Australian newspapers
1803 – 1954
Old Local Papers
Every story
read free on Trove

These are historical newspapers. Some stories use language and express views that are offensive today.

← Accidents, all years

North West (Tamworth to Moree) · Accidents

Accidents, 1935

134 stories in North West (Tamworth to Moree)'s papers · page 5 of 7

Car Accident. Moree Residents Invoiced

North West Champion · Monday 24 June 1935 · page 1

When a car containing four passengers overturned near Warwick on Wednesday, Mrs. J. Flynn, formerly of Moree, and Mrs. Lovell, of…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

Six Motor Accidents at One Spot

North West Champion · Monday 24 June 1935 · page 4

The sixth accident in the last 18 months occurred at the cement culvert, at the nine-mile peg (from Glen Innes), on the Graf ton road, last…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Accidents

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Monday 1 July 1935 · page 2

Alan Winter, the 7-years-old son of Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Winter, of Inglewood Forest, Moree, sustained a fracture of the left leg when he fell off a…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Finger Cut Offs. Accident Near Terry-Hie-Hie

North West Champion · Monday 1 July 1935 · page 2

While suckering near Cadia, Terry-Hie-Hie, on Friday afternoon James Reynolds, 21, severed the middle finger of the left hand, at the second…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Unusual Accidents

North West Champion · Thursday 4 July 1935 · page 4

They happen all ways. For instance —Bobbie, infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Everingham, and grandson of Mr. Spo[?] Wilson, of Lynch's Creek, was…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Floods in China 50,000 People Drowned

The North Western Courier · Monday 22 July 1935 · page 2

It is estimated that 2000 square miles of country in Shantung province has been inundated by flood waters…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Car Accident

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Monday 22 July 1935 · page 2

Mr. Ray Flag, of Pallamallawa, met with an accident on Saturday afternoon as the result of which he is now an inmate of the Moree District…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Motor Accident

North West Champion · Monday 22 July 1935 · page 2

When a motor car capsized in the vicinity of the Cemetery in the week-end Ray Fing, of Pallamallawa, who was accompanied by Mr. Fred…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Accident

Manilla Express · Tuesday 23 July 1935 · page 2

Mr. Roy Heywood met with a painful accident on Thursday last. He was engaged in removing stumps from the property at…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Home Made Bullet Boys' Experiment With Chemicals Lad's Hand Injured

The North Western Courier · Thursday 25 July 1935 · page 2

An experiment with chemicals nearly ended in a fatality, when a home-made bullet suddenly exploded, and injured Keith McLachlan, 13, of…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

A Sad Fatality

Manilla Express · Friday 26 July 1935 · page 2

A sad tragedy occurred in Manilla on Tuesday night. For several years an old couple, Charles Robert Bayliss and his wife, Emily…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Two Brothers Drowned Raft Overturns MELBOURNE, Monday

The North Western Courier · Monday 29 July 1935 · page 1

When and improvised rate on the Imperial dam at Black Lead, near Ballarat, overturned, Leonard Hargraves, 16, and his brother John aged…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

Dust Pall Millions of Tons Sheep Literally "Drowned"

The North Western Courier · Thursday 1 August 1935 · page 2

It is estimated that 10,000,000 tons of dust fell on South Australia last week, while something like 100,000,000 remained suspended In the air, or…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

American Tragedy Drowned Wife After a Song

The North Western Courier · Monday 5 August 1935 · page 2

An "American tragedy," so typical of crime in this country, is reported to have occurred against Sutton, Massachusetts, where Newell…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Windmill Accident

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Monday 5 August 1935 · page 2

Mr. Albert Thomas Meppem, aged 59 years, while working on a windmill on Mr. Kelman's property about 10 miles from Bell[?]ta shortly niter lunch on…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Fatal Car Accident Sydney

The North Western Courier · Monday 5 August 1935 · page 1

William J. Macdonald, 40, dentist, of West Wyalong, was Killed instantly, when a car driven by Frederick Plackett, also of West…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

Motor Car Turns Over. One Man Injured

North West Champion · Thursday 8 August 1935 · page 5
Also in Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser

Messrs W. B. Booth and Ebzery, both residents of Texas, had a trying experience on Monday night. It appears that they were in Moree…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Ringbarker Injured

North West Champion · Monday 19 August 1935 · page 3

Mr. Lewis Reeves was injured this morning near Ashby while scrub-cutting and had to be removed to Moree Hospital by the ambulance. He…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Chinaman Injured. Smash at Camurra Crossing

North West Champion · Monday 26 August 1935 · page 1

An elderly Chinaman named J. Mo Ting, who has resided in Moree for many years, received serious head and chest injuries…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →