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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Accidents

Accidents, 1930

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Shooting Accident

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Thursday 9 January 1930 · page 1

Albert Tuck, who was recently shot in the head with a revolver bullet. Is still in the District Hospital, where his condition to-day was reported as…

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Shocking Injuries Man's Serious Accident Sydney

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Thursday 9 January 1930 · page 1

Adam Ferguson (37) was shockingly injured when he was struck on the head by a bucket weighing 30lbs. which dropped 120 feet down a tower…

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Senseless Joke Accident at Forbes

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Thursday 9 January 1930 · page 5

Nobody minds jokes, even of a practical nature, but when the perpetrators of these "stunts" increase the element of risk to a…

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Remarkable Accident Forbes Man Falls From Roof Driven Outside by Heat

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Thursday 9 January 1930 · page 3

Unable to sleep owing to the oppressively hot weather which was experienced in Dubbo and other Western towns during the…

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Drowning Fatality. Young Life Lost

The Western Herald · Friday 10 January 1930 · page 2

As showing the danger of children being allowed to venture near the river unattended by adults, a child named James William Bonsworth,…

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Jockey Injured Son of Crack Hoop Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 10 January 1930 · page 1

Out exercising this morning, young Albert Wood (16), son of the once-famous hoop and new successful trainer, Albert Wood, met with a nasty accident…

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Railway Accident Per. Way Damaged Goulburn

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 10 January 1930 · page 1

At Marularr, near Goulburn, last night, 13 trucks loaded with wheat left the line, and tore up the permanent way, which was badly damaged. A…

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Local and General Painful Accident

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 10 January 1930 · page 2

Mr. W. Brayshaw, an employee of Wallace and McGee, builders and contractors, was the victim of a very painful accident on Tuesday. He was…

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Burning Accident

The Western Herald · Friday 10 January 1930 · page 2

On Wednesday afternoon at "knock off" lime, Mr. Cecil Gillies was filling the petrol tank of the track he was driving at the Road Contractor's [?]amp…

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Bank Clerk Drowned. Albury

The Wellington Times · Monday 13 January 1930 · page 2

Ivor Foulkes Parry, aged 17 years, a bank clerk, was drowned whilst bathing in the river near Albury yesterday. Although the body was…

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Dramatic Fight When Prisoner Took Charge Warders Were Drowned

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Monday 13 January 1930 · page 6

A dramatic fight between Dartmoor, Prison warders and Stinie Morrison, the man convicted of the Clapham Common murder in 1911,…

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Motor Fatality Leading Residents Victims Nowra

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 14 January 1930 · page 1

When a motor car overturned oh the Jervis Bay Road yesterday, Mrs. G. Woodhill (61), a well-known resident of the Nowra district, was killed, and…

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Brothers Drowned At Alexander Heads Brisbane

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 14 January 1930 · page 1

Two brothers, Lionel and Raymond Risenmanger, 32 and 29 respectively were drowned at Alexander Heads, Queensland, while fishing…

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Lispings from Louth Some Scrub-cutting Accidents Graziers Gather Cricket Notes

Western Age · Thursday 16 January 1930 · page 2

"Bill" Norris was the victim of another scrub-cutting accident last Saturday. While feeding sheep on Mr. J White's holding (Mulya) the axe…

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The Inquest Accidental Death Coroner's Rider

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Thursday 16 January 1930 · page 1

"I find that the deceased, Allan Victor Jones died from injuries accidentally received on January 13, 1930 through being crushed…

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Fearful Death Dubbo Railway Guard Crushed Between Trucks Tragic Accident

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Thursday 16 January 1930 · page 1

Jammed between two trucks during shunting operations at Narromine on Monday night, Allan Jones, a well-known and popular…

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Man Drowned Speed Boat Fatality Grafton

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Monday 20 January 1930 · page 1

When the speed boat "Seashore" capsized on the Claren[?] River last night Spencer Keogh, owner and driver was drowned. The body has not…

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To-day's Wires. Man Drowned. Sydney

The Wellington Times · Monday 20 January 1930 · page 2

When the speedboat Seahorse capsized in the Clarence river last night Spencer. Keogh, the owner land driver, was drowned. The body has…

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Injured Nurse

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 23 January 1930 · page 4

Miss Dolly Weston, daughter of Mr. J. Weston, of Gilgandra, who is training at S. Luke's Private Hospital, Darlinghurst, recently slipped…

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Boy Drowned Sydney

The Wellington Times · Thursday 23 January 1930 · page 8

Edward Lancelot Rodier, aged 13, was drowned while bathing in a deep hole in Dickinson Creek, near Albury…

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