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Northern Rivers · Accidents

Accidents, 1935

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Collision Last Night Bus and Truck Five Injured at Tweed Heads

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 1 January 1935 · page 2

Five persons were injured at 9.20 last night at Tweed Heads when one of Miller's service buses and a loaded fruit lorry,…

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Picnicker Drowned Dubbo

Northern Star · Tuesday 1 January 1935 · page 3

Albert Beveridge (26), manager of the Shell Oil Co. depot at Dubbo, was drowned in the Macquarie River, nine miles from Dubbo, late…

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Two Appalling Shark Tragedies Man-Eaters in River Man Dies; Little Girl Terribly Injured

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 1 January 1935 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday:--Two appalling shark attacks occurred in Georges River within four hours of each other to-day. Richard George Soden. (19), laborer, of Canberra, was attacked and frightfully mauled near Milperra Bridge, at…

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Boy Scalded Lismore Accident

Northern Star · Tuesday 1 January 1935 · page 4

[?]uncanan, aged 10, of Ky[?] [?]ith lismore, had to [?] treatment as the [?] of a scalding accident at his…

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Girl Drowned Entangled in Weeds

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 2 January 1935 · page 2

TOOWOOMBA, Tuesday :--.Ethel Trewarthan (16) was drowned while bathing at Lockyer Creek to-day. She became entangled in a mass of weeds,…

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Injured Girls Progressing Favorably

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 2 January 1935 · page 2

In response to inquiries made at St. Margaret 's Hospital, Tweed Heads, last nighty it was stated that Misses Nellie Thompson and Alma Taylor, who…

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Lorry Driver Fined Two Charges Sequel to Tweed Heads Collision

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 2 January 1935 · page 2

A sequel to the collision between Miller's service bus and a lorry, in Tweed Street, Tweed Heads, on Monday night, when five persons…

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Local and General No Serious Accidents

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 2 January 1935 · page 2

The detachment of the Lismore Ambulance stationed at Brunswick Heads during the holidays has not been called on to attend any major accident…

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Fettler Injured

Tweed Daily · Thursday 3 January 1935 · page 2

During shunting operations at the scene of Monday's derailment of the railway line between Casino and Grafton, a number of fettlers were in a…

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Trams Collide Two Injured in Brisbane

Tweed Daily · Thursday 3 January 1935 · page 3

BRISBANE, Wednesday:- Two passengers were injured, though not seriously, when two trams collided in Brisbane this morning. The two…

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Lost Two Sons Sydney Mother One Poisoned; One Drowned

Tweed Daily · Thursday 3 January 1935 · page 2

SYDNEY, Wednesday:- The City Coroner (Mr. Farrington) found to-day that the 23- months- old son of Mrs. Myra Griffiths, of…

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Man Wounded by Gun Explosion Girl's Hair in Separator Accidents on Tweed Yesterday

Tweed Daily · Thursday 3 January 1935 · page 2

Two rather serious accidents on the Tweed yesterday morning resulted in Harold ("Mick") Plater, of Moobali, sustaining a severe…

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Ten Killed London New Year's Day Accidents

Tweed Daily · Thursday 3 January 1935 · page 2

LONDON, Tuesday:- While Big Ben announced the New Year, two were killed at Croydon in a motor collision. Within a few hours, eight more were…

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Gun Exploded Tweed Accidents MURWILLUMBAH

Northern Star · Thursday 3 January 1935 · page 4

Two somewhat serious accidents on the Tweed this morning resulted in Harold ("Mick") Plater, of Mooball, receiving a severe…

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Four Injured Collision at Tweed

The Kyogle Examiner · Friday 4 January 1935 · page 8

Four persons were injured at Tweed Heads when one of Millers' service buses and a loaded fruit lorry, belonging to Granville's,…

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Man Drowned Fatal Dive Into Yarra

Tweed Daily · Friday 4 January 1935 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Thursday:-- Swimming in the River Yarra at Abbotsford with three companions. J. Dason dived, off a springboard and did not reappear…

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Butcher Fatally Injured SYDNEY

Northern Star · Friday 4 January 1935 · page 7

When a knife slipped while he was preparing meat at a butcher's shop, George Hayes (22), of Lakemba, was fatally injured. The knife entered…

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Injured Boxer Still in Dangerous Condition

Tweed Daily · Friday 4 January 1935 · page 4

BRISBANE, Thursday:--The condition of Lett Shepherd, the Sydney boxer who collapsed after winning a 15-rounds fight against Jim…

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Drunken Brawl? Pensioners Injured SYDNEY

Northern Star · Friday 4 January 1935 · page 3

Two old age pensioners were admitted to Sydney Hospital to-day, following a drunken brawl in a room in Regent-street, Sydney, One suffered…

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Two Children Drowned Third Is Missing Melbourne

The Kyogle Examiner · Friday 4 January 1935 · page 4

Stanley Roberts (9), and Joyce Wyatt (7) were drowned while bathing at South Melbourne. A girl named Eluned Trahair (8),…

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