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Accidents, 1934

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Fatal Accident in Mine. Fuses Explode Prematurely. SYDNEY, Tuesday Noon

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 20 November 1934 · page 3

Arthur Jackson (52), was killed, and Thomas Cornelius (33), was seriously injured, when the fuses set at the Nelson Consolidated Gold…

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Car Accident at Yarrawonga

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 20 November 1934 · page 3

Two persons were injured in a car accident at Yarrawonga on Saturday. A car driven by Donald Miller, with John Lingard as a passenger crashed…

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Accidents in the Air

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 20 November 1934 · page 2

The deplorable crash of the D.H. 86 air-liner in Queensland, and the loss of four valuable lives, has come at a most untimely period in the climax…

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Death of Australian Killed While Hunting Lions Accident in Kenya London, November 18

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 20 November 1934 · page 1

According to the British United Press correspondent at Nairobi, Jack Younger, son of an Australian pastoralist, was accidentally killed by a…

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Road Accident Truck Strikes Car

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 20 November 1934 · page 1

ON Sunday night a heavily loaded truck driven by Mr.J. Morris, collided with a car driven by Mr. J. Ryan about six miles from Deniliquin on…

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Warned Not to Go Into Water Young Woman Drowned in Weir FORBES

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 21 November 1934 · page 1

Elsie Furner, 16, was drowned in he Forbes Weir yesterday. She had [?] been warned not to go Into the water…

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Two Boys Drowned One lost in a Quarry Hole Other Supped Into Creek Melbourne, Tuesday

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 21 November 1934 · page 2

The City coroner (Mr. D. Grant, P.M. ) recorded a finding of accident death at two inquests to-day into the deaths of Regland Quinian 10…

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Remarkable Shooting Accident

The Berrigan Advocate · Wednesday 21 November 1934 · page 2

A man named Edward carter, Berrigan, had a most remarkable escape from fatal Injuries on Sunday week last, when he was the…

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Fogs in England Numerous Traffic Accidents Ship Traffic Affected London, November 19

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 21 November 1934 · page 5

London and the greater part of Southern England were to-day enveloped in fog, which, according to the forecasts, is likely to persist until…

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Items of News Two Drowning Cases

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 22 November 1934 · page 2

Before Mr. W. H. Edwards. J. P., Deputy Coroner at Wangaratta inquiries into two recent drowning cases were concluded. In the case…

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Collision at Culvert Between Car and Truck. Occupants of Wrecked Cab Slightly Injured

The Independent · Friday 23 November 1934 · page 1

A light double-seater car was wrecked and a heavy motor truck carrying a load of wool was severely damaged when they came into…

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Miner Killed Companion Severely Injured

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 23 November 1934 · page 12

Fuses set at Nelson Consolidated Gold Mines at St. Arnaud (Vie.) at 4 p.m. on Monday exploded unexpectedly and killed one man and seriously…

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Man Injured When Truck Capsizes

Border Morning Mail · Friday 23 November 1934 · page 6

A man named John Hutchinson was travelling to Melbourne on a transport truck laden with wool last evening. The truck capsized at the Union…

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Head-on Collision with Train Brisbane

Border Morning Mail · Friday 23 November 1934 · page 8

Returning home on a railway tricycle to Toolburra last night Carl Albert Pedersen, 37, collided head-on with a mail train and was killed…

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Injured at Sawmill Man’s Stomach Penetrated Condition Critical Dorrigo

Border Morning Mail · Friday 23 November 1934 · page 6

While trying to free a belt from a pulley at a sawmill, Arthur Williams, was struck in the stomach by a piece of piping, which tore loose and…

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Injured Workers Dependents to Receive More New Bill in Queensland Brisbane

Border Morning Mail · Friday 23 November 1934 · page 6

A bill was introduced into Parliament to-day providing for an increase in payments to dependence of a worker killed in industry under the…

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Remarkable Shooting Accident a Narrow Escape

The Independent · Friday 23 November 1934 · page 2

a man named Edward Carter, of Berrigan, had a most remarkable escape from fatal injuries on Sunday week, when he was the victim of…

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Shooting Accident "Man's Remarkable Escape

The Pastoral Times · Friday 23 November 1934 · page 4

A man named Edward Carter, of Berrigan, had a most remarkable escape from fatal injuries when he was victim of a shooting accident…

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Drowning in W.A. PERTH

Border Morning Mail · Monday 26 November 1934 · page 2

Swimming with her fiance, Ormond Bowyer. 150 yards from the beach at Scarborough yesterday, Grace Matthews, 23, got into…

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53 Drowned in Flooded Mine Tokio. November 25

Border Morning Mail · Monday 26 November 1934 · page 6

Fifty-three are believed to have lost their lives in Matsushima colliery, when the mine was flooded in Tokio on Sunday for the first time…

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