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Northern Rivers · Accidents

Accidents, 1930

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Peculiar Car Fatality Wagga

Northern Star · Tuesday 28 January 1930 · page 4

Hugo Knie, a watchmaker, was killed on Saturday night on Pleasant Hills Road. When his car stopped he alighted to crank the engine and…

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Motoring Fatality Bank Accountant Killed

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 28 January 1930 · page 2

ALBURY, Monday.--William James Wedmore (32), an accountant in Albury branch of the Commonwealth Bank, was killed yesterday morning…

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Shooting Gallery Fatality. Proprietor Arrested

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 28 January 1930 · page 2

Sydney, Tuesday.--David Hamilton (aged 42) received fatal injuries in a shooting gallery in Haymarket last night. Alfred James Mackay, the…

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Man Drowned Tragedy at Barrenjoey

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 28 January 1930 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday.--Joseph Hampstead (40), was drowned while surfing at Barrenjoey Beach yesterday. Hampstead and Christopher Wright were…

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Drowned While Surfing Sydney

Northern Star · Tuesday 28 January 1930 · page 5

Joseph Hampstead (40) was drowned while surfing at Barrenjoey beach yesterday. Hampstead and Christopher Wright were swimming a mile from the…

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Pearifle Fatality At Shooting Gallery SYDNEY

Northern Star · Tuesday 28 January 1930 · page 7

David Hamilton (42), of Redfern, was fatally wounded in a shooting gallery at Haymarket this evening. Alfred James Mackay, proprietor of the…

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Face Blown Away. Man Killed, Girl Injured

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 28 January 1930 · page 2

Sydney, Tuesday.--When a gun exploded at Liverpool yesterday, the charge entered the body of Antonio Riotto, aged 34, who was killed…

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Two Men Killed. Fatality on Railway Line. Engine Leaves the Line. Sydney

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 28 January 1930 · page 2

Two engines and the breakvan of an excursion train from Mt. Victoria to Sydney left the line near Warrimoo last night. The…

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Train Smashes Main Western Line Driver and Fireman Killed Two Others Injured

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 28 January 1930 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday.--Two serious railway derailments occurred to-night on the main western line-one at Blaxland and the other at…

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Accident

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 28 January 1930 · page 2

Yesterday afternoon (writes Thursday's Maclean C.R. "Advocate") while Mrs. Newton, of Kyogle, together with her three children, were…

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Four Injured in Collision Sydney

Northern Star · Wednesday 29 January 1930 · page 4

Four people were injured, one seriously, when a motor car and a heavy lorry collided at Arncliffe late last night: The victims were Elsie…

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Canoe Capsizes One Man Drowned

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Wednesday 29 January 1930 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--When his canoe capsized in Port Phillip Bay yesterday, Frederick Hoy (24) was drowned, while a companion. William [?]…

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Aiding and Abetting Recent Cycle Fatality Side-car Occupant Fined

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Wednesday 29 January 1930 · page 2

An echo of the death of Edward J. Rooney was heard in the Police Court yesterday morning, before Mr. A. E. Chapman, P.M., when John R. B. Boag,…

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Caught by Tide Father and Son Drowned Tragedy at Mackay

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 29 January 1930 · page 3

MACKAY, Tuesday.--When returning from fishing at the town reach yesterday morning Mr. William Lindsay Simpson (aged 40 years) and his son,…

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"Thank God!" Injured Son Home Again Mother's Thankfulness

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 29 January 1930 · page 4

LONDON, Sunday.--Jack Sigrist, who met with an accident on board a ship on which he was empoyed, and spent many months in the Prince…

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Tragic Smash 'Plane Nose Dived Man Killed; Another Injured Queensland Tragedy

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 29 January 1930 · page 3

BRISBANE, Tuesday.--An aeroplane crash involving the death of Gordon Mundell, a well-known resident of Miles, and injury to A. J…

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Unusual Accident Joke Ends in Death

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 29 January 1930 · page 5

An unusual accident, with serious consequences for a young woman, happened at Chermside (Brisbane) last Thursday. It appears two residents of…

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"Accidental Death"

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Wednesday 29 January 1930 · page 2

The parents of Harry Dramor, who was executed in 1926 for the murder of his wife at Chicago, when reading his insurance policy came upon a clause…

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Accident Mars Reunion

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Wednesday 29 January 1930 · page 4

Mrs. Biffin, wife of Sergt. Biffin, of Hillgrove, and Mr. Thomas Martin, of Forest Lodge-- sister and brother-- met recently at the home of Mr. Martin's…

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Four Injured In Motor Collision

Tweed Daily · Thursday 30 January 1930 · page 6

SYDNEY, Wednesday.--Four people were injured, one seriously, when a motor car and heavy lorry collided at Arncliffe late last night. The victims…

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