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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Accidents

Accidents, 1933

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Burning Fatality

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 29 June 1933 · page 3

Details of a sad burning fatality are reprinted from the Dubbo "Lib eral":—"A shocking burning fatal i.y, in which Joyce Emery, the nine…

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ACCIDENTS Cycle Skids. Two Men Killed. Sydney

The Wellington Times · Thursday 29 June 1933 · page 1

Two fatal acidents occurred in Sydney yesterday. James Leslie Lamb, aged 26 years, was run down and killed by an electric train…

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EUCHAREENA. Several Accidents

The Wellington Times · Thursday 29 June 1933 · page 4

WELCOME rain visited us at the week-end, over two inches being registered. Tanks, creeks and dams are all full, which is a God-send to…

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TRAGEDY Two Drowned Father and Son Sydney

The Wellington Times · Monday 3 July 1933 · page 1

While fulling at Whale Beach yesterday, Thomas William Gerald Mitcaell, aged 56 years, was caught by a wave and washed…

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Carried Out to Sea. Father and Son Drowned

Western Age · Friday 7 July 1933 · page 3

While fishing at Whale Beach on Sunday, Thomas William Gerald Mitchell, 56, was caught by a wave and carried out to sea. His son, Clarence…

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Latest Telegrams. Thursday's News Prisoner Fatally Injured

The Western Herald · Friday 7 July 1933 · page 2

Lionel Harry Lee, one of the New Guardsmen who served sentence for assault on J. S. Garden last year, died on Tuesday as the result of injuries…

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Big Train Smash Passengers Injured Miraculous Escapes Mr. Dennis on Board Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 11 July 1933 · page 1

A sensational railway mishap occurred at Bowning, near Yass, at 2 o'clock this morning…

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Boy Injured

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 13 July 1933 · page 1

When he returned to his home in Railway Square yesterday, after a game of football, a young High School boy named Crawford became very ill. Dr…

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BODANGORA Motor Bike Accident

The Wellington Times · Thursday 13 July 1933 · page 4

AFTER a week's threatening to rain every day, and a strong easterly wind blowing, our share ran to five points, very much to everyone's regret. An…

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Shocking Fatality at Priory Station

Western Age · Friday 14 July 1933 · page 2

The community was shocked on Wednesday last when It was learned Hint Mr. Sidney James Shuttle had passed away at the Cobar District…

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Coroner's Inquest Accidental Death Recorded

Western Age · Friday 14 July 1933 · page 2

Mr. H. H. Dunlop, Coroner, opened on inquest into the death of Sidney James Shuttle, at the Court House, Cobar, on Wednesday last, at 10 a.m…

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Shooting Fatality

The Western Herald · Tuesday 18 July 1933 · page 4

While two women were crossing a vacant allo[?]ment on the way to adance at cessnock on Saturday night man jamped from the shadows and…

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Plucky Rescue Children Saved from Drowning Coff's Harbour

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 18 July 1933 · page 1

Two children, Bert, and Oscar McIlwain, were playing in a rowing boat, when both fell into the deep, fast-moving stream…

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ACCIDENTAL Coroner's Finding in Rose Case Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 18 July 1933 · page 1

An inquest was hold to-day concerning the death of Arthur Edwin Rose, who was fatally injured through falling from a car while, pursuing a…

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Accident

The Western Herald · Tuesday 18 July 1933 · page 4

On Monday afternoon Master Lindsay Lee sustained a nasty injury to his right shin whilst chopping wood. The axe just glanced the bone and…

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Railway Accidents Catch Points to Go. Decision of Commissioners

The Wellington Times · Thursday 20 July 1933 · page 1

It was reported in Sydney yesterday that instructions had been issued throughout the New South Wales railway system for the…

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Car Fatality

The Western Herald · Friday 21 July 1933 · page 2

Patrick Foley, 27, a farmer of Clarencetown, was killed instantly last night, when the steering gear of a car driven by Percy Adamson failed…

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Strange Accident

Western Age · Friday 21 July 1933 · page 1

In one of the strangest accidents known in South Australia, a man was shockingly injured by a piece of steel which burst from a circular saw at…

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Fearful Car Accident. Two Killed—one Decapitated

Western Age · Friday 21 July 1933 · page 3

Aubrey McKenzie, motor driver, and Mrs. Dorothy Dalglish were killed and four other people injured when portion of the framework of a house…

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Boating Fatality Thirteen Lives Lost Paris

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

Twelve boys and a priest were drowned when a flat-bottomed boat capsized in the Seine, near Argent, to-day. A boy fell into the stream, and the…

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