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Northern Rivers · Accidents

Accidents, 1932

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Shooting Fatality SYDNEY

Northern Star · Friday 26 February 1932 · page 5

Edward Quirk (16) left his home at Tocumwal yesterday to go shooting. When he did not return a search was made and he was found dead with a…

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Level Crossing Fatality MELBOURNE

Northern Star · Friday 26 February 1932 · page 4

E. Bertulussi, of Henty (N.S.W.) was fatally injured to-day when a motor truck which, he was driving collided with a train at a level crossing…

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Fractured Skull. Cyclist Fatally Injured

Tweed Daily · Friday 26 February 1932 · page 2

SYDNEY, Thursday:--When his cycle fell at Lewisham to-day, Harry Johnson. (25), of Croydon, was thrown to the pavement. He re-mounted,…

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Fierce Conflict Police and Unemployed 30 Rioters Injured London

Northern Star · Friday 26 February 1932 · page 8

Six thousand unemployed at Bristol, incited by Communist speeches, attempted to march to the Council chamber, headed by red flags, to protest…

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Boy Drowned Remarkable Accident SYDNEY

Northern Star · Saturday 27 February 1932 · page 9

Remarkable circumstances led to the drowning of Bryce Gunther (7), of Toongabbie, ths afternoon. The boy with his young sister was exercising a…

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Kunghur Motor Smash Coroner's Inquiry Verdict of Accidental Death

Tweed Daily · Saturday 27 February 1932 · page 4

The District Coroner. (Mr. A. R. Black) yesterday conducted an inquest into the deaths of John Fowler Fitz-henry and L[?]slie Winch combe…

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Motor Cyclist Injured

Northern Star · Monday 29 February 1932 · page 4

Charles Summers, a railway employee, who lives at Coraki, was injured when the motor cycle he was riding skidded in a patch of loose metal on…

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Terribly Injured Sydney

Northern Star · Monday 29 February 1932 · page 6

Edward Doyle (52), Surry Hills, was critically injured during a desperate fight near his home yesterday afternoon. Police found him lying in…

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Shot Dead Prisoner's Fate Warders Injured Melbourne Sensation MELBOURNE

Northern Star · Monday 29 February 1932 · page 5

Reginald James Barker (18), was shot dead by a warder while attempting to escape from the Metropolitan gaol, Coburg, early…

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Kunghur Motor Smash Verdict of Accidental Death

Northern Star · Monday 29 February 1932 · page 4

The district coroner (Mr. A. R. Black) conducted an inquest at Murwillumbah on Friday into the deaths of John Fowler Fitzhenry and Leslie…

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Gallant Rescue Girl Saved from Drowning

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 1 March 1932 · page 3

GRAFTON, Monday:-- Near the Blow Hole at Shelly Beach, Moonee, Gladys Thompson (21) was walking on the rocks when a big wave washed…

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Phar Lap Injured Unable to Gallop, Agua Caliente

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 1 March 1932 · page 2

Phar Lap, who was scheduled to have a public work out on Sunday, slipped on a stone and injured his foot, compelling the cancellation of…

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Accidentally Shot Dead Melbourne

Northern Star · Tuesday 1 March 1932 · page 3

Robert John Worland (8) was accidently shot dead at Cobden by his tenyear-old brother. The children were shooting parrots with a pea rifle, which…

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Horseman Injured Dashed Against Tree

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 2 March 1932 · page 4

GRAFTON, Monday:-- Elvin McLennan (24) was riding through the bush near Nymboida when, his horse bolted down the mountain-side and…

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Swagman Injured Fell Between Train and Platform

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 2 March 1932 · page 3

COFFS HARBOR, Tuesday:-- Robert Murray (63), a swagman, was seriously injured when attempting to board an early morning train at Karano[?] station…

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Phar Lap Injured Strikes Foot on Stone Agua Caliente

Northern Star · Wednesday 2 March 1932 · page 5

Phar Lap who was scheduled to have a public work-out on Sunday stepped on a stone in the morning and injured his foot compelling…

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Accidental Death Late Messrs. Gregory and Fitzhenry. Coroner's Inquest and Finding

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Wednesday 2 March 1932 · page 4

The Tweed District Coroner (Mr. A. R. Black) conducted an inquest into the deaths of John Fowler Fitzhenry and Leslie Winchcombe Gregory, who were…

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Child Drowned Larnook Tragedy

Northern Star · Thursday 3 March 1932 · page 8

In shallow water in a creek near her parents' home yesterday afternoon Ivy Seccombe, aged three years, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William M…

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Ship Sinks in Collision Tokio

Northern Star · Thursday 3 March 1932 · page 2

The steamer Kinry Maru collided with and sank the steamer Yakumo Maru in Moji straits at 4.30 this morning. All were rescued…

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Car Overturns Two Young Men Injured

Tweed Daily · Thursday 3 March 1932 · page 2

Two young men Messrs. Frank Flanagan and Alfred Hughes, residents of the Tweed, had miraculous escapes. when a new Ford car in which they were…

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