Ford

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 11 May 1934 · page 3

Three hours after a log rolled over him, Edward A. Ford, of Stroud, died on Thursday last. He was working in Ebsworth brush with his father, Mr…

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Accidents. Little Children the Victims

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 11 May 1934 · page 2

The happy playfulness of two little children was shockingly interrupted on Monday last, when the striking of a match by one caused…

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Car Accident

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 12 May 1934 · page 4

When Messrs. Tom and George Hall were coming down the Comboyne cutting on Friday night, the steering gear of the lorry failed to respond…

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Child Drowned in Creek. Sydney

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 15 May 1934 · page 5

Ronald Henriten, aged 10, fell from a bridge and was drowned in Shea's Creek, St. Peter's, last night. His father plunged into the creek fully…

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Ghastly Wound Shooting Fatality. Was on Holidays. FORSTER

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 15 May 1934 · page 2

Ray Fagan, 32 years of age, an orchardist, of Lisarow, who arrived with his wife and two children last night to spend a holiday, was the…

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Fatal Accident at Forster Agonising Journey

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Tuesday 15 May 1934 · page 3

His left arm shattered by a charge from a shot-gun at Wallis Island, in the Wallamba River, near Forster, on Monday, Roy Fagan, aged about…

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Another Accident at Cooperabung

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 15 May 1934 · page 4

Last week a motor lorry traversing the main road over Cooperabung Mountain, dived into a deep gutter when the steering rod broke. The…

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Drowning Feared

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 16 May 1934 · page 4

It is feared that Mr. Ronald Broadhead, 24. an employee of Mr. H. Robinson, of Euroka, and son of Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Broadhead, of Sydney…

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Shooting Fatality Near Forster Result of Shooting Accident

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 16 May 1934 · page 2

The accidental discharge of a gun was the cause of a shocking fatality at Wallis Island, near Forster, about eleven o'clock on Monday morning last,…

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Shocking Fatality Near Forster. Result of Shooting Accident

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 16 May 1934 · page 1

The accidental discharge of a gun was the cause of a shocking fatality at Wallis Island, near Forster, about 11 o'clock on Monday morning last,…

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Turf Miracle and Accident. Combine to Beat High Degree. Jimmy Munro's Great Form

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 16 May 1934 · page 3

For years I've told people "I've had one certainty in my life, and that got beaten." That paradox came to light at Randwick on Saturday. So air tight…

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Sad Drowning Fatality. Young Man's Passing

Macleay Argus · Friday 18 May 1934 · page 5

It was briefly reported in Tuesday's issue that a bundle of clothing had been discovered on Monday morning lying on the river bank close by…

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A Collision

Macleay Argus · Friday 18 May 1934 · page 4

This morning Mr. Richard Hartley, of Stuart's Point, while driving his car along the Barraganyatti Road, came into collision with another…

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Shocking Fatality near Forster. Result of Shooting Accident

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 18 May 1934 · page 7

The accidental discharge of a gun was the cause of a shocking fatality at Wallis Island, near Forster. about 11 o'clock on Monday morning last…

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Accidents Boy's Fingers Severed

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 18 May 1934 · page 3

The school holidays were marred for two local boys on Wednesday afternoon, when they were the victims of two separate accidents, one…

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Fatal Accident at Forster

Macleay Argus · Friday 18 May 1934 · page 4

His left arm shattered by a charge from a shotgun at Wallis Island, in the Wallamba River, near Forster, on Monday, Roy Fagan, aged about 45,…

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Britain's Road Accidents

The Northern Champion · Saturday 19 May 1934 · page 2

The returns of road accidents in Great Britain for 1933 show that there were increases of 535 in the number of persons killed and 9,878 in the number of…

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Car Accident

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 23 May 1934 · page 4

A car driven by Mr. Clive Keaughran, of Brisbane, crashed into a bridge rail on the Kempsey-Macksville road, about a mile beyond Humpvback…

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Accidentally Drowned

Macleay Argus · Friday 25 May 1934 · page 4

On Friday last Mr. N. L. Parker, Deputy Coroner, opened an inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the death of Ronald W. Broadhead,…

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