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New England · Accidents

Accidents, 1932

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COMPENSATION New Bill For Workers Disease and Accident Incidence to be Widened Sydney

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 8 January 1932 · page 1

A bill, embodying important. amendments to the Workers Compensation Act, will be introduced into the State…

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Cars Collide Beardy-street Accident

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 8 January 1932 · page 5

During heavy rain, at about 8 o'clock last night, two cars collided at the intersection, of Bearjdy and Marsh streets…

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Cars Collide Five Injured SYDNEY

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 9 January 1932 · page 1

Mrs. George Hart, of Balmain, was terribly injured last night when a car in which she was riding was involved in a collision with another…

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Lucky Escape Woodcarter Injured

The Inverell Times · Monday 11 January 1932 · page 1

When Ernest Manton, woodcarte[?] was engaged in cutting wood at Mr J. Rixon's sawmill, in Evans steret this morning, he received a nasty…

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Motor Collision Serious Injuries SYDNEY

The Inverell Times · Monday 11 January 1932 · page 1

Alexander Donaldson Roberts, 21, annual rating, is in Lewisham Hospital in a critical condition as a result a collision between his motor…

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Girl Drowned No Adult Assistance BRISBANE

The Inverell Times · Monday 11 January 1932 · page 4

While swimming with other children in the Pine River yesterday, Ruth Wild, 10, of Brisbane, was drowned…

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Motor and 'Plane Many Accidents Repotted. Thirteen Injured One Victim Critically Sydney

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 11 January 1932 · page 1

Many motoring accidents were reported at the week-end, involving injury to thirteen perons…

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Thrown From Horse Man Seriously Injured

The Inverell Times · Monday 11 January 1932 · page 4

Whilst out riding yesterday afternoon, Edward Dickson, of Goonoowigall, received serious injuries when the horse he was riding stumbled, fell…

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Motor Cycles Collide Four Injured Sydney

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 11 January 1932 · page 1

Three adults and a seven mouths' old baby were injured when two motor cycles, one with a sidecar, collided on the corner of Malakoff-street and…

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Pinned Under Car Four Cowra Men Injured Sydney

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 11 January 1932 · page 1

Four well known Cowra business men were injured last night when their car hit a fallen branch of a tree, on the Woodstock road, and…

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Vicious Attack. by Airedale Dog Little Girl Injured SYDNEY

The Inverell Times · Monday 11 January 1932 · page 1

Viciously attacked by an Airedale dog at Double Bay, Mona Hehir, aged ten, was so badly bitten about, the legs that 14 stitches were…

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Car Accidents Narrow Escapes SYDNEY

The Inverell Times · Monday 11 January 1932 · page 1

Two people had narrow escapes from death late last night when a [?] in which they were speeding crashe through the fence of the showgrown…

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Hand Gashed Lad Injured While Canoeing

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 13 January 1932 · page 4

A severely gashed hand was sustained yesterday by Arthur Hiddins (13), of Niagara-street. He was playing with a galvanised…

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Train Derailed No One Injured SYDNEY

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 13 January 1932 · page 1

While the Sydney-bound North Coast mail train was travelling at about 50 miles per hour near Lewisham this morning the leading wheels…

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Peculiar Accident

Guyra Argus · Thursday 14 January 1932 · page 6

Keith, the nine year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Les. Regan, of "Fernleight," Binalong. met with a serious accident. The boy was walking through…

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Mental Patient Sad Fatality SYDNEY

The Inverell Times · Friday 15 January 1932 · page 1

A patient at Gladesville mental hospital was buried by a fall of earth while assisting in some excavation work at the institution…

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Train Derailed No One Injured SYDNEY

Tingha Advocate and North-Western Journal · Friday 15 January 1932 · page 3

While the Sydney-bound North Coast mail train was travelling at about SO miles per hour near Lewisham this morning the leading wheels…

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Disloyalty to Lang Denied; Consequences Feared Snow Fatality Tragedy in N.Z. Two Bodies Found WELLINGTON, N.Z.

The Inverell Times · Friday 15 January 1932 · page 1

Search parties yesterday found the bodies of Harold Smith and Bernard Bobbins, school teachers of Christchurch, who were lost in the Southern…

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Driving Accident Sulky Passes Over Girl Wagga

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 15 January 1932 · page 1

Mrs. David Cassidy and her daughter, Hope, were driving Inasultey when the horse shied, and overturned the vehicle. The wheel passed over…

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Three Girls Drowned

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Monday 18 January 1932 · page 5

Sisters aged 7 and 9, named Naughton, and Miss McKenna (19), were drowned in the Ovens River at Yarrawongn (V.) yesterday…

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