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Northern Rivers · Accidents

Accidents, 1933

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Amazing Accident Steel Rod Through Brain, Yet Lives

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 24 March 1933 · page 3

Dr. J. R. Pugh, of Hammond (Ind.), contributes to the "Indiana State Medical Journal" photos and particulars of the amazing case of Paul Kosky, one of…

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Soulton Injured May Lose Sight of Eye

Tweed Daily · Saturday 25 March 1933 · page 5

BRISBANE, Friday.--Struck by a stone while running at Albion Parle last Saturday, Soulton received an injury to one of his eyes. The wound…

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Accident at Night Landing 'Plane Overturns Sydney

Northern Star · Saturday 25 March 1933 · page 7

Albert Charlton, of Hunter's Hill, a well-known city estate manager, was injured when an aeroplane piloted by his son, R. A…

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Needed Spark Only! Petrol and Explosives Split in Collision

Tweed Daily · Monday 27 March 1933 · page 5

SYDNEY, Sunday:--Six people had a remarkable escape when, after a lorry loaded with a big quantity of explosives had overturned, petrol spilt…

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INCENDIARISM 15 Injured in Church Fire

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 28 March 1933 · page 4

MONTREAL, Monday:-- Following quickly on an anonymous warning that incendiarism was intended, a fire destroyed St. Jacque's Roman Catholic…

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Was Marked Man Socialist Deputy Gravely Injured

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 28 March 1933 · page 3

BERLIN, Sunday:--Apropos of Capt. Goering's claim that Germany is safe, Herr Hansmann, a Prussian Socialist Deputy, who had been a marked man…

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Accident at Kunghur

Northern Star · Tuesday 28 March 1933 · page 9

Mr. R. Eastway, of Coraki, a cream carrier, arranged a week-end outing for some 30 suppliers and friends to Surfers' Paradise. The accident occurred on the return journey at a culvert near Kunghur. Several of the passengers, also Mr. Eastway, were injured…

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Accidentally Shot at Newcastle

Northern Star · Wednesday 29 March 1933 · page 6

Mistaken for an animal by one of his companions while on a shooting expedition near Bullahdelah yesterday, L. O. Burdekin (19) was fatally wounded…

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Horses Drowned

The Kyogle Examiner · Friday 31 March 1933 · page 4

Left standing near a large ground water tank on Weelong station, Forbes, two draught horses valued at £65, harnessed to a heavily laden…

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Floods in Fiji Four Persons Drowned

Tweed Daily · Friday 31 March 1933 · page 3

SUVA, Thursday:--Floods at Sigatoka resulted in four deaths, two of the victims being Fijians and two In[?]. Thirty inches of rain fell…

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Drowned in Car Unusual Haul Auckland

The Kyogle Examiner · Friday 31 March 1933 · page 4

Two boys while bathing discovered a sedan car in the harbour. When the car was pullel ashore the body of the owner, Thomas Selwyn Miller, was…

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Woman Missing Supposed to be Drowned Sydney

The Kyogle Examiner · Friday 31 March 1933 · page 4

A woman's shoes, hat, and handbag were found on the rocks of Bluefish Point at Manly. In the handbag was found a letter addressed to…

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Fell Down Quarry Man Critically Injured Sydney

The Kyogle Examiner · Friday 31 March 1933 · page 4

Robert Wood (55), a machineman, fell down the face of the Railway Commissioners' quarry at Kiama and suffered shocking injuries. He was…

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Serious Rioting in Dublin Twenty Injured Communist Building Set Afire

Tweed Daily · Friday 31 March 1933 · page 3

DUBLIN, Wednesday:--While a tremendous fire in seven buildings in Bachelor's Walk, in the centre of Dublin, was engaging the…

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16 KILLED; 50 INJURED Tornado in America

Tweed Daily · Saturday 1 April 1933 · page 5

SHELBYVILLE (Texas), Thursday:-- At least 16 persons were killed and 50 injured and widespread damage done, by tornadic…

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Motor Car Fatality Sydney

Northern Star · Monday 3 April 1933 · page 5

Frank Hunt (19), of Kogarah, who was pinned underneath a car which crashed over an embankment in Megalong Valley, Blue Mountains, to-day,…

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Killed Mother With Gun Son Then Shot Himself Tragic Melbourne Accident

Tweed Daily · Monday 3 April 1933 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Sunday: — The police are investigating an extraordinary shooting tragedy which occurred on Saturday afternoon at…

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Avoiding Accidents At Intersections

Northern Star · Tuesday 4 April 1933 · page 10

The Mount Vernon Memorial Highway, at Washington, U.S.A., showing how an underpass separates traffic moving in opposite directions. By making a series of right turns, drivers may get on to either level or into any lane of the three important highways which meet here and without ever crossing the path of another vehicle…

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Men Drowned Before Rescuers' Eyes

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 5 April 1933 · page 3

NEW YORK, Tuesday:--Capt. Dalldrof, of the Phoebus, in a message to the Associated Press, said that when the Phoebus approached the scene of the…

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Two Men Drowned

Tweed Daily · Thursday 6 April 1933 · page 3

NEW JERSEY, Tuesday:--The navy blimp J.3, returning from a search for the Akron survivors, dropped into the surf off Broadwalk to-day. Five…

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