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Northern Rivers · Accidents

Accidents, 1935

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Motor Cyclist Killed Head-on Collision Tenterfield

Northern Star · Tuesday 15 January 1935 · page 3

A motor cycle and a sedan car crashed head-on one mile from Tenterfield, on the Glen Innes road late yesterday. As a result, the rider of…

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Swept Off Horse Man Drowned in Creek MELBOURNE

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 15 January 1935 · page 4

Frederick Smith, aged 22, of Holbrook, was swept off his horse in attempting to ford a flooded creek on Sunday night. Yesterday his body…

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Lashed by Storms N.s.w. Districts Streets Flooded; Man Drowned

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 15 January 1935 · page 6

SYDNEY, Monday:-- The Central and Central Western districts of New South Wales were lashed by terrific storms to-day and at…

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Injured Man's Dog Rushes Rescuer Pinned By Falling Tree SYDNEY

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 15 January 1935 · page 4

Ernest McNicol had an unenviable experience at Darriwell, on Peak Hill-Trundle road, when a tree fell on him…

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Menzel Hurt in Accident Car Capsized May Not Appear in Match

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 15 January 1935 · page 5

SYDNEY, Monday:-- Roderick Menzel, the Czecho-Slovakian tennis player was injured in a motor accident yesterday, and it is likely…

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Trapped by Train Accident on "Underground" SYDNEY

Northern Star · Tuesday 15 January 1935 · page 4

Charles Lee (40), fettler, of Cootamundra, was shockingly injured when he was run down by an electric train close to the Town Hall railway…

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Severe Flooding Reported Rural N.S. WALES Towns Inundated; Stock Drowned

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 16 January 1935 · page 7

SYDNEY, Tuesday:--Many districts in the North-Eastern section of the State suffered flooding and damage as a result of heavy rain and railway…

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Kangaroo on Road Caused Fatal Motor Accident

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 16 January 1935 · page 7

PERTH, Tuesday:--A kangaroo was responsible for a serious motor accident, in which one person was killed and another badly injured near Perth…

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Road Accidents Increase London

Northern Star · Wednesday 16 January 1935 · page 5

Road accidents in Britain during 1934 totalled 204,800, an increase of 13,018 over 1933. The number killed was 7273, as…

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Minister in Collision Crabbe's Creek Accident

Mullumbimby Star · Thursday 17 January 1935 · page 3

About 10 a.m. Thursday last, the [?] Jolly, of Newcastle, with his wife and daughter, was involved in a [?] on the Mullumbimby side of…

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Christmas Day Collision Near Uki Charge of Dangerous Driving

Tweed Daily · Thursday 17 January 1935 · page 7

A collision between two motor cars on the road near Uki last Christmas Day resulted in a prosecution against the driver of one…

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Death-dealing Roads Britain Commences Accident Census

Tweed Daily · Thursday 17 January 1935 · page 7

Four startling facts came out in London recently to focus public attention still more closely on the menace of Britain's death-dealing roads…

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Boy Drowned GUNNEDAH

Northern Star · Friday 18 January 1935 · page 10

Slipping off his horse which was swimming across a lagoon near Namoi at Gunnedah to-day, John Barnet Allen (12½) was drowned. His…

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Drowned in Flood Waters Boy Washed Off Pony. Sydney

The Kyogle Examiner · Friday 18 January 1935 · page 4

John Allen, (12), was riding his pony through flood waters at Gunnedah when the animal stumbled in a deep hole and the boy, who was…

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Two Men Injured Affray at Waterloo SYDNEY

Northern Star · Saturday 19 January 1935 · page 5

Frank Richards (23) received a rifle bullet in the right hand, and Charles Saunders (69), invalid pensioner, received facial injuries as the result of…

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The Motor World News and Notes from the N.r.ma Road Accident Figures

Tweed Daily · Saturday 19 January 1935 · page 3

During the week ended November 24, last year, 146 persons died and 3880 were injured in Great Britain as the result of road accidents, against…

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Fatal Injuiries In Lorry Accident SYDNEY

Northern Star · Saturday 19 January 1935 · page 12

When a motor cycle collided with a motor lorry at Enfield to-day, James McCracken (45). of Sandringham, had his skull, ribs, left leg,…

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Common Causes Motor Accidents Concentration Advised

Northern Star · Saturday 19 January 1935 · page 9

Every observant motorist who drives extensively on city streets or country highways, cannot help seeing many incidents that only…

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Car Collision

Northern Star · Monday 21 January 1935 · page 4

When a roadster driven by Mr. J. Newberry, of Casino, and a sedan, driven by Mr. R. Dawson, of South Lismore, came into collision at the…

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Drowned in Bathing Pool Tamworth

Northern Star · Monday 21 January 1935 · page 5

Asthore Amelia O'Donoghue (15), of Tamworth, was drowned in the Tamworth bathing pool late yesterday afternoon…

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