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New England · Accidents

Accidents, 1933

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Drowning Fatality

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 2 January 1933 · page 8

While out shooting rabbits near Bukkulla, George Tighe, 11, son of Mr. Richard Tighe, grazier. of Willowgrovbe, near Bukkulla, slipped over a…

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Death Struggle Man Caught in Reeds Drowned Near Shore Fatality Near Nowra Sydney

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 2 January 1933 · page 1

Entangled in thick reeds as he tried to struggle to the shore after his canoe had capsized, Edward James…

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River Claims Victim Fatality Mars Picnic Party Sydney

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 2 January 1933 · page 1

While picnicking on the Murrumtoidgeo River, near Harden, yesterday, a party of swimmers got into difficulties…

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Six Injured Car Capsizes Near Tweed Heads One Man in -Serious Condition Mnrw'illumbab

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 2 January 1933 · page 4

Six were injured yesterday when a car capsized on the MurwillumbahTweed Heads road, near Scott's Creek. They were:…

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Harry Eames Injured

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 4 January 1933 · page 4

Remarkable fortitude was displayed by Harry Eames, a travelling showman, well-known in Inverell, during a bullock riding exhibition at the…

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On River Bottom Drowning Averted Commendable Rescue Work

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 4 January 1933 · page 1

Commendable rescue work by members of the Invereli Swimming Club saved the life of Frank Gaukroger, the eight-year-old son…

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Horse Killed Collision With Car Vehicle Badly Damaged

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 4 January 1933 · page 1

Mr. Harold Brissett's Erskine sedan car was badly damaged about the radiator and front mudguards on Saturday night when it crashed into a…

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Infant Toddles to Death Drowned in Waterhole Sydney

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 4 January 1933 · page 1

Alary Heady. aged one year and pterin mom It n was drowned in a waterhole at Fairy Meadow, near. M'ollongoue last night…

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Railway Employees Injured by Train SYDNEY

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 4 January 1933 · page 1

While walking along the railway line near Asquith late last night, two railway employees were struck by a passing electric train. They were Thomas…

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Railwaymen Injured Struck by Electric Tram Sydney

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 4 January 1933 · page 4

While walking along the railway line tear Asquith late last night, two railway employees were struck by a passing electric train. They were; Thomas…

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DOUBLE-BANKING Two Cyclists Injured Front. Fork Broke

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 4 January 1933 · page 4

When the front fork, of the bicycle on which they were "double-banking" broke, Herbert Parker (21) and Wilfiatn Coyle…

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Hit with Meat Chopper! Man Critically Injured Chinese Amok "Pesembled a Shambles" Sydney

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 4 January 1933 · page 1

James Cavendish (31), of George-street, City, was admitted to the Sydney Hospital last night, suffering from…

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Fatality at Bendemeer

The Uralla Times · Thursday 5 January 1933 · page 6

Mervyn Fisher, 20, of Tamworth, died from injuries received at Bendemeer on Boxing Day. A post mortem showed the cause of death to be a…

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Horseman Injured

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 5 January 1933 · page 4

Mr. G. Mulligan, of Newton Boyd, while returning home yesterday after spending the Christmas and New Year holidays in Glen Innes,…

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Car Crashes Motorist Nearly Drowned SYDNEY

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 5 January 1933 · page 1

When his car crashed into a concerete drain, at North Sydney last night during a heavy storm, Davis Craig had a narrow escape…

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Shark Fatality

The Inverell Times · Friday 6 January 1933 · page 8

A man was fatally mutilated by a shark while bathing in shallow water at a beach near Townsville. A boy who had rushed from the water…

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Girl Injured Struck by Lightning SYDNEY

The Inverell Times · Friday 6 January 1933 · page 1

During a storm at Numeralla, near Bega, a ten year- old girl, was struck by lightning. She was so badly burnt that she is…

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Crashed 60 Feet to Roadway Woman' Killed: Baby Daughter Critically Injured Sydney

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 6 January 1933 · page 1

Falling 60 feet from the wall at. Miller's Point, to-day. Mrs. Doris Hilstead (24) was killed, and her baby, daughter, who fell a few seconds…

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Girl to Rescue Two Men In Difficulties Escape From Drowning SYDNEY

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 7 January 1933 · page 1

Two men had a fortunate escape from drowning at Collaroy yesterday afternoon. One man entered the surf some…

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Gaol Riot Six Killed; 20 Injured CALCUTTA

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 7 January 1933 · page 1

Six were lulled and twenty injured in a riot between prisoners at Dikhan gaol on the frontier…

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