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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Accidents

Accidents, 1933

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Drowning Fatality

The Western Herald · Friday 20 January 1933 · page 2

Father Conion, of Xavier College, Melbourne, was drowned while trying to save a man who had been washed off the rocks near Avoca…

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Bad Accident To Young Dubboite Sydney, Friday night

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 21 January 1933 · page 1

The sudden jolt of an electric train between Lindfield and Killara yesterday caused a piece of glass to fall from a carriage window on to the…

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Doings Around Dubbo District NARROMINE Accident at Garge

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 21 January 1933 · page 4

Through having portion of his clothing caught in a rapidly revolving motor, Mr. Allan Stanley, at Stanley's motor garage, Dandaloo Street…

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Six Drowned As Dam Breaks. Sydney

The Wellington Times · Monday 23 January 1933 · page 1

Six people, whose names have not yet been ascertained, are reported as having been drowned, white others are missing as a result of the…

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Two Drowned Close to Shore. Unable to Swim Melbourne

The Wellington Times · Monday 23 January 1933 · page 1

John Robert Charles, aged 14 years, and James William Charles, aged 13 years, two brothers, were drowned while bathing at…

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Lightning Fatality

The Western Herald · Tuesday 24 January 1933 · page 2

At Young, Hedley Eldridge, 20, was killed by lightning and another young man seriously injured…

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Landslide Fatality

The Western Herald · Tuesday 24 January 1933 · page 2

A boy named Roy Burns was killed when a landslide crashed in a but on the Bulgoa Beach, near Helensburgh…

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Family Drowned

The Western Herald · Tuesday 24 January 1933 · page 2

While camped at Stanwell Park five members of a Leichhardt family named Davis were overwhelmed by flood waters and drowned. With…

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Motor Fatality Car Overturns and Burns Melbourne

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 24 January 1933 · page 1

When a motor car overturned at Broadford (Victoria) yesterday, John J. Sydney was killed, and two others seriously injured…

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Rifle Accident

The Western Herald · Tuesday 24 January 1933 · page 2

During the week-end Master Cyril Bowden had the misfortune to meet with an accident to his left hand, by a 32 rifle exploding. He was…

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Girl Drowned In Old Swimming Hole Tingha

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 26 January 1933 · page 1

Lucy Isabel Grant (23) fell off a landing stage at Cope Harding swimming hole, near Tingha, and was drowned in 8ft. of water…

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Tooraweenah Accident

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 26 January 1933 · page 2

A narrow escape from serious injury resulted when Mrs Gerald Blackman, of "Uamble," Tooraweenah, allowed her car to stall when…

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Unfortunate Accidents Farmers Break Legs

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 26 January 1933 · page 2

Two Gilgandra farmers are at present inmates of the Gilgandra District Hospital with broken legs, having received the…

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Drowning Fatality

The Western Herald · Tuesday 31 January 1933 · page 2

A shocking surfing tragedy occurred at Port Noarlunga (S.A.) when a girl was swept out to sea by a strong undercurrent and drowned. Three…

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Hit by a Train Old Man's End Stuart Town Fatality

The Wellington Times · Thursday 2 February 1933 · page 2

A TERRIBLE fatality occurred just the other side of Stuart Town railway station this morning when an old man named John Stewart, aged 6…

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Accidental Death Trangie Tragedy Inquest

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 2 February 1933 · page 3

The inquest concerning the death of Kenneth Tipping (13) and Nigel Tipping (S), who were found electrocuted on the roof of their parents' home in…

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Coronial Inquiry Trangie Fatality Faulty Insulation Responsible

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 4 February 1933 · page 5

An inquest was held at Trangie Court House on Monday into the deaths of Kenneth Joseph and John Nigel Tipping, who were electrocuted at their…

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Crushed to Death Aunt and Nephew Sad Fatality at Wagga Wagga, Saturday

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 4 February 1933 · page 1

Miss Thelma Lugton (19) of Wagga, and her infant nephew, Michael, aged three, were killed yesterday afternoon, when a lorry on which they were…

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Youth Drowned In Murray River. Sydney

The Wellington Times · Monday 6 February 1933 · page 1

A youth about 18 years of age, whose name has not yet been ascertained, was drowned in the Murray River at Tocumwal while bathing…

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Coonamble Mail Train Accident Near Dubbo

The Wellington Times · Monday 6 February 1933 · page 1

A DISASTER was narrowly averted when the Coonamble mail train from Dubbo became derailed between Armatree and Gular, on Thursday…

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