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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Accidents

Accidents, 1931

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Nyngan News Death of Pioneer--Accident Has Fatal Result--Heavy Rain--Canonbar P.P. Board--Nyngan Wins Swimming Cup--Personal Paragraphs Death of Old Westerner

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Thursday 12 March 1931 · page 8

The death occurred at "Cookara," Five Dock, Sydney, last week, of Mrs. Duckey, senior., a former resident of the West, at "Cookara," Belaringur,…

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Pea Rifle Accident

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Thursday 12 March 1931 · page 3

Muster Ernest Keogh, of Fashion's Mount (Wellington district), is an inmate of Wellington Hospital suffering from shock and a shattered thumb,…

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CUMNOCK Serious Accident

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 13 March 1931 · page 4

Master Freddie nutter, youngest son of Mr, and' Mrs, Wm, Butter, of Eurimbla, met with a serious accident on Saturday last. He was on an empty…

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Drowning Fatality Boy Collapses in Water. Lithgow

The Wellington Times · Monday 16 March 1931 · page 1

Reginald Murphy, aged 14 years, while swimming at the Small Arms Factory dam at Lithgow yesterday, suddenly collapsed and sank…

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Dennis Hannigan's Death Verdict of Accidental Drowning

The Wellington Times · Monday 16 March 1931 · page 6

Mr. Adams, P.M., held an inquiry into the death of Dennis Gaffney Hannigan, who was drowned in the Bell River at the crossing between…

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Boy Drowned When Swimming in Dam Lithgow

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Monday 16 March 1931 · page 4

Leonard Murphy (14) was swimming in a dam at Lithgow yesterday when he collapsed mill souk. He was brought to the surface four minutes…

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Accident at Encampment. Cpl. Herring's Bad Luck

The Wellington Times · Monday 16 March 1931 · page 3

DURING the sports, which were held at the Orange showground by the members of the 6th Light Horse, who have been in encampment at…

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Park Accident Child Hit by Swing

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 17 March 1931 · page 1

Yvonne Lynch, a 2 1/2 years old mite, who had been staying with Mr. and Mrs. Joe Gilbert, of 89 Brisbane street, during the absence of her parents in…

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Boy Drowned When Swimming in Dam Lithgow

Western Age · Wednesday 18 March 1931 · page 4

Leonard Murphy (11) was swimming on a dam at Lithgow yesterday when he collapsed and sank. He was brought to the surface four minutes…

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Painful Accident

The Wellington Times · Thursday 19 March 1931 · page 2
Also in Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent

During the hot summer months when the ice man is doing his rounds, whenever he pulls up he is, as a rule, surrounded by children who…

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Man Injured

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Monday 23 March 1931 · page 2

Alleged to have been hit on the head with a bottle during a brawl under the White Bridge, Jack Smith was attended to by Dr. Hurrey on Thursday…

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Old Man Injured

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Monday 23 March 1931 · page 1

When James McGill (70) was crossing the railway line on Saturday night, his foot slipped through the cattle stop and he was thrown heavily forward…

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Five Drowned New Zealand Tragedy Sydney

The Wellington Times · Monday 23 March 1931 · page 1

Five persons, including Frederick Henrickson, aged 45 years, his wife and their son, aged 10 years, a Maori named Hakaria and his son Charled,…

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Heartrending Scenes Rescuing Injured London, Later

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Monday 23 March 1931 · page 1

The Railway Company slates that only six were killed in the Scottish express derailment and five seriously injured…

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Eight Killed Forty Injured in French Train Smash Paris

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Monday 23 March 1931 · page 1

The cry "Lie Down" from the waiters, probably save many gives when the dining car and two other coaches of the Paris-Bordeaux express became…

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Five Drowned In New Zealand River Launch Strikes Snag Wellington (N.z.)

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Monday 23 March 1931 · page 1

Five persons--Frederick Henderson (45), his wife, Ellen, their 10-year-old son, a Maori named Hakaria and his son Charles, aged 12--were drowned…

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Heartrending Scenes Rescuing Injured

Western Age · Wednesday 25 March 1931 · page 3

The Railway Company states that only six were killed in the Scottish express derailment and five seriously injured…

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Eight Killed Forty Injured in French Train Smash

Western Age · Wednesday 25 March 1931 · page 3

The cry "Lie Down" from the waiters, probably saved many lives when the dining car and two other coaches of the Paris-Bordeaux express became…

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Fatal Car Accident

Western Age · Wednesday 25 March 1931 · page 3

When [?] his car near Womboni Stol on last Wednesday. Mr. Norman Cleaver and with an accident, it is believed to the steering near. The car…

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