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North West (Tamworth to Moree) · Accidents

Accidents, 1929

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Accidents at Races. Perth

North West Champion · Monday 14 October 1929 · page 2

During the races on Saturday several horses fell, and two were destroyed. Two riders were injured, but not seriously…

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Motor Car Accident. Mount Pleasant

North West Champion · Monday 14 October 1929 · page 2

Mrs. Ellen Rogers was shockingly injured when a car overturns near Mount Pleasant late last night [?] was compelled to lie helpless [?]…

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City Fire Chalmers Music Shop Destroyed Firemen Injured Sydney

The North Western Courier · Thursday 17 October 1929 · page 1

A fire practically destroyed Chalmers' music shop, George Street, City at four o'clock this morning. Two firemen, named Stevenson and…

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Mr. H. Gall Injured Victim of Riding Accident. in Serious Condition

North West Champion · Monday 21 October 1929 · page 2

The friends of Mr. H. Gall, the well-known grazier and sportsman, were shocked to learn that he had met with terrible injuries as the result of a…

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Serious Accident

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Monday 21 October 1929 · page 2

The friends of Mr. Harry Gall will regret to hear that he met with a bad accident on Friday, as a result of which he now lies in Fairview…

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Steel Bridge Accident

North West Champion · Thursday 24 October 1929 · page 4

Mr. Joseph Garvey, who fell from the steel bridge at East Moree about a fortnight ago, and fractured his spine, is still in a serious condition at…

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Nearly Drowned. Windsor

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Monday 28 October 1929 · page 2

May Brough (15) was swimming at Windsor yesterday when she suddenly sank in a "pothole." A woman who pluckily plunged to her rescue also got…

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Woolbuyers Injured. SYDNEY

The North Western Courier · Monday 28 October 1929 · page 1

Two well-known woolbuyers, Robert Anderson and G. Beurang, were riding a motor cycle near Prospect yesterday, when it skidded and…

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Cyclic Accident. Sydney

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Monday 28 October 1929 · page 2

Robert Anderson (23) and G. Bealirang (33) were riding a cycle at Prospect yesterday when it skidded on some loose metal, shot across the…

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Car Accidents 4 Killed, and 15 Inured Week-knd Toll. Sydney

The North Western Courier · Monday 28 October 1929 · page 1

During the week-end, four persons wera killed in a motor accident in Victoria, while 15 persons were injured in N.S. Wales…

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Motor Collision. £4000 Claims Fail

North West Champion · Thursday 31 October 1929 · page 5

Claims for £4000 damages arising out of a motor car accident on the Blayney-road on January 25 last came before Mr. Justice Ferguson and a…

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Fatal Accident. Coroner Holds Inquiry

North West Champion · Thursday 31 October 1929 · page 4

After lingering in the District Hospital since October 4th, suffering from a fractured spine, which he received when he fell off the steel bridge at…

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[?]Worth Gaol Fatality

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Monday 4 November 1929 · page 2

At the messes held [?]…

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Pinned Under Wreckage 13 Miners Injured. Sydney

The North Western Courier · Monday 4 November 1929 · page 1

Thirteen out of 26 miners were seriously injured near Queenstown yesterday, when a truck, in which they were riding, overturned. A…

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Truck Leaves the Rails. Sixteen Men Injured. Hobart

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Monday 4 November 1929 · page 2

[?] 25 men employed in the Comstock [?] workings, were returning to Gueenstown who [?] railway truck in which they were riding left…

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Late Telegrams Frightfully Injured. Arm and Leg Severed. Sydney

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Monday 4 November 1929 · page 2

Steve Milton (40), of Auburn, was found lying between two sets of rails last night suffering from frightful injuries. His right arm wa severed at…

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Motor Car Accident. Two Actors Killed Brisbane

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Monday 4 November 1929 · page 2

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Street Collision. Little Girl Injured

North West Champion · Thursday 7 November 1929 · page 4

A collision in which a girl named Lola Kirkby, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. Kirkby, of Edward Street, Moree, was injured, took place on…

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A Boy Drowned. Sydney

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Thursday 7 November 1929 · page 2

Stanley Snelgrave (8), of Glebe, was drowned in Blackwattle Bay yesterday when the canoe, in which he was paddling capsized…

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Marine Collision Enquiry "Wrongful Action by Engineer" Sydney

The North Western Courier · Thursday 7 November 1929 · page 1

The Commonwealth Marine Board found that the collision between the Manunda and the ketch, Sailor Prince, at Port Adelaide, was…

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