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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Accidents

Accidents, 1933

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Accident or Design?

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 28 February 1933 · page 1

When Miss Kath. Robinson started her pupils dancing on the stage at the Empire Hall on Saturday afternoon, her mother informs "The Liberal" that…

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Cars Collide Dubbo Woman Injured

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 2 March 1933 · page 1

As the result of a collision between two cars, near Orange, on Thursday night last, Mrs. F. Maddocks, of Dubbo, sustained painful injuries to her face…

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Train Accident Alleged Deliberate Act London

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 4 March 1933 · page 9

A passenger train was derailed and wrecked outside Omagh Tyrone. Twenty passengers were injured. It is alleged that the points were…

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Circular Saw Fatality

The Wellington Times · Monday 6 March 1933 · page 2

Later particulars to hand show that James Aubrey, a well-known Peak Hill grazier, was fatally injured on Wednesday, when he was struck by a…

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Glider Crashes Pilot Injured. Serious Mishap Melbourne

The Wellington Times · Monday 6 March 1933 · page 1

George Harkins, aged 19 years, of Camberwell, was very seriously injured when a glider in which he was flying crashed at the aviation ground…

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Railway Fatality

The Western Herald · Tuesday 7 March 1933 · page 2

A motor track collided with a train at a level crossing near Brisbane and two men were killed…

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Boy Injured

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 7 March 1933 · page 1

Little Jimmy Olsen, son of Mr. and Mrs. Olsen, of Ballimore, will remember his trip to Dubbo for the Railway Picnic. He fell while playing in the…

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Serious Accident

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 7 March 1933 · page 1

When returning to his home about 5.30 p.m. on Saturday Mr. J. Muller, of Mogriguy, met with a serious accident. His car collided with a tree…

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Latest Telegrams. Monday's News Accidentally Shot

The Western Herald · Tuesday 7 March 1933 · page 2

Constable C. Walsh, of Waratah police, was accidentally shot in the heart last night while in a motor car near Neath. He said he was…

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Accident

The Western Herald · Tuesday 7 March 1933 · page 2

Whilst playing "Cowboys and Indiana" with other boys last Friday at mid-day Ken White (aged 7) had the misfortune to break his right arm…

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Gin Fatality Man's Strange Death

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 9 March 1933 · page 1

Children returning from school at Gin Gin, about 12.30 p.m. on Tuesday, were terrified when they discovered a man lying in a dying…

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Cyclist Injured Motor Driver Arrested Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 9 March 1933 · page 1

Alexander Naughton (80), was knocked off his bicycle in Oxford Street, City, last night, and sustained shocking injuries…

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Gular News a Painful Accident

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 9 March 1933 · page 5

On Tuesday, while playing on an old horse bus, Master Leo Donnelly fell from the back step and broke his aim close to the wrist. He was…

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Two Dead Dive Into Dam Double Drowning Case

The Wellington Times · Monday 13 March 1933 · page 1

A double drowning tragedy occurred at Erskineville yesterday morning, when two seven-years-old boys, Eric Gurney and Robert Cavanagh…

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Car Crashes At Level Grossing Woman Injured Sydney

The Wellington Times · Monday 13 March 1933 · page 1

Ernest Moore, with his wife, was driving along Spring Hill road, Wollongong, last night when the car was struck at a level crossing by a rail…

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Latest Telegrams. Monday's News Drgwning Fatality

The Western Herald · Tuesday 14 March 1933 · page 2

Eric Guerney and Robert Cavanogh both aged 7, lost their lives while swimming in the railway water supply dam at Erskineville yesterday…

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Gin Fatality Man's Strange Death

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 16 March 1933 · page 5

Children returning from school at Gin Gin, about 12.30 p.m. on Tuesday, of last week, were terrified when they discovered…

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Car Smash Three Injured. Sydney

The Wellington Times · Thursday 16 March 1933 · page 1

Three men, named Jack Tolary, aged 27, John Coprana, aged 24, and Strath Contas, aged 28 years, were seriously injured last night…

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Man Drowned Fell Off Manly Ferry Will in Pocket. Sydney

The Wellington Times · Thursday 16 March 1933 · page 1

George Thomas Hegarty, aged 60 years, was drowned when he fell into Sydney Harbour from the Manly ferry boat late last night…

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Fatal Collision

The Western Herald · Friday 17 March 1933 · page 2

Two women were killed and a third badly injured in a collision between a motor car and a train af the level crossing at Richmond…

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