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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Accidents

Accidents, 1931

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Ambulance Activities. a Series of Accidents

The Wellington Times · Thursday 9 April 1931 · page 3

ON Thursday last, Ruth Taylor, who resides in Thornton Street, was attended to by the Ambulance for an incised wound to the right foot…

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Shocking Accident

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Thursday 9 April 1931 · page 6

A shocking occurrence which strongly emphasises the d re menace of matches being struck near petrol supplies was responsible for considerable…

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Head-on Collision Six Injured

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 10 April 1931 · page 5

In a sensational head-on collision on the Sydney Road, at Raglan, near Bathurst, shortly after 7 o'clock on Monday night, six persons were more or less…

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Accident

The Western Herald · Friday 10 April 1931 · page 2

On Monday, the 6th, April, Mr. William Jackson met with a very painful accident at Louth. It appears he was crossing the river in the Louth…

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Heard Shot Found Husband Dead Fatality in Roper Street

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Monday 13 April 1931 · page 1

When she heard a shot in a small room at the end of the verandah of her house in Roper- street on Saturday morning, Mrs…

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Brave Engineer Killed By Explosion Many Injured Cairo

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Monday 13 April 1931 · page 1

The British engineers in charge of the Assuan Dam made frantic efforts to prevent fire reaching the dynamite shed. Warrington, a mechanical…

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Brave Engineer Killed By Explosion Many Injured

Western Age · Wednesday 15 April 1931 · page 3

The British engineers in charge of the Assuan Dam made frantic efforts to prevent fire reaching the dynamite shed. Warrington a mechanical…

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Painful Accident

Western Age · Wednesday 15 April 1931 · page 2

Mr. Val JAckson (Bourke) met with a painful accident. White crossing the ferry here, his finger was almost severed. A large tree became entangled…

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Railway Fatality

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 16 April 1931 · page 3

A tragic accident happened about a mile from Binnaway, on the Werris Creek line. A young man named Thomas Mills was attempting to…

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Boat Founders. Three Drowned. Perth

The Wellington Times · Monday 20 April 1931 · page 1

When a yawl swamped and sank during a sudden squall off Rottenest Island, off the coast of Western Australia, William Gibson, aged 63…

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One Drowned Two Missing Yawl Swamps and Sinks Perth

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Monday 20 April 1931 · page 1

When a yawl swamped and sank during a squall off Rottnest Island, Western Australia, William Gibson (68) was drowned, while his son…

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Shot Brother Accident at Bellambi Terrible Wounds Bellambi

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Monday 20 April 1931 · page 1

Shot yesterday at a range of three feet with a double-barrelled gun which exploded in the hands of his six-year-old brother, Leonard Docker (16), of…

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Mail 'Plane Crashes Due at Darwin Yesterday Accident in East Indies Koepang

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Monday 20 April 1931 · page 1

The Imperial Airways 'plane, "City of Cairo," crashed near Ko[?]pang yesterday afternoon. The occupants are safe, also the…

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Accident at Goods Shed

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Monday 20 April 1931 · page 1

About 11.45 to-day, Reg. MacPherson (25) of short-street, was unloading some 40-gallon drums of benzine at the railway goods shed. One of the…

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One Drowned Two Missing Yawl Swamps and Sinks

Western Age · Wednesday 22 April 1931 · page 1

When a yawl swamped and sank during a squall off Rottnest Island. Western Australia, William Gibson (63) was drowned, while his son…

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Shot Brother Accident at Bellambi Terrible Wounds

Western Age · Wednesday 22 April 1931 · page 1

Shot on Sunday at a range of three feet with a double-barrelled gun which exploded in the hands of his six-year-old brother, Leonard Docker (16), of…

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Mail 'Plane Crashes Due at Darwin Yesterday Accident in East Indies

Western Age · Wednesday 22 April 1931 · page 1

The Imperial Airways 'plane, "City of Cario," crashed near Koepang on Sunday afternoon. The occupants are safe, also the…

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School Boys Injured

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Thursday 23 April 1931 · page 1

Knocked down by a car near the Primary Seha[?] about 1 p.m. on Wednesday, Rey Bell (9), son of Mr. and Mrs. Bell of jubilee-street, was taken…

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Air Fatality Two Officers Killed London

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 24 April 1931 · page 1

The London Air Ministry has announced that Air Vice-Marshall Holt, air officer commanding the fighting area of the Air Defence of Great Britain…

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Stop Press Train Smash Two Passengers Injured Sydney, Noon

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 24 April 1931 · page 1

Two electric trains collided at Killara, North Sydney, at 11.30 a.m. Ten people were injured…

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