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New England · Accidents

Accidents, 1935

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Child Drowned I Before Mother's Eyes BRISBANE

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 24 January 1935 · page 1

At Indooroopilly yesterday Margaret Munro (10) was drowned in the sight of her mother, when playing a game in which the girls…

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Taxi Out of Control Driver Injured SYDNEY

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 24 January 1935 · page 1

When his taxi got out of control in Hunter Street, City, Walter Burton (34) was thrown from the running board, striking the…

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Road Smash Well-known Cricketer Injured LONDON

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 24 January 1935 · page 4

Walter Keeton, the well-known cricketer, was seriously injured in a road accident to-day. Seven of his ribs were broken and…

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Bicycle Accident

The Uralla Times · Thursday 24 January 1935 · page 1

Cecil Froome, 16, was taken to Armidale hospital last evening suffering from concussion and a broken collarbone…

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Accident to Grazier

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 24 January 1935 · page 4

Percy Wickham (46), a grazier, of Brigalow Park, Karara, was admitted to the Warwick Hospital early last night, suffering from large lacerated…

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Three Injured Level Crossing Crash Sydney

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 25 January 1935 · page 1

Three occupants of a motor car were injured late last night When it crashed through level crossing gates on the Parramatta road at Clyde…

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Tram-guard Injured Condition Critical SYDNEY

The Inverell Times · Friday 25 January 1935 · page 1

Keith Giles. 35, while collecting tickets on an old type tramcar at Waverley was swept off the footboard, receiving a fractured right thigh and…

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Swept From Tram Conductor Badly Injured Sydney

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 25 January 1935 · page 1

Keith Giles, 35, while collecting tickets on an old type of tramcar at Waverley last night, was swept off the footboard and badly injured…

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Mishaps and Accidents Ambulance Men Busy

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 25 January 1935 · page 4

Laurie Marshall, aged 8, of Chapelstreet, Eastwood, was seated on a swing at East End park, yesterday, when another lad discharged an air…

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Child Drowned Emmaville Fatality EMMAVILLE

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 26 January 1935 · page 4

Keith William Ryan, the seven-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Jay. Ryan, of Emmaville, was drowned this morning…

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Lorry Overturns Man Seriously Injured Ben Lomond Accident Ambulance's Narrow Escape

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 26 January 1935 · page 4

As a result of a heavily laden lorry turning over on Ben Lomond last night a young man is a patient in the local District Hospital,…

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Train and Car Tasmanian Collision Hobart

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 28 January 1935 · page 1

Several persons were injured when a collision occurred at Valleyfield, on the main Hobart-Queenstown road, between an excursion train and a…

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Woman's Leg Fractured Accident at Railway Station

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 28 January 1935 · page 7

Mrs. R. A. Munro, of Park-street, was the Victim of a severe accident at the railway station on Saturday night when her leg was fractured by a fall…

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Girl Drowned Screamed and Sank SYDNEY

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 29 January 1935 · page 1

Nancy Fletcher (18), daughter of Rev. J. C. Fletcher, Rector of Tarcutta, was drowned in the Murrumbidgee River at Wagga…

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Horses Crash Collision on Course MELBOURNE

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 29 January 1935 · page 1

A horse was killed, two others hurt, and two jockeys injured at Caulfield to-day when during a work-out Regulation ridden by C. Baker,…

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Cycle and Van Girl Killed in Collision MELBOURNE

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 29 January 1935 · page 1

Margaret Growcroft was fatally injured when a motor cycle which she was driving collided with a van, in which there were 14 firemen returning…

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Car Skids Young Man Fatally Injured SYDNEY

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 29 January 1935 · page 1

Pinned by his head when a car overturned three miles from Berry last night, David Cowlishaw, son of Dr. Cowlinshaw, of Lindfield, was…

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Fatally Injured Man Knocked Down By Car SYDNEY

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 29 January 1935 · page 1

William Sharkie (45), was returning from a fishing expedition last night, when he stepped from behind a bush close to his home at Dee Why and was…

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Condamine River Accident

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 29 January 1935 · page 8

Looking much the worse for its overnight immersian, the car, which ran back into the Condamine River near the waterworks on Sunday night…

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Bather Drowned Attempt to Swim Under Water Brisbane

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 30 January 1935 · page 1

Alan Percy Adair (39), was drowned while attempting to swim under water the length of the municipal baths at Sandgate. He dived and sank almost…

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