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Northern Rivers · Accidents

Accidents, 1930

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Fatal Rifle Accident Sydney

Northern Star · Saturday 1 February 1930 · page 5

A message from Barmedman states that Miss Myrtle Sutherland (19) received fatal injuries last night when a rifle carried by Keith Goodacre, a…

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Riding Accident

Northern Star · Monday 3 February 1930 · page 4

While Mr. Harold Cann, of "The Gap," near Ballina, was out riding on horseback a few days ago, his horse reared up and fell over on the…

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Drowning Accidents Tragedies in Tasmania HOBART

Northern Star · Tuesday 4 February 1930 · page 5

When two girls got into difficulties while bathing at Sandy Bay, a youth named Mannering swam to their assistance, and brought one ashore, but…

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Mill Worker Injured

Northern Star · Tuesday 4 February 1930 · page 4

Amos Graham, a married man, was carrying a circular saw at Muldoon's sawmills at North Lismore at 8.45 a.m. yesterday, when he slipped and fell…

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Young Girl Drowned Sydney

Northern Star · Tuesday 4 February 1930 · page 4

Frances Egan (15) was drowned while bathing in a dam at Parkes yesterday. The girl's uncle Mr. J. McGirr, M.L.A., dashed into the water…

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Aeroplane Crashes. Pilot Injured

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 4 February 1930 · page 2

Sydney, Tuesday. -- When a Moth aeroplane crashed at Mascot acrodrome this morning the pilot, George Heatheringham, aged 27, sustained a…

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Drowning Tragedies. Two Girls Lose Lives Gallant Rescues

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 4 February 1930 · page 2

HOBART, Monday.--When two girls got into difficulties while bathing at Sandy Bay, a youth named Mannering swam to their assistance and brought…

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Riding Accident

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 4 February 1930 · page 2

While Mr. Harold Cann, of "The Gap," near Ballina, was out riding on horseback a few days ago, his horse reared up and fell over on the…

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Fatal Motor Accidents Adelaide

Northern Star · Tuesday 4 February 1930 · page 9

James Smith (34) and Colleen Hamilton (14 months) were fatally injured as the result of a head-on collision between a motor cycle and…

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Peculiar Motor Fatality Perth

Northern Star · Wednesday 5 February 1930 · page 16

Samuel Lizelle (63), a herbalist, in whose house a young woman died on Saturday, was killed instantly yesterday when a motor car he was driving…

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Drowned in Tub Sydney

Northern Star · Wednesday 5 February 1930 · page 8

Leaving her thirteen-months old baby in a tub in which she was bathing it at her home at Woollahra to-day, Mrs. Marjorie Londregan returned a…

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Youth Killed; Girl Injured Melbourne

Northern Star · Wednesday 5 February 1930 · page 4

A youth named Keech (19) was killed and Miss Bryant (18) badly injured when they were struck by a motor car at Preston last night. The…

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Plane Crash at Mascot Pilot Badly Injured

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 5 February 1930 · page 2

SYDNEY, Tuesday.-- An aeroplane crashed at Mascot aerodrome to-day and the pilot, George Heatheringham (27). was thrown out. He was picked…

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Peculiar Accident

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Wednesday 5 February 1930 · page 2

Arthur Kraffts (aged 19), a timber getter, residing at Glenapp, about 25 miles from Beaudesert, was riding towards the farm on a bicycle on…

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Week-end Accidents

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Wednesday 5 February 1930 · page 2

Over the week-end the Casino Ambulance attended to eight cases, msotly transports. Bearer Dodd attended to T. A. Lee, of Railway Heights, who ran…

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Another Soviet Outrage Thousands of Chinese Drowned

Tweed Daily · Thursday 6 February 1930 · page 3

TOKIO, Tuesday.— A Japanese merchant, who has returned from Manchuria, reports that after the capture of Delainor Soviet…

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Settler Killed Accident Near Chinchilla

Tweed Daily · Thursday 6 February 1930 · page 4

TOOWOOMBA, Tuesday.— George Bewert, 52, a well known settler of the Chinchilla district, was the victim of a tree felling accident at…

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Ipswich Mine Fatality Brisbane

Northern Star · Friday 7 February 1930 · page 5

Another fatality occurred at Aberdare Extended Colliery, Ipswich, to-day, the victim being William Plotaki, who was killed instantly by a fall of…

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Injured by Splinter

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Saturday 8 February 1930 · page 2

On Thursday, at Mallanganee, Richard Leo was engaged splitting posts when a big splinter broke off one of the wedges and entered his leg, severing an…

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Run Down by Motor Boat Man Severely Injured

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Saturday 8 February 1930 · page 2

SYDNEY, Friday. -- A young man named Gordon Westbrook, met with shocking injuries at Kingston Beach, Tasmania, when a motor boat ran him…

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