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Northern Rivers · Accidents

Accidents, 1935

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Children Injured Collins Creek

Northern Star · Thursday 31 January 1935 · page 6

Douglas, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. Clark, Collins Creek, broke his wrist last Sunday. Clifford, son of Mr. and Mrs. A…

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Man Killed--two Injured Terrific Crash Taxi and Sedan Car

Tweed Daily · Thursday 31 January 1935 · page 6

PERTH, Wednesday:-- A taxi containing six passengers, crashed into a sedan car at Subiaco, a Perth suburb, early this morning…

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Terrific Explosion Three Men Injured Sheet of Flame Huge Petrol Tank Ignites

Tweed Daily · Thursday 31 January 1935 · page 5

SYDNEY, Wednesday:--When a huge petrol tank upon which they were working at Clyde waggon repair siding suddenly ignited this…

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Injured Man Carried Two Miles

Tweed Daily · Friday 1 February 1935 · page 4

Benjamin Childs (22), of Lismore, was carried two miles over rough, hilly country near Back Creek by his mate, B. Pratt, after he had cut his foot…

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Drowned in Dam Rescue Effort Failed CAMPBELLTOWN

Northern Star · Friday 1 February 1935 · page 7

Falling into a dam on her parents' property this morning, Betty Humphries (16) was drowned. A gallant attempt to rescue her was…

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Carried Two Miles Accident in Bush

The Kyogle Examiner · Friday 1 February 1935 · page 8

When B. Childs, 22, fainted from shock and loss of blood after he had gashed his foot with an axe at Back Creek, his companion B. Pratt,…

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Foot Severed by Saw Meat-works Accident Grafton

Northern Star · Friday 1 February 1935 · page 7

Whilst operating a beef saw for splitting carcases at Tancred Bros, meatworks, South Grafton, late this afternoon, Patrick Fox had…

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"Ragged" About Hair Oil Inquest on Fate of Drowned Boy Mother Sued For Term Fees

Tweed Daily · Saturday 2 February 1935 · page 2

Questions regarding the physical condition of the schoolboy who died after bathing in the sea were asked in the King's Bench Division (writes the…

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Women Drivers Small Percentage of Accidents

Northern Star · Saturday 2 February 1935 · page 10

According to accident statistics recently issued in England, it looks as if the generally accepted idea that women motorists are,…

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Brothers Drowned Ipswich

Northern Star · Monday 4 February 1935 · page 4

Two Boy Scouts, Tom Nettleton (13) and his brother, Clifford Nettleton (11), members of a week-end camping party, were drowned in the…

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Brothers Drowned Third Scout Saved by Onlooker

Tweed Daily · Monday 4 February 1935 · page 4

IPSWICH, Sunday: -- Two Boy Scouts, Tom Nettleton (13), and his brother, Clifford Nettleton (11), members of a week-end camping party,…

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Kirra Drowning Fatality Surf Club Members' Actions Endorsed

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 5 February 1935 · page 4

At a special meeting on Sunday of the committee and brigade of Kirra Surf Life Saving Club, at which there was a large attendance, the Club's…

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Double Cremation Victims of Drowning Tragedy

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 5 February 1935 · page 6

BRISBANE, Monday:--A doubles cremation was carried out in Brisbane Crematorium to-day, when the two youthful victims of the Mt. Crosby…

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Horses Drowned Plunged Over Quay MELBOURNE

Northern Star · Tuesday 5 February 1935 · page 12

Excitement, was caused along the waterfront this morning when two horses attached to a brewery waggon took fright and bolted along the…

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Fell Under Train Youth Fatally Injured

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 6 February 1935 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Tuesday:--As Frank Keane (17) was attempting to-board a goods train to Melbourne at Dimboola, while it was travelling about 20 .miles…

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Problem of Road Deaths Increase in England Many People Killed and Injured London, January 19 (By Airmail.)

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 6 February 1935 · page 2

The problem of road death and accidents to which I have previously referred, is growing even more acute. More motor cars than ever are being…

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Ministers Injured Car Crashes Into Trees Melbourne

The Kyogle Examiner · Friday 8 February 1935 · page 4

The Minister for the Interior, Mr. Paterson, and Senator Brennan, Assistant Minister, were injured last night when a government car in…

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Motorist Fined Failed to Stop After Accident

The Kyogle Examiner · Friday 8 February 1935 · page 8

When Lawrence Harry McDougall was charged at the Grafton Police Court with having failed to stop a motor car after an accident on the…

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Recent Drowning Fatality at Kirra Club Captains Report Endorsed by Committee

Tweed Daily · Saturday 9 February 1935 · page 3

A largely attended special meeting of the committee and brigade of the Kirra Surf Life Saving Club held to receive and consider a…

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Cars in Collision

Northern Star · Saturday 9 February 1935 · page 8

Two motor cars, one driven by Miss Bartlett, of Meerschaum Vale, and the other by Mr. R. T. Cashin, of Alstonville, collided at the foot of…

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