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Northern Rivers · Accidents

Accidents, 1931

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Workman Injured

Northern Star · Saturday 17 January 1931 · page 6

Ernest Perry, an employee of Muldoon's Chelmsford sawmill, was assisting to place a flywheel on an engine at the sawmill yesterday when the…

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Bank Clerk Injured

Northern Star · Saturday 17 January 1931 · page 6

A motor ear driven by Mr. W. B. Locke, a clerk, in the Murwillumbah branch of the Commercial Bank of Australia, somersaulted down the…

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Another Rugby Fatality Paris

Northern Star · Saturday 17 January 1931 · page 9

While the Bordeaux Court was considering its judgment in the Fernanda. Taillantou caso in which the latter facing a charge of the manslaughter…

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Sled Tragedy Six People Drowned St. Johns (Newfoundland)

Northern Star · Saturday 17 January 1931 · page 7

One youth and six girls, whose ages range from 11 to 25, were drowned on Wednesday night in the rapids on the…

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Car Falls 40 Feet Man Seriously Injured

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Saturday 17 January 1931 · page 5

Wtih a crash that reverberated through the town, a Vauxhall car somersaulted down the hillside below Bent Street, Murwillumbah, at 11 o'clock…

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Inter-state Search Missing Injured Motorist Wife Was Killed

Tweed Daily · Saturday 17 January 1931 · page 6

SYDNEY, Thursday:--The police of N.S.W. and Queensland, as well as in Victoria, are searching for John [?]ee (.42), who disappeared after his…

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Car Overturns One Killed, 3 Injured SYDNEY

Northern Star · Monday 19 January 1931 · page 6

Henry Coad (36), of Tempe, was killed last night on the western road near Bathurst when a car overturned while negotiating a turn. The car…

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Fatal Accident Fern Vale Road. Motor Car Down Bank MRS. C. Watt Killed

Tweed Daily · Monday 19 January 1931 · page 2

A fatal motor car accident occurred on the Fern Vale road last night, resulting in the death of a well known Fern Vale woman,…

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Fewer Motor Accidents Sydney

Northern Star · Monday 19 January 1931 · page 6

Statistics compiled by the N.R.M.A. disclose that during 1930 the number of persons killed by motor cars in New South Wales was 358 compared withn…

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Collision with Tree

Northern Star · Tuesday 20 January 1931 · page 4

When their ear collided with a tree in the Oaks Avenue, near Stott's Creek Post Office, Tweed River, on Saturday afternoon, Mr. and Mrs. S…

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Car Falls 40 Feet. Man Seriously Injured

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 20 January 1931 · page 1

With a crash that reverberated through the town, a Vauxhall car somersaulted down the hillside below Bent Street, Murwillumbah, at 11…

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Four Persons Killed Tragic Motor Accident Crash Into Creek

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 20 January 1931 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Monday.--Four people were killed and a child seriously injured when a motor car, driven by Frederick Mustoe,…

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Car Smash Tarbourine Road Accident Two Men Killed

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 20 January 1931 · page 2

BRISBANE, Monday:--Two men were killed and a youth was severely injured on the main 'Brisbane-Tambourine Road, near Waterford, on Sunday…

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Fatal Motor Accident

Northern Star · Tuesday 20 January 1931 · page 7

One woman, Mrs. C. Watt, was killed and three other persons were injured in a motor accident on the Fern Vale road, near Murwillumbali,…

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Hit by Gate Arm Broken, Jaw Hurt Palm Vale Accident

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 21 January 1931 · page 2

A broken arm and a probable fracture of the jaw were sustained by Mr. George Hayes, of Cudgera, in a peculiar accident yesterday morning…

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Six Injured Quarry Explosion Adelaide

Northern Star · Thursday 22 January 1931 · page 4

A terrific explosion occurred in the quarry at Yatala labour prison this afternoon and a warder and five prisoners were injured. All were taken…

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7 Drowned; Mails Lost Launch Capsizes at Suva

Tweed Daily · Thursday 22 January 1931 · page 3

SUVA, Wednesday.--Overtaken by a squall in Viti Levu Bay, the Indian launch, Sitarum, with 28 passengers, capsized. Seven were drowned and 19…

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Six Men Injured Explosion in Prison Quarry

Tweed Daily · Thursday 22 January 1931 · page 3

ADELAIDE, Wednesday.--A terrific explosion occurred in a quarry at Yatala labour prison this afternoon. A warder and five prisoners were…

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Five Injured Car Over Embankment "Suicide Corner"

Tweed Daily · Thursday 22 January 1931 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wednesday.--Five persons were injured when a car travelling from Golburn to Sydney capsized and fell over a 50ft. embankment near…

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Seven Drowned Launch Capsizes Caught in Squall Suva Tragedy Suva

Northern Star · Thursday 22 January 1931 · page 5

Overtaken by a squall in Vitilevu Bay the Indian launch Sitaram, with 28 passengers, capsized and seven persons were…

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