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Northern Rivers · Accidents

Accidents, 1930

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Four Injured Train Collision MELBOURNE

Northern Star · Friday 3 January 1930 · page 9

Further particiculars of a collision-the Melbourne express and a pilot engine at Seymour last night show that four persons were slightly…

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Drowning Tragedy Man Falls from Ferry

Tweed Daily · Friday 3 January 1930 · page 5

NEWCASTLE, Wednesday.--A man named Sydney Nicholls fell from Stockton ferry this afternoon and was drowned. The strong current swept…

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Pony Jockey Injured

Tweed Daily · Friday 3 January 1930 · page 2

SYDNEY, Thursday.--Alf Stanton, the well-known pony jockey, received severe head injuries to-day when his car crashed into the plantation oh the…

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Car Skidded. Two Injured

The Kyogle Examiner · Friday 3 January 1930 · page 4

Sydney, Friday.--When a single seater car skidded and somersaulted on Princes Highway near Moruya the occupants, E. S. Duccett and a man…

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Astronomer Drowned Husband of Australian Writer

Tweed Daily · Friday 3 January 1930 · page 5

LONDON, Monday.--The distinguished astronomer. Mr. Patrick H. Hepburn, husband of the Australian writer, Anna Wickham, was drowned…

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Bottle Thrown. Railway Guard Injured

Tweed Daily · Friday 3 January 1930 · page 5

ROCKHAMPTON, Tuesday.--A peculiar accident befel Richard Mannion, guard on the Rockhampton-Yeppoon train yesterday morning. A…

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Motor Collision Both Drivers Killed SYDNEY

Northern Star · Friday 3 January 1930 · page 4

A motor collision near Dunedin resulted in the death of both drivers, David Wilkins and David Edwards, and serious injuries to two others…

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None Injured Carriages Leave Rails SYDNEY

Northern Star · Friday 3 January 1930 · page 5

Passengers in three carriages of an electric train bound from Sydney to Hurstville last night had an alarming experience when the cars left the rails…

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Crockery Flew Two Men Injured; One Arrested Argument at Redfern

Tweed Daily · Friday 3 January 1930 · page 3

SYDNEY, Thursday.--During an argument between a number of men at Redfern last night, crockery and glassware was shattered. Two men were…

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Vicious Brawl Abos. Use Axes Whole Camp Involved Two Seriously Injured

Tweed Daily · Friday 3 January 1930 · page 5

SYDNEY, Tuesday.--There was a battle royal at an aborigines' camp at Salt Pan Creek, near Peakhurst, last night, during which axes and sticks…

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Family Wiped Out Level Crossing Smash Three Killed; Four Injured Tasmanian Disaster

Tweed Daily · Friday 3 January 1930 · page 3

HOBART, Thursday.--Three persons were killed and four injured [?] a motor car collided with a train on a level-crossing at…

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Three Killed Level Crossing Smash Train and Car Four Others Injured BURNIE (Tasmania)

Northern Star · Friday 3 January 1930 · page 5

Three persons were killed and four injured in one of the worst level crossing smashes in the history of Tasmania, which…

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Drowning Fatality Two Brothers Victims

Tweed Daily · Saturday 4 January 1930 · page 6

PERTH, Wednesday.--Roy Harding. (18) and Lloyd George Harding (11), of Victoria Park, were drowned in the Swan River last night. It is believed…

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Car Somersaults. Two Men Injured

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Saturday 4 January 1930 · page 2

SYDNEY, Friday. -- When a single seater car skidded and somersaulted on Prince's Highway, near Moruya, the occupants -- E. S. Duckett and a man…

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Bus Over Cliff Driver Seriously Injured

Tweed Daily · Saturday 4 January 1930 · page 5

SYDNEY, Friday.--A motor 'bus driven by Alee McIntosh (25) fell 15 feet over a cliff near Woy Woy this afternoon and was wrecked…

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Walked in Sleep? Woman Fatally Injured

Tweed Daily · Saturday 4 January 1930 · page 4

SYDNEY, Friday:--Mrs. Ada Sophia Pierser (75), of Leichhardt, died at Lewisham Hospital last night from injuries she received, it is believed,…

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OVERTURNED Two Motorists Injured SYDNEY

Northern Star · Saturday 4 January 1930 · page 8

A single seater car skidded and somersaulted on Prince's Highway, three miles from Moruya, yesterday. The oceupants, E. S. Duekett and a…

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Car Somersaulted Two Men Injured; One Critically

Tweed Daily · Saturday 4 January 1930 · page 5

SYDNEY, Friday.--A single-seater car skidded and somersaulted on Prince's Highway, three miles from Moruya, yesterday. The occupants,…

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Tragic Stunt Cinema 'Planes Crash Ten People Killed Head-on Collision Santa Monica (California)

Northern Star · Saturday 4 January 1930 · page 7

Ten persons, occupants of two motion picture camera 'planes, were killed when the 'planes collided at an altitude of 3000 feet…

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"Southern Sky" Lands in Mountain Pocket. Cloud Areas Prevent Vision. Machine Down 18 Miles From Bonalbo. Passengers and Pilots Not Injured

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Saturday 4 January 1930 · page 5

Steady rain was falling at 8 a.m. on New Year's morning on the farm of George Minnis, of Ulidia, 18 miles north of Bonalbo, up in the mountainous…

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