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North West (Tamworth to Moree) · Accidents

Accidents, 1935

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Accidents

North West Champion · Monday 13 May 1935 · page 3

Mrs. Arthur Green of Belmont, was admitted to Moree Hospital on Friday, suffering from burns sustained as the result of a petrol iron…

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Motor Car Accident. Three Men Injured

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Thursday 16 May 1935 · page 2

Three men, Messrs. Frank Finlay Nicholson, Hartley Sinclair, and Colin Mitched, had a narrow escape from being killed at about 5 o'clock yesterday…

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Motor Accident

North West Champion · Thursday 16 May 1935 · page 2

When a motor car overturned Inverell Road about nine miles Moree yesterday, at about 5 p.m. men were injured and were admitted…

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Riding Accident

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Monday 27 May 1935 · page 2
Also in North West Champion

Miss Marjorie Millie (14) a domestic employed by Mrs. R. S. Woods, of Tacke[?]bri, was riding a horse on Friday morning. When thee animal became…

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Road Accidents 356 Fatalities in Year

Manilla Express · Tuesday 28 May 1935 · page 3

A statement issued by the Commissioner for Road Transport (Mr. Maddocks) recently shows that 356 persons were killed and…

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Riding Accident

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Thursday 30 May 1935 · page 2
Also in North West Champion

George Harris, an aborigine, sustained a fracture of the right leg on Monday afternoon when the horse he was riding reared over and fell on him…

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Impatience Causes Accidents

North West Champion · Thursday 6 June 1935 · page 3

"Anybody who has made a study of road accident causes must come to the conclusion that a very large proportion of smashes [?] brought…

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Motor Collision

North West Champion · Monday 10 June 1935 · page 3

During the fog on Saturday morning a car and a motor lorry collided at the corner of Alice and Warialda Streets, East Moree. It is understood…

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Mystifying Accidents with New Cars

The North Western Courier · Monday 10 June 1935 · page 3

According to reports from overseas, some of the engineers responsible for the highly efficient cars of to-day, are stated to be somewhat…

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Injured at Crossings

North West Champion · Thursday 13 June 1935 · page 3

Between January 1st and April 20th last, inclusive, 585 accidents involving personal injury occurred on pedestrian crossing-places in the London…

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Impatience Causes Accidents

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Monday 17 June 1935 · page 3

"Anybody who has made a study of road accident causes must come to the conclusion that a very large proportion of smashes are brought about by that…

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Peculiar Accident

North West Champion · Monday 17 June 1935 · page 2

Peter Turner (3) and a boy Piper (12) were both wounded at Dubbo, N.S.W., by the same pea rifle cartridge. Piper found the younger…

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Injured At Crossings

The North Western Courier · Thursday 20 June 1935 · page 4

Between January 1st and April 20th last, incisive, 585 accidents Involving personal injury occurred on pedestrian crossings-places in the…

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Local and General. Riding Accident

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Thursday 20 June 1935 · page 2

Mr. Francis McCune, a drover, was riding a horse near Mr. Belford's property, Croppa Creek, on Monday evening last when the animal fell. Mr…

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Impatience Causes Accidents

The North Western Courier · Thursday 20 June 1935 · page 4

"Anybody who has made a study of road accident causes must come to the conclusion that a very large proportion of smashes are brought about by that well-known human…

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Cyclist Injured. Accident Near [?] Ground

North West Champion · Monday 24 June 1935 · page 2

Carl Stephen Wes[?] was seriously injured [?] while riding [?] Greenbah [?] aeroplane…

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Injured at Crossings

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Monday 24 June 1935 · page 4

Between Janutry 1st and April 20th last, inclusive, 585 accidents involving personal injury occurred on pedestrian crossing places in the London…

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Motor Car Accident. Two Men Killed

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Monday 24 June 1935 · page 3

Mr. James Walker, President of the Graziers' Association of New South Wales, and Mr. Reginald L. Ridout, a Sydney commercial traveller, aged…

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