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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Accidents

Accidents, 1933

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Late Local & General Woman Injured

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 10 August 1933 · page 1

When she fell heavily, Mrs. T. Catlin, an elderly lady residing in Goode Street, broke her arms She was taken by the Ambulance to the District…

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Riding Fatality. Young Man Killed. Coronial Inquiry

The Wellington Times · Thursday 10 August 1933 · page 3

NEWS was received in town of a sad riding fatality, which took place at Mr. N. Althofer's farm, near. Dripstone on Monday afternoon…

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Honeybugle Fatality Two Men Buried Alive Clearing Out Old Well

Western Age · Friday 11 August 1933 · page 2

At 2 p.m. on Tuesday, Mr. Larkings, of Honeybugle Station, 45 miles from Nyngan, communicated with the Nyngan police by…

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Motor Fatality

The Western Herald · Tuesday 15 August 1933 · page 2

Richard Skewes, aged 45, wool classer and skin buyer, was killed and four others injured, when a motor van overturned on Nyngan-Warren road,…

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Car Overturns One Killed—four Injured

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 15 August 1933 · page 1

One man was killed and four others Piously injured when a car left the road and turned over several times near Severtire, on Sunday afternoon…

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Pleasure Flight Ends in Fatality. Woman Collapses Sydney

The Wellington Times · Thursday 17 August 1933 · page 1

During a pleasure flight over Sydney yesterday Mrs. Edith Mary Briscoe, a visitor from Victoria, collapsed in the aeroplane. She was landed…

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Wellington District News. Exclusive News. Dripstone. Riding Accident

The Wellington Times · Thursday 17 August 1933 · page 4

GENERAL regret was expressed when it became known that Mr, Les Cashel, who recently left for the shearing in western areas, with an…

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Mining Fatality

The Western Herald · Friday 18 August 1933 · page 2

Kalgoorlie.—Caught in a tunnel when the blast exploded prematurely, three miners were killed instantly at the Great Boulder Mine yesterday…

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Another Accident. at Two-mile Level Crossing. Negligence Of Main Roads Board

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 18 August 1933 · page 8

0Another accident, fortunately with no serious results, occurred on the Trangie-Nevertire road on Sunday last. The Dubbo "Despatch" states:…

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Cars in Collision

The Wellington Times · Monday 21 August 1933 · page 2

Two cars came into collision last Thursday afternoon, and as a result a man named Harry Hunt, of Bodangora, received a cut on his cheek…

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Fatal Accident Mr. Andrews Struck by Car Resident Charged with Manslaughter

The Wellington Times · Monday 21 August 1933 · page 3

MR. James Bennett Andrews, a well known resident of Dubbo, and one time of Wellington, where he acted as caretaker of the School of Arts…

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Big Tram Smash Miraculous Escapes Ten Persons Injured Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 22 August 1933 · page 1

A tramcar, found from Coogee to Central Station, this morning, got out of control at the intersection of Cleveland and Chalmers Streets, Redfern…

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Shocking Accident Vale! J. B. Andrews Fine Old Citizen Loses Life

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 22 August 1933 · page 1

None who attended the first new executive meeting of the Mechanics' Institute on Wednesday, or saw its respected Secretary cycling…

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Local Jottings Drover Injured

The Wellington Times · Thursday 24 August 1933 · page 2

A man named A. Goodwin, a drover, who was engaged in delivering some cattle to Mr. T. G. Adlington's slaughter house yesterday morning…

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Shocking Accident at "Calabah" Crushed by Falling Tree Harry, Beames Critically Injured

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 24 August 1933 · page 4

A shocking accident occurred at "Calabah," Breelong, the pro perty of Messrs. Beames Bros., at 3.30 yesterday afternoon…

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Serious Accident

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 24 August 1933 · page 4

Dubbo District Ambulance received a call at about 8 o'clock on Saturday evening to convey a man from. Mendooran Hospital to Dubbo…

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Burning Accident

The Wellington Times · Thursday 24 August 1933 · page 2

A man named J. Dowell, who is in the employ of the Broken Hill Proprietary Ltd., which is conducting mining operations near Gobolion, met…

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Many Persons Killed and Injured Every Year Danger of Falls

Western Age · Friday 25 August 1933 · page 4

Falls constitute the second most prolific cause of fatal accidents. Some of these fatalities are due to faulty construction of dwellings or bad lighting…

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Fatal Accident

The Western Herald · Friday 25 August 1933 · page 2

Two Schoolgirls, Gertrude Hart aged 11 and Esme Hunter aged 10, were killed when they fell 200 feet down a cliff at Puketi[?], New Zealand. The…

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One Drowned Other Unconscious Boat Wrecked. Sydney

The Wellington Times · Monday 28 August 1933 · page 1

When a fishing boat was enveloped by a big wave at Tamarama Bay, near Bondi, to-day, John Clunic, aged 32 years, was carried…

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