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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Accidents

Accidents, 1932

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Shot in Back While Walking With Woman Young Man Seriously Injured Hobart

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Monday 29 February 1932 · page 1

Whilst Charles Grace (21) was out walking with a young woman at Hobart on Saturday, he was shot in the back and taken to hospital in a dying…

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Badly Burned Man Showered with Blazing Petrol Accident In Carrington Avenue

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Monday 29 February 1932 · page 1

Showered by blazing petrol, George H. Earl (34) was shockingly burned at the rear of his home at 48…

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Boy Shot Dead Pea Rifle Explodes Accidentally Melbourne

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Monday 29 February 1932 · page 1

An eight-year-old boy, Robert Roland, was accidently shot dead at Coben when a pen rifle with which he was shooting parrots exploded…

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Charge of Manslaughter Is Sequel to Fatal Accident Sydney

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Monday 29 February 1932 · page 1

As the result of a motor accident at Glebe last night, in which Mrs. Queenie Lewis (38) was killed instantly, a car-driver has been arrested on…

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Shot in Back While Walking With Woman Young Man Seriously Injured

Western Age · Wednesday 2 March 1932 · page 1

Whilst Charles Grage (21) was out walking with a young woman at Hobart on Saturday, he was shot in the back and taken to hospital in a dying…

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Farm Hand Killed Shockingly Injured When Horses Bolt with Cultivator. Barmedman

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 2 March 1932 · page 1

A farm worker at Barmedman, Alfred Swanson, was shockingly injured by a cultivator, and died shortly afterwards. It is believed the horses…

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Boy Shot Dead Pea Rifle Explodes Accidentally

Western Age · Wednesday 2 March 1932 · page 1

An eight-year-old boy, Robert Roland, was accidently shot dead at Coben when a pea rifle with which he was shooting parrols exploded…

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Man Drowned After Saving Two Children Sad Fatality Wagga

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Monday 7 March 1932 · page 1

After saving a small boy and girl from drowning near Bonambola yesterday, Keith Tuchin (86), a railway signalman, was himself drowned…

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Little Girl Injured

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Monday 7 March 1932 · page 1

Struck on the head with a piece of blue metal, Gladys Piper, of 50 McLeay-street, North Dubbo, had several stitches inserted in the wound when…

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Little Girl Drowned Cessnock

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Monday 7 March 1932 · page 1

Wandering away from her sister's, apparently unnoticed, Barbara Kilner, aged two years and three months, of Cessnock, was found later by her…

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Boat Overturns Man Drowned After Saving Children. Sydney

The Wellington Times · Monday 7 March 1932 · page 1

After saving a small boy and girl from drowning in the river near Borambola yesterday, Keith Tuchin, aged 35 years, a railway signalman,…

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Motor Fatality

The Western Herald · Tuesday 8 March 1932 · page 2

Les McConnell, 21, and Harry Carry, 21, of Cessnock, were killed on Saturday night, when two motor cycles met in a head on collision…

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Latent Telegrams. Monday's Mews Poisoning Fatality

The Western Herald · Tuesday 8 March 1932 · page 2

At Brisbane following the eating of scones men made when they ran short of bread William Ed ward Bayley, an invalid pensioner, and John Henry…

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Motor Cyclist Injured

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 9 March 1932 · page 1

Herbert William McMahon, one of the motor cyclists who took part in the speedway events at the Railway Picnic on Monday. had his flugers…

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Mental Case Drowned in Swimming Pool Blackheath

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 10 March 1932 · page 1

Mrs. Caroline Pearson was found drowned yesterday in a swimming pool at Blackheath. The Coroner held an inquest and…

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Fatal Explosion Workmen Killed and Injured Camden (New Jersey)

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 10 March 1932 · page 1

Fourteen workmen were killed by an explosion in a purifying box of the Public Service Electric and Gas Company's Works. Four were injured…

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Man Drowned Seized with Cramp. Sydney

The Wellington Times · Monday 14 March 1932 · page 3

A railway porter named John Abrahams, aged 21, was drowned in Cockle Creek, near Newcastle, yesterday, when he was seized with…

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Railway Porter Drowned Seized with Cramp Newcastle

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Monday 14 March 1932 · page 1

A railway porter, John Abranams (24) was drowned in Cockle Creek, Newcastle, yesterday, when he was seized with crump. He had just…

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Accidently Shot in Back Young Man in Serious Condition Penrith

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Monday 14 March 1932 · page 1

Whie rabbiting near Penrith, yesterday, Phillip Healy (21) was accidently shot in the back and is now in hospital in a critical condition…

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Serious Accident at Parkes

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Monday 14 March 1932 · page 2

Noel Searly, 22, a resident of Reedy Creek, is an inmate of the Parkes Hospital, suffering from serious injuries, which were sustained through a…

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