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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Accidents

Accidents, 1933

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Latest Telegrams. Thursday's News. Drowned in Harbour

The Western Herald · Friday 17 March 1933 · page 2

George Thomas Hegarty, aged 60, was drowned when he fell into the Harbour from a Manly ferry boat last night Deckhands rescued him in an…

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Fishing Fatality Gallant Rescue by Mates Sydney, Friday night

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 18 March 1933 · page 1

Samuel Hancock (46), returned soldier, was drowned at Coalcliff, on the South Coast, early this morning. He was in a fishing boat, which…

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Riding Fatality Mr. H. L. Smith's Sad End. Killed Near Narromine

The Wellington Times · Monday 27 March 1933 · page 2

THE whole of the west was shocked to hear the news on Thursday last of the death of Mr. Harold Lester Smith, one of the best known and…

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Fatally Injured Fell from Tram. Sydney

The Wellington Times · Thursday 30 March 1933 · page 1

An unknown woman, of about 50 years of age, fell from a moving tram in Oxford Street, Paddington, last night, and was fatally injured…

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Broken Nose Accident at Cricket

The Wellington Times · Thursday 30 March 1933 · page 3

Whilst taking part in the final [?]st" match between the Monarch [?]ures and the Band on Rygate [?]k yesterday afternoon, Mr. E…

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Broken Leg Through Horse Slipping Painful Accident

The Wellington Times · Monday 3 April 1933 · page 2

The bountiful rains which have fallen Recently have brought joy to many men on the land, but it was just the…

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Motor Fatality

The Western Herald · Tuesday 4 April 1933 · page 2

Four persons were killed when a motor car dropped over a forty feet em[?] at Wellington, New Zealand, while returning from a party…

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Latest Telegrams. Monday's News Shooting Fatality

The Western Herald · Tuesday 4 April 1933 · page 2

While having breakfast at Gundagai on Saturday, Joseph Gentine, an old age pensioner, was shot by a gunand died almost immediately. John…

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Nasty Accident

The Western Herald · Tuesday 4 April 1933 · page 2

On Monday morning Mr. Harry Pearson Junr. an employee of Mesers Hales & Co. Ltd. whilst engaged in removing loading from the railway…

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A Collision Car and Cycle Involved Young Man Injured

The Wellington Times · Thursday 6 April 1933 · page 5

A young man named Thomas Mullins, an employee of the Western Stores and Edgleys Limited, had a narrow escape…

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Train Crash Into Stranded Car. Two Men Injured Sydney

The Wellington Times · Thursday 6 April 1933 · page 1

A terrible accident, ended in serious consequences for the two inert occupants that lay unconscious in the car…

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Mendooran a Painful Accident

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 6 April 1933 · page 5

A youth named Lorline Luckie, son of Mr. Alf Luckie, of Ulungra, was the victim of a serious burning accident last Thursday night. Whilst…

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Shocking Accident To Motor Men Train Runs Over Crippled Car Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 6 April 1933 · page 1

A serious accident occurred on the railway line at Rhodes, early this morning, when a goods train crashed into a motor car, which had fallen over an…

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Coaling Fatality

The Western Herald · Friday 7 April 1933 · page 1

Two coal trimmers were buried in a fall of coal in the bunker of the steamer Millais at Jones Bay, One of the men J. Hefferen, of Balmain,…

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Sad Fatality at Wapweelah. Crushed by a Tractor

The Western Herald · Tuesday 11 April 1933 · page 2

A sad fatality occurred on Wapweelah Station on Friday last, when Mr. Frederick William Gray received fetal injuries as the resent of a tractor…

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Tooraweenah Shocking Accident

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 20 April 1933 · page 2

On Saturday, 18th. April, John, the youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Smith, of "Laurel Hills," Toonaweenah, redeived a shocking'…

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Manslaughter Charge Edgecliff Fatality Sequel Sydney, Friday night

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 22 April 1933 · page 6

Detectives made an arrest to-day in connection with the death of George Chittenden (60), who was knocked down by a car at Edgecliff yesterday…

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Edgecliffe Fatality Man Charged With Feloniously Slaying Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 22 April 1933 · page 1

Walking into the Darlinghurst Police Station early this morning, a man is alleged to have remarked to the officer-in-charge, that he was wanted in…

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Painful Accident

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 22 April 1933 · page 1

When he was struck by the top of a wool press at Gordon's woolscour, on Thursday, G. Chatman, of 33 Palmer Street, sustained a fractured arm. He…

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Archdeacon's Son In Aeroplane Accident Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 25 April 1933 · page 1

Archdeacon Langford Smith has received a telegram stating that his son, Keith Langford Smith, had met with an accident in the Missionary…

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