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New England · Accidents

Accidents, 1934

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Two Drowned Brother and Sister PERTH

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 16 January 1934 · page 1

Lizzie Margaret Brown (11) and her brother Raymond (8) were drowned while swimming in the Swan River at Bayswater…

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Car Overturns Man Killed; Five Injured Tyre Blew Out Sydney

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 16 January 1934 · page 1

A man was killed and five others injured, two seriously, when a motor car overturned on the Great Western Road near…

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Found Drowned Body in River Old Man's Hallucinations

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 17 January 1934 · page 4

The body of an elderly man, later identified as Jeremiah Archie Mills, aged 63, was recovered from the river at the rear of the Bowling…

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Girl Drowned When Searching for Ducks LISMORE

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 18 January 1934 · page 1

Ethel May Heron (12) left her home last night to look for some ducks. When she failed to return…

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Hen and Chicken Bay Man Found Drowned SYDNEY,Thursday

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 18 January 1934 · page 1

John Farrell McGrath (45), of Five Dock, was found drowned in Hen and Chicken Bay, near Gladesville, this morning…

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Yamba Resident Injured in Car Smash YAMBA

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 18 January 1934 · page 1

Mr. George Parnell, a well-known resident of Yamba, is in Clarence House private hospital, South Grafton, suffering from a probable…

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Early Shooters Big Day on the Range Extraordinary Accident Bad Year for the Farmers a Remarkable Accident

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 18 January 1934 · page 4

On Christmas Eve a young man named John Taylor, whilst in a State of intoxication, wandered on to the railway line near Bulli, where he lay…

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Drowning Fatality Dead Youth's Heroism

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 19 January 1934 · page 4

A verdict of accidental drowning in the Nymboida Riven while attempting to rescue a man in difficultues was returned by the Acting-Coroner (Mr. F…

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Boys Drowned Gippsland Fatality Melbourne

The Inverell Times · Friday 19 January 1934 · page 1

Donald, Khote, 13, and Ralph Fraser, 11, were bathing in the Mitchell river, in the Gippsland district, when they swam out of their depth…

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Gundagai Fatality Verdict, Accidental GUNDAGAI

The Inverell Times · Friday 19 January 1934 · page 1

An inquiry has concluded into the accident at Gundagai last week, when a tourist motor coach overturned, resulting in the deaths of three women…

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Swept Away Two Boys Drowned. Melbourne

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 19 January 1934 · page 1

Donald Khote (13) and Ralph Fraser (11) were in the Mitchell River in the Gippsland district. when they swam out of their depth and…

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SeaTragedy Vessel Destroyed Eleven Drowned AMSTERDAM

The Inverell Times · Friday 19 January 1934 · page 1

Eleven men, being the officers and crew of the steamer "Oakford" which stranded in yesterday's gale after springing a leak off Texel Island were…

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Two Injured Result of Quarrel SYDNEY

The Inverell Times · Friday 19 January 1934 · page 1

Consequent upon what is said to be the outcome of a quarrel, Charles Lawrence, aged 80, was admitted to St. Ceorge Hospital last night in a…

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Tourist Coach Tragedy Coroner's Inquiry Ended Accidental Death Recorded. Gnndagai

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 19 January 1934 · page 1

The Inquiry has been concluded into the accident at Gundalgai last week, when a tourist motor coach overturned. resulting in the death of three…

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Man Drowned at Inverell

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Monday 22 January 1934 · page 6

The body of an elderly man, later identified as Jeremiah Mills, was discovered in the McIntyre River, at the rear of the Inverell bowling…

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Linesman Dead Peculiar Fatality. BRISBANE

The Inverell Times · Monday 22 January 1934 · page 1

August Reick, linesman, was mending broken wire between Darra and Oxley. when he received an electric shock and fell from the top of an…

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Fire Fatality Rescue Party's Peril HOBART

The Inverell Times · Monday 22 January 1934 · page 1

Herbert Boden, 65, lost his life while trying to burn a firebreak around a pile of palings at Ellendale. Members of a search party had a…

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Three Men Drowned Fishing Boat Overturned AUCKLAND

The Inverell Times · Monday 22 January 1934 · page 1

Charles Connel, George Menzies, and Gordon Sproat were drowned as a result of a boat capsizing when they were fishing at Long Point, near…

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Three Men Drowned New Zealand Tragedy Sydney

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 22 January 1934 · page 1

Charles Connell, Geprge Menzies and Gordon Sproat were drowned as the result of a boat capsizing when they were fishing at Long Point, near…

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Mysterious Explosion Watchmaker Seriously Injured Melbourne

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 22 January 1934 · page 1

Mystery surrounds an explosion at Balaclava, which rocked the shop of R. T. Barnes, an aged watchmaker. Two of Barnes's fingers were broken…

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