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Northern Rivers · Accidents

Accidents, 1930

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Surfing Accident at Yamba

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Saturday 11 January 1930 · page 2

Whilst surfing at Yamba on Tuesday last, Mr. Charles I. Imeson, a well-known Grafton butcher, and brother of Mr. G. K. Imeson, of Casino, dived into…

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Local and General Accident to Linesman

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Saturday 11 January 1930 · page 2

Yesterday afternoon the Casino Ambulance was called to Clearfield to attend to Mr. Joseph Lancaster, a linesman, employed by the Post and…

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Remarkable Accident

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Saturday 11 January 1930 · page 5

Henry Raymond (10) met with a remarkable accident in Sydney on Wednesday night. He was riding on the footboard of his father's car, and…

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Train Collision 11 Killed; 13 Injured CALCUTTA

Northern Star · Monday 13 January 1930 · page 7

Eleven Indians were killed and thirteen injured in a midnight collision between the Peshawar to Lucknow express and a stationary…

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Railway Smash. Eleven Indians Killed Midnight Collision

Tweed Daily · Monday 13 January 1930 · page 3

CALCUTTA Friday.--Eleven Indians were killed and 13 were injured in a midnight collision between the Peshawar to Lucknow…

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Injured Men's Stories "Lucky, to Come out Alive."

Tweed Daily · Monday 13 January 1930 · page 3

SYDNEY, Saturday.--Details of the attacks made on the men employed at Ashtonfields show that they were treated in a most brutal manner. The…

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Crash Into Post Brisbane Motor Smash Former Murwillumbah Residents Injured

Tweed Daily · Monday 13 January 1930 · page 2

Owing to their car crashing into a telegraph post on Abbotsford-road at Mayne Junction while travelling from their home at Henry-street, Clayfield…

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Four Deaths. Week-end Accidents Melbourne Fatalities

Tweed Daily · Monday 13 January 1930 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Sunday.--Four deaths occurred in week-end accidents in Melbourne. Attempting to recover the ball with which he was playing at…

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Week-end Toll Melbourne Road Accidents MELBOURNE

Northern Star · Monday 13 January 1930 · page 7

Four deaths occurred in weekend accidents in Melbourne. Attempting to recover a ball with which he was playing at Hampton…

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Sequel to Collision

Northern Star · Tuesday 14 January 1930 · page 3

Charged with driving in a manner dangerous to the public Charles Raison, who was represented by Mr. A. M. Cottee, pleaded not guilty. Sgt. Aspery…

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Bank Clerk Drowned

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 14 January 1930 · page 2

ALBURY, Monday.--Ivor Foulkes Parry (17), a clerk employed in the Commercial Bank at Albury, was drowned in the Murray River…

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Three Children Drowned

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 14 January 1930 · page 2

At the inquest at Kempsey on Thursday, into the circumstance of the Jerseyville tragedy, the Dep[?]y Coroner, Mr. N. L. Parker, returned…

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Bank Clerk Drowned Albury

Northern Star · Tuesday 14 January 1930 · page 3

Ivor Foulkes Parry (17), a clerk employed in the Commercial Bank at Albury was drowned in the Murray River yesterday while swimming…

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Two Drowned Bodies in River Murray

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 14 January 1930 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Monday.--The body of an unknown man was found on a sandbank in the River Murray, near Kerang. A bicycle and clothes were…

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Main Arm Accident

Northern Star · Tuesday 14 January 1930 · page 4

Mr. Jack Lindsay was engaged in doing lattice work around Ms house at Main Arm, Mullumbimby, on Friday afternoon, when a plank on which he…

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Baseball Fatality Sydney

Northern Star · Wednesday 15 January 1930 · page 5

While playing baseball in Prince Edward Park. Carlton, on Saturday afternoon, Leslie Matthews was struck on the temple. He died yesterday as…

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Swept From Rocks Two Brothers Drowned BRISBANE

Northern Star · Wednesday 15 January 1930 · page 12

While fishing on the rocks at Alexandra Heads, near Maroochydore, to-day, Lionel Eisenmanger (32), was swept into the water and his brother…

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Swamped Boat Over Bar Mother and Son Drowned Queensland Fatalities Two more double drowning fatalities occurred in Queensland yesterday, making the third in two days. BRISBANE

Northern Star · Wednesday 15 January 1930 · page 9

A double drowning tragedy occurred to-day when Lily Bobre (13) and Dorothy Stagg (12) lost their lives while swimming in a creek near…

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Elderly Couple's Mishap. Wife Killed, Husband Seriously Injured

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Wednesday 15 January 1930 · page 2

SYDNEY, Tuesday.--When a motor car overturned on the Jervis Bay road yesterday, Mrs. G. Woodhill (61), a well-known resident of the district,…

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'Planes in Collision Tokio

Northern Star · Thursday 16 January 1930 · page 7

Concluding a night flight an army aeroplane. landing at Tachikawa aerodrome, Tokio, collided with an-other plane just starting. One officer…

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