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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Accidents

Accidents, 1930

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Double Fatality In Great Boulder Mine Perth

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 3 June 1930 · page 1

John Lynch (56) and Frank Lapaley (24) were killed by a fall of earth from a stope at the 1260ft. level, of the Great Boulder mine, in West Australia…

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£1000 and a Motor Car an Accidental Meeting

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 3 June 1930 · page 2

Life is full of coincidences. Just before last Christmas a woman in the country won £1000 prize in the Deaf and Blind Kiddies' Art Union…

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The Inger Sunk Fears for Crew Collision in Fog

Western Age · Wednesday 4 June 1930 · page 2

The Swedish steamer "Inner" sunk and fifteen of the crew are feared to be drowned as a consequence of a collision in a fog off Beachy Head with…

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Man Injured

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Thursday 5 June 1930 · page 1

At 11 o'clock yesterday morning, Clifford Reberger, residing in Erskine-street, North Dubbo, and working with the unemployed relief gang on the…

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Harbour Collision Sydney

The Wellington Times · Thursday 5 June 1930 · page 8

Tallowing a collision between the steam launch, "Engadine," and the ferry steamer, Kuramia, near Milson's Point this morning, the [?]…

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In the West Some Shocking Accidents Mudgee's Neglected Dead

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 5 June 1930 · page 8

The disgraceful condition of the old cementaries at West End, Mudgee, brought forth an emphatic complaint from Ald…

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Lucky Winners Meet By Accident. £10,000 in Prizes

The Wellington Times · Thursday 5 June 1930 · page 10

SURELY this life is one of coincidence. Just before last Christmas, a woman in the country won £1000 prize in the Deaf and Blind Kiddies'…

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Out of Warm Beds Mishap on Mail Train Accident at Willow Tree Sydney

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Thursday 5 June 1930 · page 1

The Glen Innes mail was 90 minutes lata arriving in Sydney this morning owing to the drawhooks breaking on a carriage at Willow Tree…

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Firm's Safety Drive Among Employees Fewer Accidents Claimed

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Thursday 5 June 1930 · page 2

The Vacuum Oil Company has begun an accident prevention campaign among its employees. Statistics kept over the last three…

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Car Fatality Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 6 June 1930 · page 1

When Mr. and Mrs. Colin McLennan, of Green Pine, Aragoon, near Jerilderie, were returning home last night the ear overturned in a culvert. Mrs…

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Lucky Winners Meet by Accident £10,000 in Prizes!

The Western Herald · Friday 6 June 1930 · page 5

Surely this life is one of coincidence. Just before last Christmas a women in the country won £1000 prize in the Deaf and Blind Kiddies' Art Union…

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Lucky Winners. Meet by Accident. £10,000 in Prizes

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 6 June 1930 · page 6

Surely this life is one of coincidence. Just before last Christmas a woman in the country won £1000 prize in the Deaf and Blind Kiddles' Art Union…

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Footballers Injured

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Monday 9 June 1930 · page 4

In the second half of the Dubbo-Eastern Suburbs match yesterday, Norman Foxall, the local full-back, injured [?]ds knee, and had to leave the field;…

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Motor Fatality. Sydney, Mond[?]

The Wellington Times · Monday 9 June 1930 · page 2

Hugh Robert Thompson was [?] and Dudley, Brierty was seriously jured, when a motor car fell [?] the banks of the Brisbane Ri[?]…

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Car Leaps Culvert Five Injured Sydney Tourists Crash Bathurst

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Monday 9 June 1930 · page 1

Skidding and swerving off the road near Meadow Flat yesterday morning, a motor car in which was a party of Sydney tourists…

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Head-on Collision Cyclist Badly Hurt Penrith

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 10 June 1930 · page 1

Garnet Williams, a motor cyclist, was badly injured in a head-on collision with a motor car at Emu Plains last night…

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Diving Tragedy Drowned in Suit Japanese Diver's Fate Cairns

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 10 June 1930 · page 1

Signalling frantically, to be drawn to the surface, when his air pipe burst, a Japanese diver, Sanzo Marumoto, was drowned, near Thursday Island…

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Accident

The Western Herald · Tuesday 10 June 1930 · page 2

On Saturday last Keith Lee, aged 11 years, son of Mr. and Mrs. T. Lee, sustained concussion owing to falling from a motor lorry. He is in…

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Notes o' Nyngan Well-known Rider's Accident a Touch o' Tartan Aero Club Formed

Western Age · Wednesday 11 June 1930 · page 2

On Friday last hopes were entertained for another wet week-end, but although light squally showers fell on Saturday they did not continue and the…

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Drowned in Race Fell Into Water SYDNEY

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Thursday 12 June 1930 · page 1

The body of Edward Alexander Hessian (26), was found in a water race seven miles from Camden. The deceased, who was on a visit from…

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