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Northern Rivers · Accidents

Accidents, 1936

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Fatally Injured Two Boys in Car Smash

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 1 January 1936 · page 2

BRISBANE, Tuesday:--Two brothers, William Andrew Basnett (15) and Eric Arthur Basnett (13), were fatally injured this afternoon when a motor…

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Whirled in Fly-wheel Silo Worker Seriously Injured

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 1 January 1936 · page 2

SYDNEY, Tuesday:--James Sloane (27) was shockingly injured when he was caught in machinery at the Mangoplah silos, near Wagga. Sloane…

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Injured While Surfing

Tweed Daily · Thursday 2 January 1936 · page 2

While surfing at Kirra, Morris Green, proprietor of the Freemason's Hotel Lismore, dislocated his right shoulder when he swung is arm forward in…

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Boy Injured Brunswick Heal

Northern Star · Thursday 2 January 1936 · page 10

While cutting wood at his parents' camp at Brunswick Heads yesterday, Ron Lawler (11), of Brisbane, chopped a toe when the axe slipped and…

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Nurse Asks for Death Terribly Injured, in Car Smash

Tweed Daily · Thursday 2 January 1936 · page 5

Application for death was made recently by Nurse Ann Becker, aged 34, to the Medical Association, Erie County, Buffalo, New York State…

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Police Think Death Was Accident Man Found in Well at Matong

Tweed Daily · Thursday 2 January 1936 · page 2

SYDNEY, Wednesday:-- Police now believe that Jack Conway (59), shearers' cook, whose body was found on Monday in a well at…

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Local and General Drowned on Birthday

Tweed Daily · Friday 3 January 1936 · page 2

Colin Max Hupfield, of Snowtown (South Australia), who turned 19 on Wednesday, was drowned at Fisherman's Bay, 3 12 miles from Port…

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Six Men Injured Early Morning Car Smash

Tweed Daily · Friday 3 January 1936 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Thursday:--Returning by motor to Wagga after a shooting match at Wangaratta six [?] men were injured when their…

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Bombing of Red Cross Official Report 30 Killed and 52 Injured

Tweed Daily · Friday 3 January 1936 · page 4

ADDIS ABABA, Thursday:--It is officially announced that two Swedish doctors were injured, and 30 Abyssinians killed and 50…

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Crashed Into Wires Gliding Accident At Byron Bay

The Kyogle Examiner · Friday 3 January 1936 · page 4

Loss of flying speed caused a glider, piloted by a member of the Brisbane Gliding Club, to crash into electric light wires on the Ewingsdale…

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Accidentally Drowned Coroner's Verdict Inquiry Into Cudgen Headland Fatality

Tweed Daily · Saturday 4 January 1936 · page 2

An inquiry into the disappearance of Joseph John Eddy, of Brisbane, at Cudgen Headland on December 30 was opened at…

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Double Century by Marks Two Players Injured SYDNEY

Northern Star · Saturday 4 January 1936 · page 9

Playing aggressive cricket, A. Marks, always a prolific scorer against Queensland to-day recorded his highest score in…

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Five Cricketers Injured Marylebone Tourists in Difficulties For Team

Tweed Daily · Saturday 4 January 1936 · page 2

WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Friday:--Five members of the Marylebone cricket team are on the injured list and the Englishmen may have difficulty in…

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Garbett's Hill Accident

Tweed Daily · Saturday 4 January 1936 · page 2

Further particulars of the accident on Garbett's Hill, above Chinderah, on New Year's Day reveal that Mr. J. H. Baker of Chillingham the driver of…

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Holidayers Have Bad Luck Many Accidents on Motor Trip

Tweed Daily · Saturday 4 January 1936 · page 8

Messrs. M. A. Ryan, R. Hesaltine, Ken Clark, J. Browne, and Noel Grice set out by car from Melbourne and headed for Albury to spend their…

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Two Women Hurt in Collision

Tweed Daily · Monday 6 January 1936 · page 2

Two women suffered head and facial injuries and shock, necessitating their removal to hospital, when motor car collided with a utility truck…

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Youth Injured Jambed Between Vehicles

Northern Star · Monday 6 January 1936 · page 6

Jambed between two vehicles at the petrol pump at Trevan's Garage, Lismore, where he is employed, Don Ritchie (17), suffered internal injuries to…

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Two Hurt Road Collision Hood Torn Off

Northern Star · Monday 6 January 1936 · page 6

Two women suffered head and facial injuries and shock, necessitating their removal to hospital, when a motor car…

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Surfer Disappears at Southport Believed to Have Been Drowned

Tweed Daily · Monday 6 January 1936 · page 2

SOUTHPORT, Sunday:--Kevin Patrick Canavan (18), eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. John Canavan, of Freestone, in the Warwick district, mysteriously…

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Boy Injured

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 7 January 1936 · page 4

Whilst playing on the septic tank pipe near the District Hospital yesterday, Colledge, seven-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. T. Harris, of Mooball…

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