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Northern Rivers · Accidents

Accidents, 1935

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Foul Play Theory Poison in Stomach of Drowned Man

Tweed Daily · Friday 4 January 1935 · page 4

SYDNEY, Thursday:--Following the discovery of poison in the stomach of Edward Boyle (35), returned soldier, whose body was…

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Two Children Drowned Beach Tragedy Second Girl Is Missing

Tweed Daily · Friday 4 January 1935 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Thursday:--In the presence of many hundreds of people on South Melbourne beach this afternoon two children were…

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Couchy Creek Accident

Tweed Daily · Friday 4 January 1935 · page 4

Whilst engaged in hauling bananas at Couchy Creek on Saturday last, Mr. W. Bruce had his arm caught in the wire of the "flying fox." The…

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Injured Boxer Operation Undergone

Tweed Daily · Saturday 5 January 1935 · page 4

BRISBANE, Friday:--The Sydney boxer, Lee Shepherd, who collapsed after a fight with Jim Richardson at the Stadium on Wednesday night,…

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Brothers Drowned Bodies in Irrigation Canal

Tweed Daily · Saturday 5 January 1935 · page 4

SYDNEY, Friday:--Two children, Robert Henry Rowley and his younger brother, David Alexander, sons of Robert Rowley, living in an unemployed…

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Brothers Drowned Double Tragedy GRIFFITHS

Northern Star · Saturday 5 January 1935 · page 7

Robert Henry Rowley (9) and David Alexander Rowley (8) were drowned in the irrigation canal near Griffith last night…

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KILLED by Lorry Accident at Murwillumbah Murwillumbah

Northern Star · Saturday 5 January 1935 · page 6

A Hindoo named Beer Singh, aged about 50, was struck and killed by a lorry at Condong this morning. He apparently ran…

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Girl Fatally Injured

Tweed Daily · Monday 7 January 1935 · page 2

After she had been unconscious for over 24 hours the death took place on Saturday of Nola May Saunders (4), only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R…

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Fierce Brawl in Sydney Suburb Nine People Injured Boots and Hammer Used By Mob

Tweed Daily · Monday 7 January 1935 · page 5

SYDNEY, Sunday:--With more than 500 people looking on, and completely blocking all traffic at the corner of Raglan Street and Henderson Road, Waterloo, and 50 more fighting and kicking, eight men and a girl were lying unconscious on…

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Cremated by Compatriots Accident Victim Hindu Funeral Pyre Lighted

Tweed Daily · Monday 7 January 1935 · page 2

Quaint funeral rites were witnessed on the Tweed on Saturday morning when Hindu compatriots cremated the remains of Beer…

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Constable Shot Fatally Revolver Accident Melbourne

Northern Star · Monday 7 January 1935 · page 3

While sheltering from the wind under the post office verandah in Davey-street, Frankston, yesterday, Constable Clive Smith, who was on…

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Near Accident Ambulance Officer

Northern Star · Monday 7 January 1935 · page 4

Walking along Dawson-street, Lismore, yesterday morning, when a man drove an axe into his foot, an ambulance bearer was able to apply prompt…

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Swept Out Ot Sea Evan's Head Surfers Narrow Escape From Drowning

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 8 January 1935 · page 2

CASINO, Monday:--Six surfers, including a party from Woodenbong whose names were not ascertained, were swept to sea at…

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Husband and Wife Injured Car Overturns on Hill

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 8 January 1935 · page 4

Mr. and Mrs. G. Jordan, of Chats worth Island, near Maclean, were injured, and their three-months-old baby escaped unharmed, when a…

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Sequence of Accidents

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 8 January 1935 · page 5

NEWCASTLE, Monday:--A remark able sequence of accidents to children in the Newcastle district occurred during the week-end. One child fell from…

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Accidentally Received Hindu's Injuries Fatal Collision at Condong

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 9 January 1935 · page 4

The Murwillumbah Coroner (Mr. A. R. Black) yesterday exonerated William George Blissett, lorry driver, of Carool, from any blame…

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Almost Drowned Girls at Sandgate

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 9 January 1935 · page 4

BRISBANE, Tuesday:-- Two young girls, Jean Kielly (15) and Ruth Griffiths (12), narrowly escaped drowning while bathing at Sandgate this…

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Russian Train Smash 16 Killed and 67 Injured

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 9 January 1935 · page 5

PARIS, Tuesday:--The "Petite Parisien' states that a Moscow despatch reports a serious collision between two express trains, 136…

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Conflicting Testimony at Ballina Inquest Accidental Death Ballina

Northern Star · Wednesday 9 January 1935 · page 4

Recording a verdict of accidental death at the inquest to-day on Nola Mary Saunders, who died without regaining…

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Left Nervy and Sleepless Result Of a Motor Accident

Northern Star · Wednesday 9 January 1935 · page 9

"Eight years ago I was involved in a motor accident, which left me in a low, depressed condition," states Miss G.S.R., of Haberfield, N.S.W. "I got…

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