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North West (Tamworth to Moree) · Accidents

Accidents, 1932

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Serious Accident

Manilla Express · Friday 12 February 1932 · page 2

A serious accident befel Miss Doris McDonald, daughter of Mr and Mrs Clyde McDonald of Clydeville last Thursday night…

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Car Accident

Manilla Express · Tuesday 16 February 1932 · page 2

At dusk on Saturday evening Mr. Fred Mitchell was proceeding home in his car. When at the top end of Strafford Street…

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Woman Fatally Injured Sydney

The North Western Courier · Thursday 18 February 1932 · page 1

While crossing Parramatta Road, Annabel Elizabeth Repmann, aged 80, was knocked down and fatally injured by a car…

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Ulm Injured in Crash Melbourne

The North Western Courier · Monday 22 February 1932 · page 1

When their plane crashed into electric power cables and fell on its side on the Geelong road yesterday, Flight Lieutenant Lim…

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Accidents and Offences

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Thursday 25 February 1932 · page 6

It is hard enough under the most favourable circumstances to get agreement of opinion between a number of persons whose diverse interests are at…

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Fatal Accident Sydney

The North Western Courier · Thursday 25 February 1932 · page 1

Edward Quirk, 19, left his home at Tocumwal yesterday to go shooting. When he did not return a search was made, and he was found dead with a…

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Barwon Tragedy. Girl Drowned at Mungindi

North West Champion · Monday 29 February 1932 · page 4

While bathing in the Barwon River at Mungindi last Monday, susan Brady, 15, a visitor from Toowoomba, was drowned. Deceased jumped into seven…

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Fatal Motor Accidents Sydney

The North Western Courier · Monday 29 February 1932 · page 1

As a result of a motor accident at Glebe last night, in which Mrs. Q. Lewis, 38, was killed instantly, a car driver was arrested and later charged…

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Street Accident

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Thursday 3 March 1932 · page 2

While walking In Heber Street this (Thursday) morning Mr. Francisco and Mr. Hiles were knocked down by a motor car. Both sustained bruises and…

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Common Flies Menace to Health. Flies Kill More People Than Do Motor Accidents

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Monday 14 March 1932 · page 2

The Rex Research Foundation an institution founded for the purpose of determining the best methods of e[?]adicating insect pests has proved in…

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Five Men Drowned Adelaide

The North Western Courier · Monday 28 March 1932 · page 1

It is now feared that five men lost their lives when the yacht "Sunday South" was wrecked at Glenelg on Saturday afternoon…

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Drowning Fatality. Magisterial Inquiry

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Monday 4 April 1932 · page 2

At the Boggabilla Police Court on Thursday last, the Coroner, Mr. W. A. Cole, held a Magisterial Inquiry in to the circumstances surrounding the…

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Drowned While Unconscious Darwin

The North Western Courier · Monday 4 April 1932 · page 1

Apparently, thrown from a horse, and kicked in the face, and then drowned while unconscious, the body of John Angus Grant, 65, of…

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Drowning Fatality. Magisterial Inquiry

North West Champion · Thursday 7 April 1932 · page 1

At the Boggabilla Polite Court on Thursday last, the Coroner, Mr. W. A. Cole, held a Magisterial Inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the…

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Cyclist Injured

North West Champion · Thursday 7 April 1932 · page 2

White attempting to mount his motor bicycle, Mr. W. O'Connell, of Mungindi, slipped and fell on to one of the cog wheels. His knee was cat badly,…

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Scrub Cutter Injured

North West Champion · Thursday 7 April 1932 · page 2

While cutting scrub at Mungindi Mr. E. Boylan had his hand cut when the axe slipped. He was taken to the Moree District Hospital…

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Motor Car Accident Sydney

The North Western Courier · Monday 11 April 1932 · page 1

When a motor car collided with a pole near Prospect yesterday, two men and two women were injured. Miss Hilda Zebender was thrown…

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Fatal Road Collision. Perth

The North Western Courier · Monday 18 April 1932 · page 2

Russell Martin, 63, and Alfred Bick, 43, were killed in a road collision near Fremantle. It is believed Bick was riding a motor cycle down hill when…

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Ambrose Palmer Injured Melbourne

The North Western Courier · Monday 25 April 1932 · page 1

When a car in which they were travelling came into collision with another last night Ambrose Palmer, the Australian heavy-weight…

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Foot Crushed. Tobacco Farmer Injured

North West Champion · Thursday 5 May 1932 · page 1

While working a tractor at his brother's tobacco farm near Palamallawa, Vince Oldham had his foot badly crushed, the toes being mutilated right…

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