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New England · Accidents

Accidents, 1930

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Inverell Linesman Seriously Injured Impaled on Picket Fence Condition Critical

The Inverell Times · Friday 10 January 1930 · page 1

Stanley Hemme, a linesman on the staff of the local post office, sustained shocking injuries yesterday when he lost his hold on a…

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11 KILLED; 13 INJURED Indian Train Smash Express and Goods Trains CALCUTTA

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 11 January 1930 · page 1

Eleven Indians were killed and 18 injured in a midnight collision between the Peshawar to Lucknow express and a stationary goods train…

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'Plane Fatality

The Uralla Times · Monday 13 January 1930 · page 3

Capt. Hugh Grosener, aide-decamp to the Governor of S.A. Lieut F. S. Briggs R.A.A.F. and Leading Aircraftsman D. C. Ewen who…

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Drowning Fatalities. Man and Girl. Sydney

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 13 January 1930 · page 1

The body or an unknown man was found on a sand bank in the River Murray, near Kerang (Victoria). A bicycle and clothes were found nearby…

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Drowning Tragedy. Bank Clerk the Victim. Albury

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 13 January 1930 · page 1

Ivor Foulkes Parry (17), a clerk, employed in the Commercial Bank, Albury, was drowned in the Murray Hirer yesterday, while swimming…

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Railway Fatality Woman Run Over. SYDNEY

The Inverell Times · Monday 13 January 1930 · page 1

An unknown woman was run over by a train at Newtown last night, and was killed instantly. The body was mangled beyond recognition; head,…

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Coalfields Riot---Police and Miners Injured Motorists Injured. Car Over Embankment. SYDNEY

The Inverell Times · Monday 13 January 1930 · page 1

Two men, Charies Jonns[?]on (24) and his companion known as "Jimmy," were critically injured on the Yallah overhead, bridge near Albion…

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Shocking Fatality. Passenger Grasps Car Wheel. Melbourne

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 13 January 1930 · page 1

When his wife Mrs. Rose Bassett (34) grasped the wheel, a motor car, driven by Ernest Bassett, of Fitzroy. skidded and overturned. Mrs. Bassett…

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Car Crashes Over Embankment. Two Men Critically Injured. Sydney

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 13 January 1930 · page 5

Two men, Charles Johnson (24) and his companion, known as "Jimmy," were critically injured on Yallah overbead bridge, near Albion Park, last…

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Riot on Coalfields Police and Civilians Injured. Army of 10,000 March Charge of Inciting to Revolution. SYDNEY

The Inverell Times · Monday 13 January 1930 · page 1

Further trouble occurred on the coalfields last night, when it is alleged that stones were thrown at police who were arresting a man…

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Amazing Accident

The Uralla Times · Monday 13 January 1930 · page 1

Harry Raymond, a boy of 10, met with a severe injury in an amazing fashion on Wednesday night. He was standing on the running board of a…

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Fatal Accident. Girl Shot. Sydney

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 13 January 1930 · page 1

A fatal shooting accident occurred at Eagleton, near Raymond Terrace. When Miss Rita Holbert was getting into a boat with a loaded gun,…

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Brothers Drowned Fishing Fatality BRISBANE

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 14 January 1930 · page 1

Two brothers, Lion[?] and Raymond Eisenmhoger, 32 and 29, respectively were [?]wned at Alexander Heads yesterday. They were fishing on…

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Boating Fatality Mother and Son Drowned BRISBANE

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 15 January 1930 · page 1

At Caloundra, a Queensland north coast holiday resort, five persons were carried over the bar in a boat and a mother and her son were drowned…

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Double Drowning Fatalities. Tragedies in Queensland. Two Girls: Mother and Son. Brisbane

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 15 January 1930 · page 1

Two double drowning accidents occurred in Queensland yesterday. Two girls—Lily Bobre (13) and Dorothy Stagg (12)—lost their lives while swimming in a creek near Clermont, Central Queensland. The girl Bobre got into difficulties, and Stagg went…

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MOTORING FATALITYy. Man Killed Another Critically Injured. Brisbane

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 15 January 1930 · page 4

Charles Fisher was killed and Dugal Drummond critically injured when a motor car in which they were riding swerved at Kedron and capsized…

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4 KILLED: 190 Injured Daily. London's Death Roll London, Tuesdny

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 15 January 1930 · page 4

The death-roll in London is growing so gravely—four killed and 190 injured daily—that a big Traffic Conferener has been opened to discuss the…

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Farmer Fatally Injured Car Overturns LISMORE

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 16 January 1930 · page 1

Ralph Dorrington a farmer, died from injuries received in a motor car accident yesterday afternoon three mites from Lismore. He was…

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Terrible Tragedy. Three Children Drowned. Car in River Near Kempsey

Guyra Argus · Thursday 16 January 1930 · page 3

Mr. and Mrs. Charles Arthur Barnes, school teacher, of Quambone, accompanied by three-children, Patricia Marjorie, aged 9 years, John Henry, aged…

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Two Lives Lost Brothers Drowned Youths' Gallantry Fatalities at Alexandra Headland

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 16 January 1930 · page 4

As briefly stated in a telegram in Tuesday's "Examiner" two men--residents of Buderi[?] Mountain, were drowned in the surf at Alexandra…

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