Accidents
Tod Sloane and a party of six were on their way to Orange during the holidays, taking home Ronnie McLachlan, who had been on a holiday…
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Accidents, 1931
437 stories in Dubbo & the Western Plains's papers · page 1 of 22
'Plane Crash Two Men Injured
Walter Lyell, of Bourke, pilot, and Hugh Reach, of Griffith, had a miraculous escape from dentil when their aeroplane crashed at Lake View,…
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During the Christmas and New Year weeks many accidents occurred in Dubbo and district, and in each case the Dubbo Ambulance…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Double Drowning Brother's Brave Effort Melbourne
When Mrs. Dorothy Elliott got into difficulties while bathing in the Thomson River, near Walhalla, Victoria, her brother, James Murray (21) went to…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Plane Crash At Lake View. Eric Lyell and Passenger Injured. Miraculous Escape From Death
Eric Lyell, of Bourke (pilot) Hugh Peach, of Griffith, had a miraculous escape from death when the aeroplane crashed at Lake View,…
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Leila Walker, aged 23 years, was drowned while bathing at St Kilda beach, Melbourne, yesterday. Her sister and brother who went to her…
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Three children, housebreaking at Montfore, disturbed the burglar alarm operating a blunderbuss, with the result that a boy was killed and two girls…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Coroner's Inquest. the Recent Shooting Fatality
On Friday last the Coroner, Mr. F. W. Permewan held an inquest into the death of Tamar McCarthy, which occurred on 31st December, at…
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Three children, housebreaking at Montfore, disturbed the burglar alarm operating a blunderbuss, with the result that a boy was killed and two girls…
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Miss Eileen McDonald, of Coonabarabran, met with a most painful burning accident while cleaning a pair of kid gloves. Miss McDonald had a…
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One youth and six girls with ages ranging from 11 to 25, were drowned in the rapids on the Exploits River when a sled broke through the ice. The bodies…
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One man was killed and three injured when a motor car overturned at the top of Brown's Hil. on the Sydney Road, 11 miles from…
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Lightning which yesterday shattered a telegraph pole in Barker-street, Randwick, also knocked one woman insensible and stunned another…
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A very painful accident befel Mr. J. Lang, of Yeoval recently. He was engaged on some work in connection with a windmill and was at…
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We are pleased to report that Mr. P. K. McEvoy, who met with an accident whilst driving his car from Nyngan last week, is well and about…
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When his eye[?] collided with a car driven by Dr. Hurrey yesterday afternoon, Claude Woods (20) received [?]sions to the face and slight…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Two Killed By Premature Explosion Fatality at Labour Prison Perth
James Furner (50), guard, and Thomas Argyrup[?] (30) are dead as the result of a premature explosion in a quarry at ya[?]la Labour Prison…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A Little Briton John Corrigan Is a Game Boy Victim of Nasty Accident
Five-year-old John Corrigan, of 115 Darling-street, acquitted him self like a Briton this afternoon when he had a large piece of flesh…
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Thrown heav[?]y to the ground when he jumped off an engine in the Dubbo loco yards this morning, B. Pascoe, of Darling-street, received injuries which…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Man Electrocuted Fatality at Ballina BALLINA
H. A. Foster, manager of the Australian Electric Construction Co., Ballina, was electrocuted on Saturday when attending to a defective fuse, at…
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