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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Accidents

Accidents, 1932

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Collision on Highway Sulky Driver Arrested Sydney, Friday night

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 30 January 1932 · page 1

After his vehicle had collided with a motor car at Alexandria, the driver of a sulky, whose head as wrapped in a blood-stained bandage, drove off…

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Mendooran Woman Injured

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Monday 1 February 1932 · page 1

When she slipped on the front door of her home at Mendooran, Mm. Marks badly injured the muscles of her left thigh, and her back. She was…

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Man Suicides by Drowning in Dam Near Junee Junee

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Monday 1 February 1932 · page 1

Aftr heavily weighing himself with hon and tying to his leg a sealed bottle which marked the spot, Walter Cowden (52), motor mechanic, threw…

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Bathurst Girl Drowned in Macquarie River Bathurst

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Monday 1 February 1932 · page 1

While bathing in the Macquarie River near George Street Falls on Saturday afternoon, Olga Joan Whiteford, the nine-year-old daughter of Mr. and…

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Weir Claims First Victim Boy Drowned Swept Into Deep Fool Two Mates Rescued Dubbo's Death Trap

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Monday 1 February 1932 · page 1

Swept into the deep pool on the lower side of the weir on Saturday, Ernest Green- tree (13) was claimed by the…

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Bathing Fatality at Dubbo Weir

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 2 February 1932 · page 2

The Weir claimed another victim on Saturday afternoon, when Ernest John Greentree, aged 12 years and eight months, lost his life while bathing with…

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Drowning Fatality Accidental Death Coroner's Warning

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 3 February 1932 · page 3

"Children who are unable to swim should not be allowed to bath in the river," said the Coroner (Mr. H. T. Adams) on Monday…

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Man Suicides by Drowning

Western Age · Wednesday 3 February 1932 · page 3

After heavily weighing himself with iron and tying to his leg a sealed bottle which marked the spot, Walter Cowden (52), motor mechanic, threw…

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Drowning Fatality

The Western Herald · Friday 5 February 1932 · page 3

A [?] from Perth states when Allen Elliott, aged 12, got into difficulties while bathing in a dam at Shackleton L. G. Dregg[?]tt jamped…

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Motor Car Fatality

The Western Herald · Friday 5 February 1932 · page 3

Roy Peterson, accompanied by Mrs Darcy, a widow, met a shocking death early this morning when the car in which they were driving nose dived…

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Accident

The Western Herald · Friday 5 February 1932 · page 2

On Wednesday night last Mr. H. L. Cathie had the misfortune to be knocked down by his own car and sustained a fracture to his left leg…

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Railway Accident Guard Injured—Cattle Killed Lithgow, Friday night

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 6 February 1932 · page 1

Following the derailment of four trucks and two oiltanks on the goods train between Lithgow and Wallerawang this morning, Guard W. Richards…

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Motor Fatality Evidence at the Inquest Sydney, Friday night

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 6 February 1932 · page 1

An inquest commenced to-day, concerning the death of Gordon Mitchell (27), who was killed in a collision between his motor cycle and a car on…

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RACING FATALity

The Western Herald · Tuesday 9 February 1932 · page 2

In a race at Clifford Park, Toowoomba, two horses fell. One of the jockeys, W. Plumb was killed and the other injured…

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Motor Accident Mishap to Minister and Wife Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 9 February 1932 · page 1

A car driven by a clergyman skidded on the Prince's Highway, near Eden, and turned over several times. The driver had five ribs broken and…

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Chinese Killed When Lorries Collide Mechanic Badly Injured Sydney

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 10 February 1932 · page 1

When a Chinese market gardener's lorry crashed into a disabled motor lorry standing by the roadside at Flemington last night, a Chinese, whose…

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Shocking Accident Man's Eye Gouged Out Sydney

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 10 February 1932 · page 1

Roy Mexted (34) met with a shocking accident last night, when a fragment of shattered glass struck him in the face and gouged out his right eye…

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Major Wilton Dies from Collision Injuries Melbourne

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 11 February 1932 · page 1

Major Wilton (40), of the Australian Staff Corps, died yesterday from injuries sustained when his motor cycle collided with a motor van at Kew, on…

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Bomb Dropped in Settlement An Accident, Say Japanese Five Killed--eighteen Injured Four Hours' Truce While Refugees Leave War Area SHANGHAI

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 12 February 1932 · page 1

This morning a Japanese 'plane dropped a bomb into the Wingong factory, inside the Settlement, killing five…

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Fatal Car Accident Woman Killed--daughter Seriously Injured Melbourne

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Monday 15 February 1932 · page 1

When their car crashed into a culvert near Portland, Mrs. E. H. Height (70) was killed, and her daughter, aged 35, seriously injured…

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