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North West (Tamworth to Moree) · Accidents

Accidents, 1931

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Baths Matters. Accident Not Reported

North West Champion · Thursday 5 March 1931 · page 1

At Monday night's meeting of the Municipal Council, after the report of the Acting Baths manager had been read and no mention was…

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Surfing Fatality Sydney

The North Western Courier · Monday 9 March 1931 · page 1

Leonard Riordan, 26, was drowned at Bellambi yesterday, while surfing. Two men who went to his assistance, narrowly escaped a similar fate…

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Mailman Injured

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Thursday 12 March 1931 · page 2

As a result of the heavy rains on Friday, Mr. Frank Davis, who carries the Boomi mail, had to take the mail to Boomi with a sulky and horses, states…

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Bagpipes Drowned Screams

The North Western Courier · Monday 16 March 1931 · page 1

Nellie Drinkwater, who was found at her home at Monee Ponds on Saturday bound and gagged, was able this morning, to give the police…

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Lithgow Youth Drowned Sydney

The North Western Courier · Monday 16 March 1931 · page 1

After swimming for five hundred yards, in a dam at the Small Arms Factory, Lithgow, yesterday, Leonard Murpliy, 24, collapsed and was drowned…

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Accident at Baths. the Mayor Is Annoyed

North West Champion · Thursday 19 March 1931 · page 2

"You should be more careful, Alderman Hawkins." said the Mayor, at last Monday's Council meeting, when reporting on a…

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Five Drowned Craft Sinks in River. AUCKLAND

The North Western Courier · Monday 23 March 1931 · page 1

Five persons, Frederick Henricksen 45, and his wife Ellen, and their son Joe, a Maori named Hacaria, and his son Charles, aged 12, were drowned…

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Accident to Narrabri Boy Scout

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Monday 23 March 1931 · page 2

Jack Rooney (11), a boy scout, of Narrabri, sustained, a broken leg in Sydney yesterday when he fell 15ft through a hole in the floor of…

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Serious Accident

Manilla Express · Tuesday 24 March 1931 · page 2

A serious accident befel Mr. Boy Heywood late last Thursday evening. He was engaged ploughing with a tractor. Seated on…

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Burning Fatality

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Thursday 26 March 1931 · page 3

Richard Gordon Terry (20), son of Mr. Gordon Edgar Terry, of Deniston Station, Breeza, has died from the effects of shocking burns which he…

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Little Girl Injured

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Thursday 26 March 1931 · page 2

The three-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Taylor, of Oak Street, East Moree, received injuries to her head and body when she was accidentally…

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Fierce Rioting Hindus and Moslem 20 KILLED, 150 Injured Calcutta, Wednes

The North Western Courier · Thursday 26 March 1931 · page 1

A fierce rioting between Hindus and Moslems-occurred at Cawnpore on Wednesday and to-day, following the demonstrations in connection with…

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Preventing Motor Accidents

Manilla Express · Friday 27 March 1931 · page 4

The Vacuum Oil Company has just issued an interesting 64 page profusely illustrated booklet called "Modern Motoring," an…

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Collision with Car Motor Cyclists Killed MELBOURNE

The North Western Courier · Monday 30 March 1931 · page 1

Herbert Home, 40, a motor cyclist, in a 270 miles reliability trial, and A. Harrison, 36, his sidecar passenger, were both killed last…

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Drowning Fatality. Little Child Falls Into River

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Thursday 2 April 1931 · page 2

A fatality occurred in the Mehi River about 6 p.m. on Monday, when Charles Henry Levy, the 18 months old son of Olive Levy, a colored woman,…

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Child Drowned. Accidentally Falls Into Mehi

North West Champion · Thursday 2 April 1931 · page 2

Charles Henry Levy, 18 months old, the son of Olive Levy, a coloured woman, was drowned in the Mehi River about 6 p.m. on Monday last. How…

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Coboneb's Inquest. Verdict of Accidental Death

North West Champion · Thursday 2 April 1931 · page 2

An inquest into the circumstances surrounding the child's death was held at the Court House yesterday afternoon, by the Goroner, Mr. W. A…

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Sideshow Girl Injured

Manilla Express · Friday 3 April 1931 · page 4

A girl at one of the sideshows at the Showground at Sydney yesterday--"the girl who defies death"--was injured by a sword…

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Gored by a Cow Residents Painful Accident

North West Champion · Thursday 9 April 1931 · page 1

Mr. Sid. Nicholson, of Glen Esk, suffered fearful pain on Thursday last, as the result of being gored by a cow while he was engaged…

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Struck by Car Woman Killed, Companion Injured. SYDNEY

The North Western Courier · Thursday 16 April 1931 · page 1

When two elderly women were crossing the street at Kew, Victoria, last night, they were knocked down by a motor car. One, Mrs. Ruth…

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