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Northern Rivers · Accidents

Accidents, 1934

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Ambulance at Beach 348 Minor Accidents Casino

Northern Star · Friday 5 January 1934 · page 9

Mostly of a minor character, such as burns from camp fires, blue bottle stings, sunburn, cuts, and wounds caused by fish hooks, were the 348…

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Injured in Collision SYDNEY

Northern Star · Saturday 6 January 1934 · page 6

Severe spinal injuries were caused to Mrs. Elizabeth Fletcher (42), of Punc[?]bowl, when a motor car in which she was travelling collided with another…

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Bradman Injured Sydney

Northern Star · Saturday 6 January 1934 · page 8

Don Bradman was an absentee from the Sydney Cricket Ground to-day, suffering from a strained back. lie spent the day in bed…

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"Death Trap" Tyres Many Accidents Menace to Motorists and Public

Tweed Daily · Saturday 6 January 1934 · page 6

The number of reported motor accidents that are attributable to tyre trouble is definite evidence that a small percentage of motor owners…

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Aborigine Drowned Attempt to Swim Creek

Tweed Daily · Monday 8 January 1934 · page 2

MILMERRAN, Sunday:- The body of an aboriginal named Willie Richardson (30), employed as a drover, was found in Grass Tree Creek, seven miles…

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Ten Drowned Burst Mountain Main LONDON

Northern Star · Monday 8 January 1934 · page 5

A wall of water released from a burst mountain main, between two lakes, struck the roof of the hydroelectric station which supplies Colmar…

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Drowned in Epic Rescue Nymboida Boy Vicious Whirlpool in River

Tweed Daily · Monday 8 January 1934 · page 2

GRAFTON, Sunday:- Heroism and endurance of a high order were displayed by two brothers, Jack McCarthy (16) and William…

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Two Drowned Caught in Fierce Storm

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 9 January 1934 · page 7

At Hexham on the Hunter River on Sunday afternoon Mrs. Florence Germyne (39), of Weston, and Bernice Ellis (7), of Kurri Kurri, were…

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Injured Beauty Sells Jewels Next to Nothing No Longer Cares About Money

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 9 January 1934 · page 6

"I am not unhappy. I am glad that my distress has at least brought happiness to those persons who have been able to buy my beautiful…

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Drowning Tragedy Second Victim Identified

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 10 January 1934 · page 4

BRISBANE, Tuesday:- The Water Police to-day established the identity of the man whose body was found floating with that of James H…

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Scene of Queensland Fatality

Northern Star · Wednesday 10 January 1934 · page 7

Mr. William Dennert was drowned at this crossing on the Pikedale Road, bout three miles from Stanthorpe (Q.) last Saturday shortly after this photograph was taken, and his nine-years-old son narrowly escaped the same fate. Mr. Dennert became entangled in the fence on the left and his son was carried down the creek when the sulky in which the pair were riding was washed away by the strong current. The boy…

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Boy's Body Recovered Nymboida Drowning Tragedy

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 10 January 1934 · page 6

GRAFTON, Tuesday:- The body of William McCaughey (13), who was drowned in a whirlpool in the Nymboida River on Saturday while…

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Nymboida Fatality Poignant Scenes GRAFTON

Northern Star · Wednesday 10 January 1934 · page 7

Poignant scenes were witnessed at the funeral of William McCaughey, whose body was recovered from the Nymboida River this morning. With his…

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Strapped to Pole Linesman Injured

Northern Star · Wednesday 10 January 1934 · page 6

Robert Browning, a postal department linesman, had an unenviable experience yesterday afternoon, and was lucky not to…

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Mother and Baby Drowned TUMUT

Northern Star · Thursday 11 January 1934 · page 7

With her baby fastened to her neck, the body of Mrs. Martin, the wife of a local resident, was found in the Tumut River this afternoon. Both had…

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Rioters Injured. Hindu-Moslem Clash

Tweed Daily · Thursday 11 January 1934 · page 2

CALCUTTA, Tuesday:- Several persons were injured in rioting between Moslems and Hindus at Ajmer. The rioting was the result of a Hindu…

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Bodies Tied Together Mother and Baby Drowned

Tweed Daily · Thursday 11 January 1934 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wednesday:- The bodies of Mrs. Florence Eliza Martin (32) and her 13-months-old baby, Frederick, were found in the Tumut River to-day. They…

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Leap From Train Disappeared in Bush Constable From Lismore Injured GRAFTON

Northern Star · Thursday 11 January 1934 · page 4

Making a desperate bid for liberty, a prisoner named Edward William Murray, who was being brought from Lismore to Grafton this afternoon, jumped from the Murwillumbah-Sydney mail train…

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Drowning Tragedy

The Kyogle Examiner · Friday 12 January 1934 · page 1

The bodies of. Mrs. Eliza Martin (32) and her 13-months-old baby, Frederick Martin, were found in the Tumut River, near Tumut, on…

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Killed in Collision SYDNEY

Northern Star · Friday 12 January 1934 · page 7

William Caswell (23), of Bexley, was killed instantly, when a motor cycle collided with a motor lorry at Lakemba to-day. The force of the impact…

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