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Northern Rivers · Accidents

Accidents, 1936

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Boy Drowned In Storm Water Channel SYDNEY

Northern Star · Saturday 11 January 1936 · page 7

William Benjamin Eldershaw (5), of St. Peter's, was drowned in a storm water channel close to his home late this afternoon. While…

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Seaman Badly Injured Believed to Have Been Attacked

Tweed Daily · Saturday 11 January 1936 · page 5

ADELAIDE, Friday. --Michael Ankudinow (45), a licensed seaman, of Russian or Finnish nationality, who was a member of the crew of the…

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Fifty Surfers Injured Bondi "Bogey Hole" Dashed Rocks by Waves

Tweed Daily · Saturday 11 January 1936 · page 2

SYDNEY, Friday:--About 50 surfers were injured in the rock pool known as the "bogey hole," near Ben Buckler, Bondi,…

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Road Accidents Still Serious Problem Instructions to Children

Northern Star · Saturday 11 January 1936 · page 12

Despite the millions of pounds being expended in Great Britain in the endeavour to solve the human equation in the problem of vehicle and pedestrian traffic, the results so far achieved in that country are not very promising. In fact,…

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Man Killed Remarkable Accident GOULBURN

Northern Star · Saturday 11 January 1936 · page 9

A peculiar accident between a motor lorry and a motor cycle resulted in Don Brennan, of Gunning, receiving fatal injuries…

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Head-on Collision Woman Injured in Car at Coomera

Tweed Daily · Monday 13 January 1936 · page 3

BRISBANE, Sunday.--In a head-on collision between two motor cars on the Pacific Highway near the Ferry Hotel, Coomer, this morning, Mrs…

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Lucky Escape Head-on Collision

Northern Star · Monday 13 January 1936 · page 6

Phillip Sullivan, single, a road-worker employed by the Main Roads Department at Lillian Rock, had a miraculous escape from serious injury…

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Crossing Fatality Train Strikes Motor Cycle LAUNCESTON

Northern Star · Monday 13 January 1936 · page 7

Struck by a railway steam car at a level crossing at Kemana Junction, near Deloraine, on the north-west coast railway, Neil Walker (20), motor cyclist,…

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Man Killed Tragic Smash Five Injured

Northern Star · Monday 13 January 1936 · page 6

Samuel Roubin (55), a tailor, of 168 Oriel Road, Ascot, Brisbane, was killed, and five members of his family were…

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Two Brothers Drowned Car in Flooded Creek YOUNG

Northern Star · Monday 13 January 1936 · page 7

Two motorists, W. H. Philp of Canterbury, and J. A. Philp of Wagga, lost their lives when a sudden rush of water washed their…

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Man Killed in Car Smash Hurtled Into Ditch Five of Family Injured

Tweed Daily · Monday 13 January 1936 · page 2

BRISBANE, Sunday:-- Samuel Roubin (55), tailor, of 168 Oriel Road, Ascot, Brisbane, was killed, and five…

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Injured In Jump From Lorry

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 14 January 1936 · page 4

Severe bruises and shock which necessitated his admission to Kyogle Memorial Hospital were received yesterday by Richard McCoy, 32, of…

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Steering Gear Locked Kyogle Man Injured KYOGLE

Northern Star · Tuesday 14 January 1936 · page 6

When a lorry on which he was travelling near the Kyogle cemetery to-day partly overturned, when the steering gear locked, following a skid,…

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Linesman Fatally Injured Touched High Tension Main GRAFTON

Northern Star · Tuesday 14 January 1936 · page 7

Robert Cogle, foreman linesman in the employ of the Clarence River County Council, received fatal injuries when he…

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Smash on Clarence Road Brisbane Business Man Killed. Members of the Family Injured

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Tuesday 14 January 1936 · page 2

When his new sedan car ran into a hole or depression in some loose metal out near the 10-mile on the State Highway, between Woodburn…

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Unfortunate Man In Accident After Losing Son

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 14 January 1936 · page 6

SYDNEY, Monday:—Arthur Wasley, of Wagga, whose young son, Martin, was drowned in the Murrumbidgee River on Friday, was injured in a…

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Poison in Icing Considered Accidental GILGANDRA

Northern Star · Tuesday 14 January 1936 · page 9

Detectives who are investigating the poisoning of six pigs at Holmlee Station after eating icing sugar, are inclined to the theory that the poisoning…

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"Wicked Slaughter" Magistrate On Road Accidents (From A Special Correspondent.) LONDON, December 28 (By Air Mail)

Northern Star · Tuesday 14 January 1936 · page 12

"Wicked slaughter on the roads" was a phrase used by Mr. Dummett, the Bow-street, London, magistrate, when remanding in custody for a week a…

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Girl Drowned Out Of Depth SYDNEY

Northern Star · Wednesday 15 January 1936 · page 7

Daphne Thomas (12), of West Ryde, got out of her depth in Meadowbank baths, Parramatta River, this afternoon and was drowned. The…

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Thirty Injured In Train Smash LONDON

Northern Star · Thursday 16 January 1936 · page 7

At least 30 were injured when the Penzance to London express crashed into part of a goods train near Swindon. It is believed that…

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