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North West (Tamworth to Moree) · Accidents

Accidents, 1929

217 stories in North West (Tamworth to Moree)'s papers · page 4 of 11

Motor Fatality. Brisbane

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Monday 25 March 1929 · page 2

Thomas Riddell (36) and Miss Robertson (28) ost their lives at Maryborough when a motor car in which they were travelling with two other…

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Found Drowned. Sydney

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Monday 25 March 1929 · page 2

The body of Thomas Irvine (40) an inmate of Lidcombe Hospital was found dead in a waterhole near Pett's Hill pumping station yesterday. On…

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Three Drowned Fatal Fishing Expedition Sydney

The North Western Courier · Monday 25 March 1929 · page 1

Three men left a cottage at Como last night on a fishing expedition, Nothing more was heard of them until a body was seen to-day floating…

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Motor Accident. Melbourne

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Monday 25 March 1929 · page 2

Hugh Raymond Jackson (23) was killed and three others injured when a sedan motor car crashed with terrific force in to the coping of a bridge…

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Two Killed Serious Car Accident Sydney

The North Western Courier · Monday 25 March 1929 · page 1

Thomas Riddle, 56, and Miss Margaret Robertson, 28, were killed when a motor car in which they were travelling, ran off the road and…

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Engineer Drowned LAUNCESTON

The North Western Courier · Thursday 4 April 1929 · page 1

James Borwick, 10, chief engineer of the steamer "Lanena" fell overboard at Launceston yesterday and was drowned…

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Shocking Railway Fatality. at Moree Station

North West Champion · Thursday 4 April 1929 · page 4

A shocking fatality occurred in the railway yards at Moree about 1.40 p.m. to-day when Harry Thompson, a railway fettler, was run down by the…

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Man Killed by North-west Mail Shocking Fatality at Moree MOREE

The North Western Courier · Thursday 4 April 1929 · page 1

A shocking fatality occurred at Moree to-day when J. Thompson, a per. way employee of the Government Railways, was run down and…

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Fatal Accident

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Thursday 4 April 1929 · page 7

An accident occurred at the railway yards shortly before L' o'clock that afternoon, when a fettler named Mr. Thompson, of Thompson, of inverell a middle aged…

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Sad Accident

The North Western Courier · Thursday 4 April 1929 · page 5

A sad accident occurred at Goulburn on Thursday last, when Montague Harold Greene, aged 30 years, a speed cyclist, of Cootamundra…

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Painful Accident Held by Bent Nail Sydney

The North Western Courier · Thursday 4 April 1929 · page 1

While unloading milk cans from a lorry at Albion Park, Ernest Charles Worth, an employee of the Illawarra Central Creamery, clipped and fell…

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Fatal Collision. Kellyville

North West Champion · Monday 8 April 1929 · page 2

William Hart was killed, and his fiancee, Mary Hallwon, was seriously injured in a collision between a motor cycle and a motor car last night…

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Serious Collision Motorist Killed Sydney

The North Western Courier · Monday 8 April 1929 · page 1

William Hart was killed and his fiancee, Mary Hallwon, was seriously injured in a collision between a motor cycle and motor car at…

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The Railway Fatality. Inquest Opened. Driver and Fireman Exonerated

North West Champion · Monday 8 April 1929 · page 2

An inquest was opened at the Court House this morning into the circumstances of the death of Mr. H. Thompson who was run down by a train in…

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Mungindi Drowning Fatality Coroner's Inquest

North West Champion · Monday 15 April 1929 · page 1

The coroner's inquest into the cause of death of Mark McCarthy, an old-age pensioner, aged 85 years, whose body was found on Wednesday…

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Nasty Accident

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Monday 15 April 1929 · page 2

Mrs. J. Sruhan, daughter of Mr. J. Fing, met with a nasty accident yesterday afternoon. She was one of a fishing party who were on their way…

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Drowned in a Tank

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Thursday 18 April 1929 · page 2

On Sunday afternoon Joyce Painter, aged 14 years, only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. G. Painter, of Gravesend, was drowned in an underground tank…

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Latest Cables Shocking Collision. Paris

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Thursday 18 April 1929 · page 7

The Amsterdam express from Brussels came into a shocking collision with a goods train. Ten bodies have already been recovered. The total…

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Fatal Accident. Sydney

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Thursday 18 April 1929 · page 7

Falling down flights of stairs in a residential in Elizabeth Street, City late last night, a man whose identity is unknown, struck the floor with his…

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Football Railway V. Ionas. Player Severely Injured. Match Abandoned. Ionas' Sportsmanlike Action

North West Champion · Monday 22 April 1929 · page 2

There was a very large attendance at the first competition match of the season at the Sportsground on Saturday, the attraction being a game…

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