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Mid North Coast · Accidents

Accidents, 1935

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Road Accident Figures

The Northern Champion · Saturday 19 January 1935 · page 2

During the week ended November 24, last year, 146 persons died and 3,800 were injured in Great Britain as the result of road accidents, against 140…

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Autogyro Fatality. London, 21135

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 22 January 1935 · page 5

The first autogyro fatality in Britain occurred to-day, While Flying Officer L. Oliver was making his first solo flight, he crashed at…

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Crashed Into Pole. Lorry Fatality at Coffs Harbor

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Tuesday 22 January 1935 · page 1

At the Coff's Harbor Police Court on Wednesday of last week the Coroner (Mr. Chas. Walker) held an inquiry into the deaths of…

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"Live" Wire Accidents. How to Rescue Contacts

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 22 January 1935 · page 2

The experience of three brothers who narowly escaped electrocution at Dubbo recently after the roof of their home became charged with electricity…

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Narrow Escape From Drowning

Macleay Argus · Friday 25 January 1935 · page 4

There was some excitement and anxiety during the past week-end, when a boat owned by Mr. Flanders, of Port Macquarie, was swamped well…

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Tram Guard Injured. Sydney

Macleay Argus · Friday 25 January 1935 · page 5

Keith Kiles, 35, while collecting tickets on an old type tramcar at Waverley, was swept off the footboard, receiving a fractured right…

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Boy Accidentally Shot. Sydney

Macleay Argus · Friday 25 January 1935 · page 5

While William Kendall, 14, was watching a merry-go-round on a vacant allotment at Liverpool, he was shot in the right leg. It is understood…

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Near Fatality. Narrow Escape Near Port Macquarie

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 26 January 1935 · page 2

There was some excitement and anxiety during the past week-end, when a boat owned by Mr. Flanders, of Port Macquarie, was swamped well…

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Crashed into Pole. Lorry Fatality at Coffs Harbor

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 26 January 1935 · page 1

At the Golf, Harbor Police Court on Wednesday of last week the Coroner (Mr. Chas. Walker) held an inquiry into the deaths of Thomas…

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Tram Guard Injured Swept Off Footboard. Sydney

The Northern Champion · Saturday 26 January 1935 · page 4

Keith Giles, 35, while collecting tickets on an old type tramear at Waverley, was swept off the footboard, receiving a fractured right thigh and right…

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"Live" Wire Accidents How to Rescue Contacts

The Northern Champion · Saturday 26 January 1935 · page 1

The experience of three brothers who narrowly escaped electrocution at Dubbo recently after the roof of their home became charged with electricity…

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Accident to Ticket Collector. SYDNEY

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 26 January 1935 · page 9

Keith Giles (35), while collecting tickets on an oldtype tramcar at Waverley, was swept off the footboard and received a fracture of the…

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Drowning Tragedy. Sydney

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 29 January 1935 · page 5

While swimming with another girl in the Murrumbidgee River at Wagga, Nancy Fletcher, 18, daughter of Rev. J. G. Fletcher. Rector of Tarcutta…

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Man Drowned in Taree Baths

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Tuesday 29 January 1935 · page 3

Plunging into Taree baths at 6.30 p.m. on Saturday last, Albert Boyd, of Bridgewater Street, Rozelle, took a couple of strokes, then sank. He…

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Man Injured at Coopernook

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Tuesday 29 January 1935 · page 3

On Saturday last a fracas occurred at Coopernook, when a man named Benjamin Ward is alleged to have been struck on the face with some hard…

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Fatal Car Accident. Sydney

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 29 January 1935 · page 5

David Cowlishaw, son of Dr. Cowlishaw, of Lindfield, lost his life at Berry last night when his car overturned. Several other persons in the…

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Jockeys and Horses in Accident. Melbourne

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 29 January 1935 · page 5

One horse was killed and two others hurt, and two jockeys injured at Caulfield to-day when, during a work out Regulation (C. Baker)…

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Drowning Fatality. in Taree Baths

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 30 January 1935 · page 3

A drowning fatality occurred in Taree Baths on Saturday night. It appears that a man named Albert Boyd, aged 42, came to Taree in the…

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Clybucca Collision

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 30 January 1935 · page 1

Wednesday night last, about 9.30, Eric Mumbler, Mrs. A. Perry, Misses Nellie Donovan and Vera Donovan, of West Kempsey, were driving in from…

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Man Drowned in Taree Baths

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 30 January 1935 · page 2

A man named Albert Boyd, 42, who came to Taree from Rozelle at the beginning of January, was drowned in the baths at the fool of Macquarie street,…

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