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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Accidents

Accidents, 1931

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Players Injured

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Monday 27 April 1931 · page 1

Two players were badly injured during week-end matches. On Saturday "Peggy" O'Neill, the well-known half-back, who was playing for…

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Boat Wrecked. Passengers Drowned. Sydney

The Wellington Times · Monday 27 April 1931 · page 1

Two men, George Williams and Jack Petifer, and a boy named Parker were drowned at the entrance of Wellington (N.Z.) harbour, when…

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Three Drowned Boat Dashed To Pieces Wellington (N.z.)

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Monday 27 April 1931 · page 1

Two men, George Williams and Jack Petifer, and a boy named Parker, were drowned at the entrance of Wellington Harbour when their fishing boat was…

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Man Drowned Tangled in Seawood Trying to Rescue Another. Sydney

The Wellington Times · Monday 27 April 1931 · page 1

George Greenwell, aged 17 years, was drowned at Collaroy Beach yesterday while attempting to rescue a man who was seen to be in difficulties…

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Rioters Remanded Inspector Lynch Injured Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 28 April 1931 · page 1

Several men were remanded at the Central Court to-day, on charges arising out of the rowdy proceedings outside the Sydney Town Hall last night…

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Three Drowned Boat Dashed To Pieces

Western Age · Wednesday 29 April 1931 · page 4

Two men, George Williams and Jack Potifer, and a boy named Parker, were drowned at the entrance of Wellington Harbour when their fishing boat was…

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Drowning Fatality Boy Swept Away By Current Father Saved GLOUCESTER

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Thursday 30 April 1931 · page 1

Arthur Freeman (7). with his father, was walking across a log over a flooded river at Invergordon. near Gloucester, when they both slipped and fell…

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Fell Into Flooded River Child Drowned. Sydney

The Wellington Times · Thursday 30 April 1931 · page 1

Arthur Freeman Steven was walking with his father across the flooded river at Invergordon, near Gloucester, when they both slipped and…

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Car and Motor Lorry Collision at Lewisham. Sydney

The Wellington Times · Thursday 30 April 1931 · page 1

Nine persons were injured, Frank Castelli (14) fatally, when a collision occurred between a motor car and motor lorry at Lewisham last…

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Accident

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 30 April 1931 · page 3

When driving to Mendooran last Tuesday in his sulky. Mr. F. Hobbsmet with a gainful accident. His horse shied at an obstacle on the…

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Collision on Macquarie Bridge

The Wellington Times · Monday 4 May 1931 · page 2

A collision took place on the Macquarie Bridge this morning between a motor car driven by Miss D. Wall and a horse and sulky, which was…

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Children Injured When Sulky Capsizes Horse Bolts

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Monday 4 May 1931 · page 4

Stanley Valk (7) and his sister Isobel (11) had their arms broken when they were thrown from a sulky about 8 o'clock last night…

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Latest Telegraphic Information Is This an Attempt on Bavin's Life? Shot Fired at Train No One Injured. Sydney

The Wellington Times · Monday 4 May 1931 · page 1

A bullet was fired from some kind of a firearm and struck the train in which the leader of the Opposition, (Mr. T. R. Bavin) was travelling…

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Local Jottings Accidents

The Wellington Times · Monday 4 May 1931 · page 2

The week-end was responsible for a couple of accidents in sport, a cyclist and a footballer being the unlucky ones. At the showground…

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Boy Shot Serious Accident at Eumungerie The Deadly Pea-Rifle

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Monday 4 May 1931 · page 1

Shot in the abdomen with a pea-rifle, Wallis Barwick (18), was admitted to the District Hospital yesterday in a serious condition…

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Week-end Accidents Ambulance Reports

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 5 May 1931 · page 1

Supr. A. Dodson, of Dubbo Ambulance, reported three accidents yesterday morning. At Adversity Avenue, a small…

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Boy Shot Serious Accident at Eumungerie The Deadly Pea-Rifle

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 7 May 1931 · page 1

Shot in the abdomen with a pea-rifle, Wallis Barwick (18), was admitted to the District Hos pital, Dubbo on Sunday…

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Harold Brooks Grim Communist On His Deathbed Close Chum Badly Injured Newcastle

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 8 May 1931 · page 1

Harold Brooks (45), a returned soldier and a well-known Communist, and his close friend, Sam Black (24) were admitted to Newcastle Hospital last…

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Found in Harbour Mysterious Drowning Case. Sydney

The Wellington Times · Monday 11 May 1931 · page 1

The body of a well dressed man whose identity has not yet been revealed was discovered in the Harbor yesterday afternoon. Both hands…

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Street Accidents Week-end Quota

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 12 May 1931 · page 1

At 10 o'clock yesterday morning, a man named Job Woods was found in a fit in Wingewarra Street, near Brown's bottle yards. Dubbo District…

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