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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Accidents

Accidents, 1931

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[?]Adly Injured

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 8 September 1931 · page 3

[?]day morning, young Jack Kear[?]ed 10, of Geurie, sustained a [?] accident, when he inflicted a [?]sh on his foot, splitting the…

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Doctor's Bills For Dubbo League Paying for Attention to Injured Players

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 9 September 1931 · page 4

Paying medical expenses for injured players is proving a costly business to the Dubbo Rugby League. If a recommendation…

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Coroner's Inquiry Into Railway Fatality Perth

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 10 September 1931 · page 1

An inquiry was held into the death of Albert James Brown, enginedriver, who was killed when his goods train collided with a single coach train…

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Policeman Shot Accident or Design? Newcastle

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 10 September 1931 · page 1

Coast. William Henry Sewell was admitted to the hospital late last night, suffering from a bullet wound in the left breast…

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Two Injured When Gelignite Explodes Sequel to Quarrel Melbourne

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 11 September 1931 · page 1

Robert Millard (50) had his hand blown off, and Bertha Baker (46) received injuries to arms and hack, as the result of an explosion in a house…

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Thrown From Horse Boy Injured

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 18 September 1931 · page 2

Thrown from a horse on Bourke Hill on Wednesday afternoon, Gordon Cunningham received a nasty injury to his head. Constable Sanders was…

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Bradman Injured By Fast Ball. In Country Game. Sydney

The Wellington Times · Monday 21 September 1931 · page 1

Don. Bradman, the famous cricketer, was giving a display at Wagga yesterday, when after compiling 130 runs, he was struck on the chest by…

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Stepped Off Train Boy Seriously Injured Opened Wrong Door NEWCASTLE

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Monday 21 September 1931 · page 1

Robert Eas[?]os (18), a student at Hawkesbary Agricultural College, was moving along a corridor carriage on the Glen tunes mail to have a wash…

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Don Bradman Injured During Game at Wagga Struck on Chest WAGGA

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Monday 21 September 1931 · page 1

Don Bradman, the famous cricketer, was giving a display at Wagga yesterday when, after compiling 18 runs, he was struck a blow on the chest by a…

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A Painful Accident

The Wellington Times · Monday 21 September 1931 · page 2

A painful accident befel Lance-Conporal J. D. McKenzie, of the Wellington Light Horse Troop at the showground on Saturday afternoon…

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Dual Fatality

The Western Herald · Tuesday 22 September 1931 · page 3

Melbourne—Frederick Garniss, 28, and Marjorie Light, 22, were found dead in a bed at Mordiallie, on Saturday night. A length of tubing was…

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Don Bradman Injured

The Western Herald · Tuesday 22 September 1931 · page 3

Cricketer Don Bradman received a severe blow on the chest from a rising ball, at Wagga, yesterday Although he had to retire it is learned…

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Stepped Off Train Boy Seriously Injured Opened Wrong Door

Western Age · Wednesday 23 September 1931 · page 4

Robert Easton (18), a student at Hawkesbury Agricultural College, was moving along a corrider carriage on the Glen Innes mail to have a wash…

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A Mendooran Accident

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 23 September 1931 · page 4

A lad natur[?] Ero[?] Blunden, aged 6 years, met with a painful accident last week in the Mendooran Town Hall, through missing his footing and falling…

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Mascot Blaze Escapee Injured Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 24 September 1931 · page 1

When a fire broke out in a cottage at Mascot early this morning, Alfred George Mayo succeeded in escaping through a front window, in his night…

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In Pool of Blood Man Found In Gutter Injured in Fight Sydney

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 25 September 1931 · page 1

George Carter (41) was found lying in a pool of blood in a gutter outside his house at Rozelle last night, with a jagged wound on his left arm and an…

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Latest Telegrams. Thursday's News Shooting Fatality

The Western Herald · Friday 2 October 1931 · page 2

At a fettler's camp near Cloncurry yesterday Thomas Boland 57, a ganger, quarelled with Thomas Connelly, 50, a fetter, who planned revenge…

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Motor Accident Two Persons Injured. Dazzled by Lights

The Wellington Times · Monday 5 October 1931 · page 2

A VERY serious motor car accident took place on the Bell River Bridge last night, as a result of which two persons were injured…

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Woman Drowned Swept Out To Sea Surfing Tragedy Brisbane

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Monday 5 October 1931 · page 1

Miss Leila Grimes (27) was drowned while surfing at Little Burleigh Heads yesterday, when she was swept out to sea…

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Throats Cut Wife Dead -- Husband Critically Injured New Zealand Tragedy Auckland (N.z.)

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Monday 5 October 1931 · page 1

The body of Mrs. Lois Smith (29) was found in a bedroom at her home at Hamilton yesterday, with a frightful wound in the throat, while her husband…

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