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North West (Tamworth to Moree) · Accidents

Accidents, 1929

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Motor Car Accidents. Lismore

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Monday 12 August 1929 · page 3

When a motor cycle, travelling at a highspeed crashed into a motor car at Mount Pleasant Gate. William Griffith. a schoolmaster. was thrown…

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Shocking Sawmill Accident Bench-hand Badly Injured

The North Western Courier · Thursday 15 August 1929 · page 1

A shocking accident occurred at the Willowdale Sawmill yesterday when a bench-hand, G. Bowden, received terrible injuries…

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Collision with Tug Spanish Boat Disaster Officers and Crew Missing London

The North Western Courier · Monday 19 August 1929 · page 1

When thirty miles from Humber South, a tug collided with a Spanish steamer and sank her in six minutes. The crew jumped into the…

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Unusual Accident. Sydney

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Monday 19 August 1929 · page 2

Jack cochrane (30) met with an unusual accident at Hurlstone Park recreation grounds yesterday. He was swinging high when one of the chains…

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Terrific Collision. Heard Half Mile Away Sydney

The North Western Courier · Thursday 22 August 1929 · page 1

When a motor lorry and car collided with terrific force at Rockale about midnight, three men were injured and one critically. The noise…

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The Motoring World Watch the Road Little Faults May Mean Big Accidents

The North Western Courier · Thursday 22 August 1929 · page 6

Twenty years ago no one could have imagined that motor cars would be placed on the road in great numbers with any degree of safety. Yet…

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Fatal Motor Accidents. Amazing Dry and Wet Comparisons

The North Western Courier · Thursday 22 August 1929 · page 7

Sixteen people a re killed daily or 6138 per annum in Great Britain in motor accidents or 1 for every 118 cars registered in America in 1927…

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Latest Cables Railway Accident. Cologne

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Monday 26 August 1929 · page 2

The Warsaw express Jumped the rails while travelling at a last rate, and the engine and seven carriages, including the dining and sleeping…

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Latest Cables. Train Accident. Cologne

North West Champion · Monday 26 August 1929 · page 2

The Paris-Warsaw Express jumped the rails while travelling fast. The engine and seven carriages, including the dining and sleeping cars,…

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Fatal Motor Accident Two Children Killed

Manilla Express · Tuesday 27 August 1929 · page 2

A shocking motor accident happened near Upper Manilla on Monday morning, when two young children, Marie and Jane…

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The Lorry Accident

Manilla Express · Friday 30 August 1929 · page 2

Mr. Walter Ramsay Appo was injured in the fatal lorry, accident on Monday morning. He was caught on the lorry on its…

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Accident to Mr. James Brady

Manilla Express · Friday 30 August 1929 · page 2

On Wednesday Mr. James Brady of "Sunshine" was riding round his property, and as usual had a very sharp axe…

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Motor Cycle Accident

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Monday 2 September 1929 · page 2

Mr. J. Carney, a member of the Gil Gil team which was taking part in St. Francis tennis tournament, was riding along Heber Street on a motor bike on…

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Accident at Baths

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Monday 2 September 1929 · page 2

We understand that Mr. S. Northey met with an accident at the Bore Baths on Saturday afternoon which might easily have been attended with…

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Motor Car Accident

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Monday 2 September 1929 · page 2

A motor car accident, which was attended by serious results, occurred on the Moree-Boggabilla road early on Saturday afternoon. It appears that…

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A Shocking Accident

The North Western Courier · Monday 2 September 1929 · page 3

A shocking accident occurred about 8 miles from Bundarra, when a young man, Claude William Dwyer, was jolted form a motor lorry and…

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To-day's Wires Motor Cycle Accident. Sydney

North West Champion · Thursday 5 September 1929 · page 4

Clifford Binghani (31), and an[?] known woman were found last night, both badly injured, lying on the roadway at Croydon. A motor cycle was…

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Unfortunate Drowning SYDNEY

The North Western Courier · Monday 9 September 1929 · page 1

John Culvert, 47, commercial traveller, was drowned while fishing at Pittwater yesterday. When the body was discovered, an anchor rope…

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Motor Car Accident. Five Persons Injured

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Monday 16 September 1929 · page 3

Five persons were injured, one seriously, in a motor car accident on Friday afternoon about two miles on the northern side of Attungn and…

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Injured in Fight. Sydney

North West Champion · Monday 16 September 1929 · page 2

During a fight outside a house sat Manly yesterday morning, a well-known garage proprietor was seriously injured, necessitating a grave…

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