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Northern Rivers · Accidents

Accidents, 1929

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Motor Car Traffic. Increase in Accidents

Tweed Daily · Saturday 5 January 1929 · page 6

SYDNEY, Thursday.--A regrettable feature of motor traffic during the past year was that motor accidents in the State increased from 13.064 in 192…

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65 DROWNED Two Vessels Lost

Tweed Daily · Monday 7 January 1929 · page 6

PARIS, Saturday.—It is feared that 27 persons were drowned when the French freighter Valakoff sank during a storm near…

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Drowned in Hawkesbury Sydney

Northern Star · Monday 7 January 1929 · page 4

While playing with other boys on the bank of the Hawkesbury River at Windsor yesterday, Francis James Fewings (6) slipped into the water…

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Girl Drowned Fell Into Creek

Tweed Daily · Monday 7 January 1929 · page 3

SYDNEY, Sunday.—Playing on the banks of Duck Creek, a tributary of the Parramatta River to-day. Mollie Newman, of Auburn, fell into the…

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Could Not Swim Man Drowned in Wife's Presence

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Monday 7 January 1929 · page 3

MILDURA, Monday.— While James Oppy (42), a grocer was fishing in the Murray yesterday, he slipped and over balanced from a rocky ledge and was…

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Fell Into Creek Little Girl Drowned Sydney

Northern Star · Monday 7 January 1929 · page 4

While playing on the banks of Duck Creek, a tributary of the Parramatta River, to-day, Mollie Newman (3), of Auburn, fell into the…

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Could Not Swim Man Drowned in Wipe'b Presence

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Monday 7 January 1929 · page 3

MILDURA, Monday.—While James Oppy (42), a grocer, was fishing in the Murray yesterday, he slipped and overbalanced from a rocky ledge and was…

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Toll of Motor Four Killed And Seventeen Injured Two Car Smashes

Tweed Daily · Monday 7 January 1929 · page 2

SYDNEY, Sunday.-Four persons were killed and 17 injured in two motor car accidents yesterday, while several others were hurt in…

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Holidays and Accidents

Tweed Daily · Monday 7 January 1929 · page 2

The happiness of the 1928 Christmas season has, like most other holiday seasons, been saddened in many cases by an excessive number…

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Car Leaves the Road. Turned Over Three Times. Accident at Dunbible

Tweed Daily · Monday 7 January 1929 · page 6

On Friday, December 21, the occupants of a closed car, had a remarkable escape from serious injury when their vehicle left the road while rounding…

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Drowning Fatality Life Line in Bad State Coroner's Inquiry

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 8 January 1929 · page 3

SYDNEY, Mondayi.— At an inquest concerning the death of Stanley Wallace (39), who was drowned while surfing at Newport on January 1,…

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Tragic Drowning

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 8 January 1929 · page 2

The 34-year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs D.J. Newman, of Auburn, Sydney, who, it was reported in yesterday's issue of the "Tweed Daily" was…

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Constable Injured

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 8 January 1929 · page 4

Constable V. J. Scroope, lock-up keeper at Lismore, is at present, off duty suffering from an eye injury, which was caused by a prisoner…

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Drowned While Fishing Mildura

Northern Star · Tuesday 8 January 1929 · page 5

While James Oppy (42) a grocer was fishing in the Murray yesterday at Bleezer's Bend he slipped and overbalanced from a rocky ledge. He…

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Man and Wife Injured

Northern Star · Tuesday 8 January 1929 · page 4

The unusual sight of a motor car [?]n its side with a woman's head pro[?]ruding through the window, and calling for help, attracted the attention…

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Squatter Drowned In Presence of Wife

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 8 January 1929 · page 3

MILDURA, Monday.— While J. Oppy (45), grazier, was fishing in the Murray River yesterday, at Bleezer's- Bend, he overbalanced from a rocky…

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Tamworth Collision Cyclist Seriously Hurt Tamworth

Northern Star · Tuesday 8 January 1929 · page 5

As a result of a collision between a motor car and a cycle he was riding, Edward Carr was so seriously injured that one of his legs had to be…

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Drowned Before Wife's Eyes. Angler's Sad. Fate. Melbourne

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Tuesday 8 January 1929 · page 3

While James Oppy, 42, was fishing ni the Murray yesterday at Bleezer's Bend, near Mildura, he slipped, overbalanced from a rocky ledge, and fell into the…

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Terrific Impact Motor Cars Collide Four Injured

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 8 January 1929 · page 3

TENTERFIELD. Monday.—A serious motor accident occurred when two cars collided at the intersection of Logan and Molesworth Streets…

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Tragic Accident Man Killed at Wadeville

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 8 January 1929 · page 2

There was a regrettable accident at Wadeville at midday to-day by which Mr. George Mitchell, a well-known and highly respected…

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