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Northern Rivers · Accidents

Accidents, 1930

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Life Restored Apparently Drowned Boy

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Wednesday 1 January 1930 · page 4

Reginald Ernest Daniels (aged 8 years), of Brisbane, was revived after he was apparently drowned in a deep waterhole in Cudgen Creek, near…

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Coogee Mystery Small Boys Drowned? Clothes Guarded by Terrier

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 1 January 1930 · page 5

SYDNEY, Sunday.--Fears that two small boys might have lost their lives in the surf at Coogee arose from the discovery of two pairs of trousers, two…

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Military Called Out African Native Disturbance. 2 KILLED; 52 INJURED

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 1 January 1930 · page 3

CAPE TOWN, Monday:--The defence force at Bulawayo was called out during the week-end to quell a native disturbance…

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Peculiar Accident

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 1 January 1930 · page 4

Mrs. Hatt, of Hunter Street, Lismore sustained a head wound in an unusual manner on Christmas Eve. She was shopping when one of the…

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Rat Causes Accident

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Wednesday 1 January 1930 · page 1

A Melbourne man, Robert Pratt, had to spend Christmas in bed on account of a rat. Seeing the rodent in his back yard, he tried to kill it, and the…

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Telegraphic News. Motor Accident and Sequel. Accused Suicides

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Wednesday 1 January 1930 · page 2

SYDNEY, Tuesday.--Fred K. Gerrard, who was held by the police in connection with a car accident, which resulted in the death of George Carr,…

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Xmas Car Accidents

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Wednesday 1 January 1930 · page 2

On Xmas Eve two Casino cars came into collision on the Lismore road near Loftville, and considerable damage was caused to both vehicles. One car…

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Boy Drowned Nearly Double Fatality Treacherous Waterhole

Tweed Daily · Thursday 2 January 1930 · page 3

LAUNCESTON, Wednesday.--Maxwell John Hammersley (aged 14 years), a son of Mr. John Thomas Hammersley, of Mowbray, Launceston, was…

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Man Killed; 10 Injured

Tweed Daily · Thursday 2 January 1930 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--One man was killed and 10 persons injured in motor accidents in the suburbs early this morning…

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Injured Man's Silence Sydney

Northern Star · Thursday 2 January 1930 · page 6

Edward Brown, of Hargreaves-street, Paddington, was shot in a house in Palmer-street, Darlinghurst, early this morning. The bullet struck him…

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Boat Capsized Boy Drowned; Two Others Missing

Tweed Daily · Thursday 2 January 1930 · page 3

PERTH, Wednesday.--Lloyd Harding (11) was drowned and two other boys are believed to have lost their lives when a boat in which they were…

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Boat Capsizes I Drowned; 2 Missing Perth

Northern Star · Thursday 2 January 1930 · page 4

Lloyd Harding (11) was drowned and two other boys are believed to have lost their lives when a boat in which they were engaged crab…

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Police Baffled Shocking Murder in Britain Body Terribly Injured

Tweed Daily · Thursday 2 January 1930 · page 3

LONDON, Tuesday.--Despite repeated adjournments of the inquest and the fact that the police have taken 453 statements and interviewed more…

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Injured Arm Artist's Claim For Damages an Unusual Exhibit

Northern Star · Thursday 2 January 1930 · page 7

Miss Mo[?]a Grey, the music-hall artist and impersonator, was the plaintiff in an action arising out of a motorcar and van collision that came before…

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Cinema Horror 69 Children Dead; 37 Injured Tragic Holiday Matinee Victims Suffocated or Trampled to Death LONDON

Northern Star · Thursday 2 January 1930 · page 5

Sixty-nine children are already dead and 37 others are in hospital as the result of a fire in a picture theatre at Paisley, Scotland. The cinema was crowded with children. When smoke was seen…

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Sixty-nine Children Killed in Theatre Holocaust [?]7 Injured; More Deaths Feared Panic Follows Fire Britain's Worst Cinema Disaster Heartrending Scenes [?] Inert Bodies in Tangled Heaps

Tweed Daily · Thursday 2 January 1930 · page 3

LONDON, TUESDAY.--SIXTY-NINE CHILDREN ARE ALREADY DEAD AND 37 OTHERS ARE IN HOSPITAL AS THE RESULT OF A FIRE IN A PICTURE THEATRE AT PAISLEY, SCOTLAND…

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Two Dead Pedestrians Run Down Shocking Motor Accident

Tweed Daily · Thursday 2 January 1930 · page 2

GRAFTON, Wednesday.--A shocking motor accident occurred a few miles on the Macksville side of Fredericktown, in the Macksville-road at midnight on…

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Car Accident

Northern Star · Thursday 2 January 1930 · page 4

Late on Monday night the occupants of a Buick se[?]an miraculously escaped accident in the vicinity of No. 4 tunnel, just on the…

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Shocking Motor Accident

Northern Star · Thursday 2 January 1930 · page 4

A shocking motor accident occurred a few miles on the Macksville side of Frodericktown, on the Macksville road at midnight on Monday. Two…

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Melbourne Accidents Melbourne

Northern Star · Thursday 2 January 1930 · page 5

One man was killed and ten persons were injured in motor accidents in the suburbs early this morning…

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