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Northern Rivers · Accidents

Accidents, 1933

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Cattle Drowned Carcases Float in River

Tweed Daily · Thursday 6 April 1933 · page 2

Though an intensive coverage of the district was made, yesterday and last night for flood news, no cases of stock losses were reported…

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Fishermen Drowned Hoquiam (Washington)

Northern Star · Friday 7 April 1933 · page 7

Eleven fishermen were drowned tonight. when a sudden squall struck a fleet of 100 fishing boats crossing Gray's Harbour bar, capsizing and…

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Accident Victim Dies Sydney

Northern Star · Saturday 8 April 1933 · page 7

The death occurred in hospital this morning of William Salisbury, who was seriously injured when a motor car crashed on to the railway…

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Constable Fatally Injured Sydney

Northern Star · Monday 10 April 1933 · page 5

Constable Stephenson, attached to Newtown Police Station, was fatally injured when he was struck by a motor cycle as he stepped from behind a…

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Third Slashing Case Young Man Badly Injured

Tweed Daily · Monday 10 April 1933 · page 3

BRISBANE, Sunday:-- The third slashing case in the city during the week-end occurred to-night when a young man named James Grady, clad, only in…

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Level Crossing Smash Man Killed; Another Injured

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 11 April 1933 · page 3

WOODFORD, Monday:--One man was killed instantly and another seriously injured when a rail motor and a motor car collided at a level crossing…

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Incinerator Explodes Man Critically Injured Sydney

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 11 April 1933 · page 2

When an incinerator blew put at the factory of W. Crookham in Denison Street Ultimo, this morning, John Glasson (54), a sawyer,…

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Local and General Plantation Worker Injured

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 12 April 1933 · page 2

Ernest West, an employee, of the Garden of Eden Banana Syndicate, was working on the plantation yesterday when lie was struck by a banana…

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Adrift on Raft One Man Believed Drowned NEWCASTLE

Northern Star · Wednesday 12 April 1933 · page 7

James MacKay and William Sans, both of Balmain, lay helpless on a small raft off the coast from Sunday night until they were…

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Train Wrecked 18 Killed; 20 Injured BOGOTA (Columbia)

Northern Star · Wednesday 12 April 1933 · page 7

Eighteen were killed and over 20 injured in the wreck of a passenger train on Sunday night near the town of Veintaquemada…

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Motorship Beached Collision with Trawler Sydney

Northern Star · Thursday 13 April 1933 · page 7

The motorship, John Bolton, was badly holed and had to be beached at Rushcutters Bay following a severe collision with the trawler Bareamul off…

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Killed in Collision Elderly Woman in Melbourne

Tweed Daily · Monday 17 April 1933 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Saturday:-- An elderly woman was killed and her son-in-law and grand-daughter injured in a motor collision at the corner of…

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Car Overturns 1 Killed, 3 Injured MELBOURNE

Northern Star · Monday 17 April 1933 · page 5

Four hours after leaving Camber-well yesterday afternoon on a tour in the Alps, a motor ear containing four men skidded and hit an…

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Easter's Toll Father and Son Drowned Fell From Boat Brisbane

Northern Star · Monday 17 April 1933 · page 5

Frank Wheatley Dunstan (35), a civil engineer from, Siam, who was visiting Tewantin, and his son,…

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Two Dead, Girl Injured Shooting Affray Gun Fired Through Window at Group

Tweed Daily · Monday 17 April 1933 · page 5

SYDNEY, Sunday:--The little village of Tallangower, about six miles from Chetwynd, was the scene of a shooting affray last…

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Straying Stock Cause Accidents Woodburn Complaint Contracts V. Day Labour "Costly Delegations"

Northern Star · Monday 17 April 1933 · page 8

Councillors of the Woodburn Shire Council expressed different views on the advantages to he gained by personal interviews…

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Man Believed Drowned Dinghy Capsized Survivor Relates Awful Experience

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 19 April 1933 · page 2

BRISBANE, Tuesday: -- One man is believed to have been drowned in the bay as a result of the capsize of a 16 -foot dinghy on…

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Machine Crashed Into Bank Speedway Rider Fatally Injured

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 19 April 1933 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Tuesday: -- Leslie Medlycott (26), of Brighton, who was injured yesterday in a motor eye'e smash at Warragul sports, died in…

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Clung to Wreckage for 24 HOURS One Believed Drowned BRISBANE

Northern Star · Wednesday 19 April 1933 · page 4

One man is believed to have been drowned in the bay as a result of the capsize of a sixteen foot sharpie on Sunday afternoon. For 24 hours two…

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Accident Invited

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 19 April 1933 · page 2

Unless immediate measures are taken to remedy the position, or at least to warn the public of danger, a serious accident threatens on the Tweed…

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