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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Accidents

Accidents, 1931

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Injured on Playing Field

Western Age · Wednesday 17 June 1931 · page 2

James Clifford Milburn (21) died in Wollongong Hospital on Sunday from the result of an injury received while playing football the previous day…

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One Killed Two Injured

Western Age · Wednesday 17 June 1931 · page 1

When a tyre punctured when it was travelling at 90 miles an hour, a Bugatti racer in the European Grand Prix crashed into the spectators. It killed…

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Old Man Injured Fell From Verandah

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 17 June 1931 · page 4

Frederick Tucker (76) was admitted to the District Hospital yesterday afternoon suffering from a fractured collarbone and…

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500 Drowned Pleasure Steamer Capsizes Many Children Among Victims PARIS

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 17 June 1931 · page 1

With the announcement that many children were travelling free and without tickets. It is now feared that the St. Philbert death roll is between 470…

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Father and Son Drowned In Lagoon While Crossing Flooded Paddork WAGGA

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 17 June 1931 · page 1

While three men were crossing a Hooded paddock near Wagga, they missed their direction and drove into a lagoon about ten feet deep…

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Fiercest Fight in History One Shot-23 Injured Police and Communists Clash Barbed Wire Entanglements Outside House SYDNEY

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 17 June 1931 · page 1

Communists and police clashed in the fiercest fight in the history of Sydney to-day, at Bankstown. One man was shot and seven police…

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Seven Killed Fatal 'Plane Accidents

Western Age · Wednesday 17 June 1931 · page 1

Seven deaths resulted from air accidents on Saturday. Four were incin[?]tated when a commercial plane crashed and caught fire at Saa. Brucken…

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Drowning Fatality Victim Still Missing

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 19 June 1931 · page 1

No trace has yet been found of Andrew Peck, who was drowned in the Macquarie River last week. As the force of the current may…

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Shooting Fatality Death of Alfred Cooper Inquest Opens Sydney

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Monday 22 June 1931 · page 1

City Coroner May commenced an inquiry to-day into the death of Alfred Cooper (36), bookmaker, who was fatally shot in a house…

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Drowning Fatality

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 24 June 1931 · page 1

There is still no trace of the body of Andrew Peek, who was drowned in the Macquarie River on June 10. The police are still watching the river and…

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Airman Injured On Eve of Solo Atlantic Flight

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 24 June 1931 · page 1

ST. JOHN, New Brunswick, Tuesday. X-ray pictures have revealed that two vertebrae of Ruth Nichol's spine are cracked. While, painful, it is not…

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Terrific Explosion Eleven Missing -- Nineteen Injured Shock Felt 20 Miles Away LONDON

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 24 June 1931 · page 1

It is officially announced that eleven are missing and nineteen injured as the result of an explosion in the Royal Naval Cordite Factory at Holton,…

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"Little Accident" at Royal

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 24 June 1931 · page 2

Douglas Fairbanks, Junr., featured in Universal's comedy-drama, "Little Accident," coming to the Royal Theatre on Saturday night, possesses…

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Season's Laugh Hit "Little Accident" at Royal Doug Fairbanks, Junr. and Anita Page

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 24 June 1931 · page 2

Heralded as the laugh hit of the season, Universal's sparkling comedy drama, "Little Accident" comes to the screen of the Royal…

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Mishap in Parliament Mr. Chaffey Injured Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 25 June 1931 · page 1

Towards the close of the all-night sitting of the Legislative Assembly, Mr. Frank Chaffey, member for Tamworth, was seized with an attack of dizziness…

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Accidents Broken Collarbone

The Wellington Times · Thursday 25 June 1931 · page 1

Lang Harris, son of Mr. and Mrs. H. V. Harris, of Suntop, met with a serious accident on Tuesday morning. He was riding a horse bareback,…

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Youth Swept Away Nearly a Fatality

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 26 June 1931 · page 1

A young man who had waded into the water to catch pumpkins as they floated from the Chinese gardens was nearly drowned this morning. He was…

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Better Than Ever Royal Talkie Pictures Laugh Away Depression by Seeing "Little Accident"

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 26 June 1931 · page 2

When right on the eve of his wedding, a young man learn that he has just become a father it isn't hard to imagine what…

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Trangie Topics. Accident

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 26 June 1931 · page 1

A lad named Jack Hirsch, son of Mr. and Mrs F. Hirsch, of "Woodbine" met with a painful accident on Friday last, when the pony he was…

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Accidental Injuries. Coroner's Inquiry Into Fatal Accident. At "Eudundah."

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 26 June 1931 · page 3

At the Narromine Police court on Monday, Mr. G. F. Cox, District Coroner, held an inquiry into the death of Norma Davies, the young lady…

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