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North West (Tamworth to Moree) · Accidents

Accidents, 1933

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Back Injured

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Thursday 17 August 1933 · page 2

Mr. George Nevins was admitted to the Moree District Hospital on Wednesday suffering from injuries to his back. It appears that Mr. Nevins, who,…

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Racing Fatality at Bris­bane. One Jockey Killed; Another Injured

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Monday 21 August 1933 · page 2

A. R. Goddord, one of the leading light weight jockeys in Austraila was fatally injured when he was struck on the head by one of the horses in the…

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Motor Car Accident. Man Badly Injured

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Monday 21 August 1933 · page 2

As the result of a [?] turning over on Saturday night. Mr. George Palmer was admitted to the Moree District Hospital suffering from injuries to his…

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Accidents and Disease

The North Western Courier · Monday 21 August 1933 · page 3

Accidents and Disease—these twin factors of fatality impose on the community a burden which is incalculable The subject of accidents and…

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Accidents and Disease

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Thursday 24 August 1933 · page 4

Accidents and Disease—these [?] factors of fatality—impost in the community a burden which is incalculable. The subject of accidents and [?]…

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Fisherman Drowned Sydney

The North Western Courier · Monday 28 August 1933 · page 1

When a fishing boat was enveloped by a big wave at Tamarama Beach near Bondi to-day, John. Clunie, 32, was carried out to sea and drowned…

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Injured Man's Death

The North Western Courier · Thursday 14 September 1933 · page 3

The 300 miles flight made by an aeroplane recently to bring a seriously injured man to Sydney for special Hospital treatment proved in vain…

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Flash Light Mishap Accident at Town Hall

The North Western Courier · Thursday 14 September 1933 · page 1

As the result of an accident which occurred at Narrabri Town Hall on Monday night, following the conclusion of the final performance of the…

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Shooting Accident

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Monday 25 September 1933 · page 2

Master Neville Williams. 16 years of age son of Mr. and Mrs. Norman Williams. of Greenbah, met with a serious accident early on Friday evening. The…

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Painful Accident

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Monday 2 October 1933 · page 2

Mr. J. Absalom. barman at the Hotel Victoria, met with a painful accident on Friday last. It appears that Mr. Absalom was pulling a place of steel…

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Fatal Accident

The North Western Courier · Monday 2 October 1933 · page 1

Gordon Cecil Anderson, aged 5½ years, son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Anderson, Merrylands, Willala, was accidentally injured on Tuesday. The…

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Serious Motoring Accident Tennis Players Injured

The North Western Courier · Monday 9 October 1933 · page 1

A serious motoring accident occurred on the Yarrie Lake-Wee Waa road at 7 o'clock on Sunday evening, when a party of tennis players were…

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Swimming Tragedy Wee Waa Resident Drowned

The North Western Courier · Monday 9 October 1933 · page 1

A message from Wee Waa states that shortly alter 1 p.m. on Sunday Mr. John Joseph Knight waa drowned while swimming in the Nomol River…

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Local and General. Gravel Pit Accident

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Thursday 12 October 1933 · page 2

Mr. Alex. Meintosh, son of Mr John Meintorh of Morton Ethert. East Moree had his knee severely injured this morning when a fall of gravel…

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Fatal Motor Accident Sydney

The North Western Courier · Monday 6 November 1933 · page 1

John Stanley Weeks, 22, motor mechanic, and Richard Easterby, 32, were killed Instantly, and Arthur Smith, 19, and Thomas Denny, 16,…

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Accidental Shooting Sydney

The North Western Courier · Thursday 16 November 1933 · page 1

John Cox, aged 34, school teacher, of Rose Bay, accidently shot himself through the chest to-day, when the charge in the gun be was handling…

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Nasty Accident

Manilla Express · Tuesday 28 November 1933 · page 2

While haymaking at Sunshine last week Mr. James Brady lost his footing on the stack he was building and fell against the…

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Street Collision Occupants Escape Injury

The North Western Courier · Monday 4 December 1933 · page 1

Fortunately no serious Injuries were received by the occupants of a motor par and a motor lorry which collided at the intersection of Maitland and…

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Local and General Painful Accident.—

The North Western Courier · Thursday 7 December 1933 · page 1

Mavis, the five-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Burrell, of Spring Creek, had rather a painful accident the other day when the top…

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Fatal Cricket Accident near Calcutta

The North Western Courier · Thursday 7 December 1933 · page 4

An accident probably unprecedented in the history of cricket occurred in a match at Voulikoppai, Mysore, last week…

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