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Northern Rivers · Accidents

Accidents, 1933

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Injured Toes Youth Chopping Wood CASINO

Northern Star · Thursday 20 April 1933 · page 3

Injuries to two toes were suffered this afternoon by Stephen Whittaker (18), of Kyogle road, Casino, who was chopping wood when the axe…

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Arsenical Poisoning Death of Ernest George Marden Accidental, Says Coroner

Tweed Daily · Thursday 20 April 1933 · page 5

A verdict of death from arsenical poisoning, accidentally received whilst using petoxide of arsenic spraying mixture on a banana plantation, at Bilambil, was returned by the Murwillumbah Coroner (Mr. A. R. Black) following an…

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Motor Collision

Tweed Daily · Friday 21 April 1933 · page 2

The occupants of two motor cars has a narrow escape from injury yesterday morning when the vehicles came into collision oh the main South Coast road…

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Man Faces Three Charges Shooting Fatality The Eternal Triangle Again

Tweed Daily · Friday 21 April 1933 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Thursday: -- In the Criminal Court to-day, Arthur George Brown (42), insurance agent, was charged with having…

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Unusual Accident

The Kyogle Examiner · Friday 21 April 1933 · page 7

Ruthven street, Toowoomba, was the scene of a rather unusual accident the other day. A motor car which had been left by its owner…

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Car Falls 18Ft. Lismore Man and Son Injured Coff's Harbour

Northern Star · Saturday 22 April 1933 · page 6

While endeavouring to avoid running over a dog, Mr. L. A. Jackson, of Lismore, and his son met with a serious accident in their motor car…

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Seriously Injured Woman Struck by Car

Tweed Daily · Monday 24 April 1933 · page 2

BRISBANE, Sunday: -- Severe injuries were sustained by Mrs. Ellen Cooke, of Bowen Terrace, New Farm, who was knocked down by a motor car…

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Brothers Hurt in Collision On Motor-Cycle Which Hit Van

Tweed Daily · Monday 24 April 1933 · page 2

BRISBANE, Sunday: -- Two brothers, Victor Horace Roberts (22) and Wilfred Stanley Roberts (18), of Accession Street, Paddington, were injured in a…

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Youth Hurled Over Hood In Hospital After Collision With Car

Tweed Daily · Monday 24 April 1933 · page 2

BRISBANE, Sunday: -- When a motor cycle and a motor car collided near the Albion Fiveways about midday on Saturday, George Grossett…

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Eight Injured Car Crashes Over Embankment SYDNEY

Northern Star · Monday 24 April 1933 · page 5

Eight people were injured, three seriously, when a car dropped 20 feet down an embankment at Berowra Creek early this morning…

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Collided with Tram One Killed; Three Injured Sydney

Northern Star · Monday 24 April 1933 · page 5

Alexander O'Donnell (21), of Newtown, was killed and three passengers injured, one critically, when a motor cycle and sidecar collided with a tram…

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Shooting Fatality

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 25 April 1933 · page 3

Cecil O'Hara, the 19-year-old son of Mr. Andrew O'Hara, of Church street, Glen Innes, was fatally wounded when he accidentally shot himself…

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Man Drowned Launch Overturns in Flooded River

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 25 April 1933 · page 4

MOSSMAN (Q'ld.), Monday: -- Ona man was drowned and a number or ethers had fortunate escapes when a motor boat overturned in the flooded…

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Boat Capsizes Drowned in Flooded River BRISBANE

Northern Star · Tuesday 25 April 1933 · page 4

The first drowning as a result of the floods in North Queensland occurred today when Nicholas Mele (29), a native of Sardinia, lost his life in the flooded…

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Brutal Attack Man Seriously Injured Sydney

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 25 April 1933 · page 2

William Kennedy was brutally attacked in a hut at Darling Harbour railway yards, Pyrmont, late last night. He was talking to a…

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Under Truck Casino Man's Death Driver Also Injured Tenterfield

Northern Star · Tuesday 25 April 1933 · page 4

While travelling to Glen Innes with a lorry load of fruit. George Howlie, Casino, was killed instantly when his truck…

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D.c.m. Winner's Death Orange Mystery Accident, Suicide or Murder?

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 25 April 1933 · page 3

ORANGE, Monday: -- Among conflicting features of the sudden death of Cyril Rankin (46), D.C.M. winner and noted amateur boxer,…

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Workman Injured

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 26 April 1933 · page 2

While he engaged in demolishing an old building on Hospital Hill, Murwillumbah, yesterday afternoon, Ernest Appletiiorpe (57) sustained…

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Earthquake Toll 119 Dead; 500 Injured ROME

Northern Star · Thursday 27 April 1933 · page 5

It is estimated that 119 are dead and 500 injured in an earthquake on the island of Kos…

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The Injured Dog and the Motorist

The Kyogle Examiner · Friday 28 April 1933 · page 5

In last Friday's Herald, the President of the R.S.P.C.A., writes: "Our society receives many reports and complaints as to motorists…

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