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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Accidents

Accidents, 1929

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Fatal Car Accident Brisbane

The Wellington Times · Monday 14 January 1929 · page 2

Chesley Stevenson (38) motor mechanic, was killed and several injured when a car, which he was driving, crashed over an…

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Accident at Baths

The Wellington Times · Monday 14 January 1929 · page 2

Children, indulging in a dip at the baths, should always exercise great care to avoid unforseen accidents. Yesterday afternoon Roy Ernest…

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Set Himself Alight Fatal Burning Accident Adelaide

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

At the inquest concerning the death of Kenneth Lewis (24), who was found at Port Said with his clothes alight, the evidence of the police was to the…

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Accident to Students. Three Injured. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 15 January 1929 · page 1

A large party of students from the Christian Brothers College, Wollongong, was on the Camberwarra Mountain yesterday, when their car got out of…

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Open Verdict. Strange Drowning Case. Melbourne

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 15 January 1929 · page 1

The Melbourne Coroner found that Jessie Daubar, whose body aws recovered from the Yarra, died from drowning, but there was no evidence to show…

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Boy Drowned. Danger of Tin Canoes. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 15 January 1929 · page 1

Geoffrey Curtis (13) was drowned at Elizabeth Buy when his tin canoe filled with water some distance from the shore. The body was recovered an…

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Treacherous Attack. Assistant District Officer Injured Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 15 January 1929 · page 1

A message from Rabaul states that a treacherous attack was made upon Mr. Cal[?]tt, Assistant District Officer, by the village headman of Ranlili…

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In Front of Train. Woman Seriously Injured. Brisbane

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 15 January 1929 · page 1

At Cairns Mrs. Grimlisk, 48, stepped directly in front of an approaching engine at a level crossing near Malanda station. Instinctively clutching the…

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Argument at Trades Hall. Man Seriously Injured. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 15 January 1929 · page 1

During an argument at the Sydney Trades Hall, James Digman, 64, a member of the Bakers' Union, had his right eye kicked out by two men, who…

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Latest Telegrams. North Queensland Floods. Passengers Marooned. Man Drowned in Herbert River. Brisbane

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 15 January 1929 · page 1

Five hundred train passengers are marooned in the Cairns district, Queensland, owing to flood waters. They are sleeping in the carnages, and are said…

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A Painful Accident

Gilgandra Weekly · Thursday 17 January 1929 · page 3

Last Monday evening Mr. Harold Brien, who conducts Gulargombone's only pciture show, while attending to the engine met with a very…

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Rolling Cigarette Leads to Motor Accident. Sydney

The Wellington Times · Thursday 17 January 1929 · page 10

When a motor lorry overturned on the Ashford-Bonshaw road, John Perrin, his wife and three-year-old son were thrown out, the boy being…

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Trangie. Car Accident

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 18 January 1929 · page 5

A collision occurred at the intersection, of Dandaloo and Derribong streets, on Saturday night, when damage was done to two cars. One was…

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A Nasty Accident

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 18 January 1929 · page 5

We have been told of a painful accident which happened here on Tuesday afternoon. It appears that the driver of the Vacuum Oil Co.'s waggon from…

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Fisherman Drowned Sydney

The Wellington Times · Monday 21 January 1929 · page 2

An unknown man, believed to have been employed by the Main Roads Board, was fishing at Wiseman's Ferry yesterday when he…

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Five Drowned. Auckland (N.Z.)

The Wellington Times · Monday 21 January 1929 · page 2

Three white men and two Maoris lost their lives when a surf boat was swamped at Marakopa…

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The Toll of the Bidgee An Immigrant Drowned Victim Could Not Swim Wagga

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Monday 21 January 1929 · page 1

Another drowning occurred in the Murrumbidgee River, four miles up stream from Wagga, yesterday. George William Thornton (20), a British…

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Look Out for Cars. Big Number of Accidents Over 13,000 in Eight Months

The Wellington Times · Monday 21 January 1929 · page 3

MR. W. E. McGuire, of Wellington, who has rather a penchant for figures on Thursday last brought into the "Times" office a cutting from…

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Latest Telegrams. Motoring Fatality at Marrickville. Boy Killed—Ten Injured. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 22 January 1929 · page 1

A motor lorry, in which 12 boys and youths were travelling to their homes from the swimming baths at Brighton Le Sands late last night, crushed into…

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Launch Swamped. Two Men Drowned. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 22 January 1929 · page 1

Two men, William Park and Clarence Walker, lost their lives when their launch was swamped on the Kawhia Bar, New Zealand…

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