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Northern Rivers · Accidents

Accidents, 1930

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Storm Over Tweed Downpour Yesterday Scattered in Nature Caused Two Accidents

Tweed Daily · Saturday 4 January 1930 · page 4

The sunshine early yesterday morning seemed to indicate the departure of the rain--but not so. The muggy, moist morning was…

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Pedestrians Run Down. Shocking Motor Accident

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Saturday 4 January 1930 · page 6

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

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Week-end Motor Accidents

Northern Star · Saturday 4 January 1930 · page 9

After analysing the various factors involved in the numerous motor accidonts at week-ends, the N.R.M.A. Safety Department concludes that the…

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Fall of Sand Fatality at Grafton GRAFTON

Northern Star · Monday 6 January 1930 · page 9

A fall of earth at the sand excavations at Grafton yesterday afternoon resulted in the death of a young man named John Charles Simmons who, with…

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Plane Crash Nobody Injured SYDNEY

Northern Star · Monday 6 January 1930 · page 4

An Avro Avian plane, in charge of Pilot Garter, crashed in the water at Lake Illawarra and overturned. The pilot and a lady passenger escaped…

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Car Overturned 1 Killed; 7 Injured FORBES

Northern Star · Monday 6 January 1930 · page 4

John Allan Appleby, aged 4 months, of Newtown, was killed and seven persons injured when a motor car overturned on the Orange road yesterday,…

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Children Blown Up. Three Killed; Six Injured. Explosion of Petrol

Tweed Daily · Monday 6 January 1930 · page 3

LONDON, Saturday.--Another tragedy involving the lives of three children, with six seriously injured, resulted from the…

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Narrow Escape Motoring Accident. 7 Children in Capsized Car. Burringbar Range

Tweed Daily · Monday 6 January 1930 · page 2

Presence of mind saved a catastrophe in the car mishap on Burringbar Rance on Friday afternoon, a brief report of which was given in the…

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Surfing Accidents Sydney

Northern Star · Monday 6 January 1930 · page 9

Heavy seas were running off all the metropolitan beaches to-day and many accidents were reported. At Tararama Bay, near Bondi, a surfer was washed…

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Fatality at Grafton

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 7 January 1930 · page 2

A fall of earth at the sand excavations at Grafton on Saturday afternoon resulted in the death of a young man named John Charles Simmons…

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Fatal Cruise. Father Drowned

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 7 January 1930 · page 2

Sydney, Tuesday.--When a 12-foot sailing boat capsized in Rangitoto channel. New Zealand, Henry Burnitt (63) lost his life. The latter and his…

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Fatal Cycle Collision. Coroner's Inquiry

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 7 January 1930 · page 2

At Casino yesterday Mr. Earner Jones, District Coroner conducted an inquiry into the cause of death of Edward Rooney…

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Surf Tragedy Young Man Drowned Sister's Vain Heroism

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 7 January 1930 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Monday.--Despite strenuous endeavours by his sister, aged 16, who retained her hold until she was on the point of collapse,…

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Trams Collide Eight Persons Injured Sydney Smash

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 7 January 1930 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday.--Eight persons were injured when a tram car, driven by J. Barker, crashed into a stationary tram at a junction near the White…

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Motoring Accident

Northern Star · Tuesday 7 January 1930 · page 4

Presence of mind saved a catastrophe in a car mishap on Burringbar Range on Friday afternoon. To have seven children, his wife, and another…

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Racing Fatality

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 8 January 1930 · page 5

Holiday time in Emmaville was marred by the tragic death of Mr. William Thomas Crain at the raceourse. The tragedy occurrd during the…

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Man Drowned. Small Craft Capsizes

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Wednesday 8 January 1930 · page 2

AUCKLAND, Tuesday.--when a 12-foot sailing boat capsized in Rangitoto Channel, New Zealand, Henry Burnett (63), lost his life. The latter and his…

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Motor Cyclist Injured Grafton

Northern Star · Wednesday 8 January 1930 · page 9

Allan Jay, son of W. G. Jay, storekeeper, of Grafton, was riding a motor cycle along the Port Macquarie road, nine miles from Kempsey, last…

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Bowlers Fall Out One Seriously Injured

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 8 January 1930 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tuesday.--During a game of bowls at Linwood, New Zealand, two members, after a heated argument, got into holts, in…

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Drowned Tragic Holiday Sequel Three Children Trapped in Car Grafton

Northern Star · Wednesday 8 January 1930 · page 9

Trapped in the back of a car which dashed over the punt approach at Jerseyville into the Maeleay River, three children of…

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