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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Accidents

Accidents, 1932

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One Killed Two Injured. Sydney

The Wellington Times · Monday 21 November 1932 · page 1

When a motor cycle ran into a draught horse between Inverell. and Delunga, one of three young men, George Taylor, 20, was killed, and his…

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Countryman Injured

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 22 November 1932 · page 3

While unloading wheat at Merrygoen yesterday afternoon Jack Jeffery (21), slipped and fell to the ground with it bag of grain on his back. With…

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Shooting Fatality

The Western Herald · Friday 25 November 1932 · page 2

Rev. Easton who left his home near Foxton, New Zealand, after his elder brother had been fatally shot, returned home last night. He explained…

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Car Accident

The Western Herald · Friday 25 November 1932 · page 2

What might have been a more serious accident occurred a few days age, when a local agents car after having been cranked up in gear, flew…

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HANGED Believed to be Accident. Boy's Death Sydney

The Wellington Times · Monday 28 November 1932 · page 1

Ronald Vivian Simpson (10) of Frederick Street, Rockdale, was accidentally killed in remarkable circumstances yesterday afternoon. The…

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ACCIDENTS Hand Almost Severed Boy's Arm Broken

The Wellington Times · Monday 28 November 1932 · page 2

TWO accidents took place during the week-end. One of the victims was John Devenish, aged 13 years, who fell from a sulky at Wuuluman…

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Harvesting Accident

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 1 December 1932 · page 4

Whilst endeavouring to adjust a p[?]nion in a harvester cog, Harold Monk, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. Monk, of "Linthorpe," Collie, had…

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Accidents

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 1 December 1932 · page 4

At present an inmat eof the [?] gandra District Hospital nursing an injured head and suffering slightly from concussion is Mr. Roy…

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Boating Fatality

The Western Herald · Friday 2 December 1932 · page 2

Leslie Legg (40) and James Stirton (25) wore drowned when a boat overturned in a squall near Cape Paterson yesterday. Three others reached the…

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Latest Telegrams. Monday's News Railway Fatality

The Western Herald · Tuesday 6 December 1932 · page 2

Thomas Pearce, aged 12, met a terrible death when be was cut to pieces by a goods train at Harris Park level cressing on Sunday…

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Accident

The Western Herald · Tuesday 6 December 1932 · page 2

Whilst swimming at the local wharf on Saturday last Reg. Carmichael 500 of Mr. A. Garmichae[?] had the mistorstune to badly cut his left foot on part…

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Motor Cycle Accident

The Western Herald · Tuesday 6 December 1932 · page 2

Albert Arther Brennan, 22, a well known racing motor cyclist of Northmead was fatally injured in a terrific crash at the Royal Speedway…

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Shocking Accident From Gas Stove Blaze Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 10 December 1932 · page 1

Mrs. Elizabeth Taylor (83) was shockingly burned when her clothes caught fire at her home in Redfern this morning. She was lighting a gas stove…

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TRANGIE Accident

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 10 December 1932 · page 7

A lad named William Lindsay, while playing on the verandah of his parents' residence in Poincare Street, fell and received a nasty wound on the head…

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Brother Saves Brother Narrow Escape from Drowning

The Wellington Times · Monday 12 December 1932 · page 1

Two youths had a narrow escape from drowning when a canoe capsized in Botany Bay yesterday afternoon. A great feat of endurance…

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Over a Cliff. Man Critically Injured

The Wellington Times · Monday 12 December 1932 · page 1

Robert Darrell, 24, on engineer of Cessnock, was critically injured when he fell down a precipitous cliff at Coogee yesterday. Darrell was…

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One Drowned While on Fishing Trip Sydney

The Wellington Times · Monday 12 December 1932 · page 1

When a party of four men was thrown into the water as a result of their fishing ketch capsizing in a gale near Geelong yesterday, Thomas…

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Narrow Escape Run Down by Tram Only Slightly Injured Sydney

The Wellington Times · Monday 12 December 1932 · page 1

Betty Hart, aged 8 years, had a remarkable escape from death yesterday, when she walked in front of a fast moving tram opposite her home…

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Latest Telegrams. Monday's News Harbour Bridge Fatality

The Western Herald · Tuesday 13 December 1932 · page 2

The Ha[?]boor Bridge claimed its fifteenth victim on Saturday when Archie Erhest Russell, of Randwick fell 160 feor, landing on the roadway…

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Westerners Injured Thrown from Horses Father and Daughter Bathurst

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 13 December 1932 · page 1

Mr. Tony Callinan, well-known in the West, lies in Strathmore Private Hospital, Bathurst, in an unconscious condition, with a fractured skull…

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