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Mid North Coast · Accidents

Accidents, 1935

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Stationmaster's Death. Injured During Shunting

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

The death has occurred of Thomas Hanley, stationmaster at Macksville for the past five months, who on Tuesday, fell violently to the railway line…

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'Plane Accidents. Two Machines Damaged

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 30 January 1935 · page 4

Two 'planes belonging to the New South Wales Aero Club were severely damaged, one at Quirindi and the other at Gunnedah, during the…

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Drowning Fatality in Taree Baths

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 1 February 1935 · page 3

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

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Drowning Fatalities

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 1 February 1935 · page 7

Saturday, June 4, 1870: On Monday evening last, May 30, 1870, a fatal accident occurred to a man named Wm. Renshaw, cook on board the…

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Man Fatally Injured. Accident in Quarry

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 1 February 1935 · page 4

James Baldwin, 56, was fatally injured on Wednesday morning last, in a quarry belonging to the Manning Lime Co., at Taree. The wall of the…

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Serious Accident at Bowman Falling Limb Pierces Face

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 1 February 1935 · page 2

A serious and extremely painful accident occurred to William Taylor, at Upper Bowman, on Monday evening last, whilst felling timber…

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Shocking Accident at Grafton. Sydney

Macleay Argus · Friday 1 February 1935 · page 5

Patrick Fox met with a shocking accident at South Grafton. He was operating a revolving beef saw when it flew into the air and came down…

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Drowning Fatality

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 2 February 1935 · page 3

The Coroner Mr. Hubert Flett, opened at the Taree Court House on Monday, the inquest touching the death of Albert Boyd who was…

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Taree Drowning Coroner's Inquest

The Northern Champion · Saturday 2 February 1935 · page 6

On Wednesday last the District Coroner, Mr. Hubert Flett, conducted an inquest concerning the death of Albert Boyd, who was drowned in the…

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Fatality at Manning Lime Co's Quarry. Mr. Jim Baldwin Dies From Injuries

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 2 February 1935 · page 6

Mr. Jim Baldwin, for 30 years an employee of the late Mr. H. W. Kerle and later known as the Manning Lime Company, met with a fatal…

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Miner Injured Hammer Falls From Top of Shaft. Sydney

The Northern Champion · Saturday 2 February 1935 · page 4

While two men were timbering at the mouth of a shaft near Wagga, the hammer slipped from the hands of one of them and struck Harry Lachlan, who…

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The Prevention of Accidents. Nearly 250 Children Killed Last Year

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 2 February 1935 · page 3

"What are you doing to prevent accidents ? "Nothing ? But perhaps your indifference arises from a lack of knowledge concerning the seriousness of…

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Not a Car Accident

The Northern Champion · Saturday 2 February 1935 · page 7

Whenever anyone is found lying by the roadside a motor car is almost certainly assumed immediately to have been involved in the accident. At a…

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Fatal Quarry Accident Mr. Jim Baldwin Killed Knocked Down Cliff Face

The Northern Champion · Saturday 2 February 1935 · page 4

The first fatal accident in the Manning Lime Company's quarry on Brown's Hill occurred on Wednesday when Mr. James Baldwin was struck…

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Fatality at Manning Lime Co's. Quarry. Mr. Jim Baldwin Dies From Injuries

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Tuesday 5 February 1935 · page 3

Mr. Jim Baldwin, for 30 years an employee of the late Mr. H. W. Kerle and later known as the Manning Lime Company, met with a fatal…

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Serious Accident at Bowman. Falling Limp Pierces Face

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 6 February 1935 · page 6

A serious and extremely painful accident occurred to William Taylor, at Upper Bowman, on Monday evening of last week, whilst felling timber…

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Drowning Fatality

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 8 February 1935 · page 2

The Coroner, Mr. Hubert Flett, opened at the Taree Court House, on Monday, the inquest touching the death of Albert Boyd who was…

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Ministers in Motor Accident. Melbourne

Macleay Argus · Friday 8 February 1935 · page 14

The Minister for the Interior, Mr. Paterson, and Senator Brennan, Assistant Minister, were injured last night when the Government car in…

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Motorist Fined. Failed to Stop After Accident

Macleay Argus · Friday 8 February 1935 · page 6

When Lawrence Harry McDougall was charged at the Grafton Police Court this week with having failed to stop a motor car after an…

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Government Car Crashes Minister and Senator Injured Sydney

The Northern Champion · Saturday 9 February 1935 · page 4

Melbourne: The Minister for the Interior, Mr. Paterson, and Senator Brennan (Assistant Minister) were injured last night when a Government car in…

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