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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Accidents

Accidents, 1929

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Swept to Sea a Terrigal Tragedy Young Woman Drowned SYDNEY

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Thursday 3 January 1929 · page 1
Also in Western Age

At Terrigal yesterday a young woman named Miss Florence Louise Woods was swept out to sea and drowned. A gallant attempt to rescue her was made…

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Chapter of Accidents

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Thursday 3 January 1929 · page 6

Probably no family in Young has had such a list of accidents as the Bladwell family. The father, Mr. Frank Bladwell, has lost three fingers at various…

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Motoring Fatality. Car's Wild Progress. Adelaide

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 4 January 1929 · page 1

At Adelaide three persons were injured in a collision at Norwood, when a motor car, driven by Mrs. Gwendoline Everett, ran down a pedestrian, street…

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Motor Lorries Collide. Two People Injured. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 4 January 1929 · page 1

When two motor lorries collided at Haberfield last night two persons were seriously injured, namely Miss Marjorie Doherty, 21, and George Masterton, 35…

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Result of an Accident

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 4 January 1929 · page 5

It is with extreme regret we have to record the death of Mrs. Carling wife of Mr. Fred Carling of Newtown Narromine, which sad event occurred at…

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Baths Fatality

The Wellington Times · Monday 7 January 1929 · page 2

The fatality in the Broken Hill Municipal Baths on New Year's Day when Howard Mervyn Blanks (13), who was unable to swim, lost his…

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To-day's Wires. Fisherman Drowned Mildura

The Wellington Times · Monday 7 January 1929 · page 2

While fishing in the Murray River at Mildura yesterday, James Oppy (42), slipped down the rocks at Bleezer's Bend, fell over a ledge,…

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Into Duck Creek Little Girl Drowned SYDNEY

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Monday 7 January 1929 · page 1

The body of Molly Newman, aged 3, was found floating in the water at Duck Creek, near Auburn, yesterday. It is believed that the child was…

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The Recent Lee Street Fire. Cause Accidental

The Wellington Times · Monday 7 January 1929 · page 3

THIS morning the District Coroner, Mr. E. A. Fulton, held an inquiry at the Court House into the fire which destroyed the premises of…

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Accident at Pelaw Main. Miners Seriously Injured. Newcastle

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 8 January 1929 · page 1

Four miners were injured by a fall of coal in the Pelaw Main colliery yesterday. One, Ben Yates, 27, who received a compound fracture of the left…

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Fall From Crane. Man Seriously Injured. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 8 January 1929 · page 1

When a crate of bricks, with which he was being hoisted to the top of Mark Foy's building in Elizabeth-street broke loose from the crane…

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Latest Telegrams. Sensational Story. Woman Alleged to be Drowned. Melbourne

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 8 January 1929 · page 1

A young seaman told a sensational story to the police last night. It said he had been with a young woman for the greater part of the day during…

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Killed by Taxi Miller-street Fatality Sydney

Western Age · Thursday 10 January 1929 · page 2
Also in Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent

William Maloney (19) was riding a bicycle along Miller-street, North Sydney, last night, when he was knocked down by a taxi-cab and thrown heavily…

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Train Derailed Rail Motor Off Line Six Seriously Injured MELBOURNE

Western Age · Thursday 10 January 1929 · page 2

Travelling rapidly on the Geelong line, about 12 miles from Melbourne, a large rail motor, from Geelong, carrying 17 passengers, became…

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Rescuers Drowned. Tragedy at Auckland. Auckland (N.Z.)

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 11 January 1929 · page 1

T. B. Dilliear, 50, and Clarence Hunter, 18, were drowned at Kawhai while endeavoring to [?]ue two youths, who had got into difficulties while bathing…

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Accident

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 11 January 1929 · page 5

A man named J. Humphries, employed on Ellengerah Station, whilst riding to town and leading a horse, met with a nasty accident. He was in the act of…

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In the Motor Rush Man Found Injured Sydney

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Monday 14 January 1929 · page 1

A man who gave his name as Thomas Clark, agent 19, was found injured lying on the roadside near Tom Ugleys' Point yesterday afternoon. He…

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Fatal Gun Accident Melbourne

The Wellington Times · Monday 14 January 1929 · page 2

While Albert Ernest Bindt (21) was out shooting at Bulla, his gun accidentally went off, the charge entering his heart causing…

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