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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Accidents

Accidents, 1934

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Double Fatality In Motor Car Crash Adelaide

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 2 January 1934 · page 1

When a motor car containing five persons got out of control and crashed into a fence at Willunga, Miss Mary Moran (60) and Peter Carey, aged 12,…

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DROWNED Clothes Found. Big Police earch Sydney

The Wellington Times · Tuesday 2 January 1934 · page 1

Stuart Kelvin Anderson, aged 23 years, a grazier, is believed to have been drowned in the Condamine River, Queensland, ten miles from…

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Window Broken Man Injured. Blood Trail Followed Sydney

The Wellington Times · Tuesday 2 January 1934 · page 1

Late last night a shop window in race Brothers' store was broken and a quantity of dress materials stolen…

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M.P. INJURED In Motor Collision Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 4 January 1934 · page 1

Brigadier-General W. McNicoll, M.P., was injured when two cars came into collision at Mittagong. He was thrown against the side of…

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Car Smash Mr. McNicoll Injured. Three Ribs Broken. Sydney

The Wellington Times · Thursday 4 January 1934 · page 1

Brigadier General W. McNicoll, M.P., was injured yesterday when two cars came into collision near Mittagong. He was thrown against…

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Bridge Fatality

The Western Herald · Friday 5 January 1934 · page 1

A middle aged man last night threw himself from the Harbour Bridge into the water and was killed instantly…

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Father and Child Drowned Snags Prevented Rescue

Western Age · Friday 5 January 1934 · page 3

Herbert William Y[?], 32, and hisson, two and a half years old, were drowned in Ral Ral Creek, near Chaffey. Yee[?]d was in a rowing boat…

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A Taxi-cab's Crash Three Seriously Injured

Western Age · Friday 5 January 1934 · page 3

After colliding with a bicycle at Prince's Highway, near Kensington-street Kogarah, Sydney a taxi-cab crashed into a telegraph…

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Accident to Car

Western Age · Friday 5 January 1934 · page 1

Edward Reginald Weaver, whilst driving from Dubbo to Coolah in a new Chevrolet car, on Boxing Day, failed to take the curve of the approach to…

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Air Fatality Another Pylon Crash Berlin

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 6 January 1934 · page 1

A second tragic collision with a wireless mast occurred to-day, when a machine landing in a fog at Brunswick struck the pylon and fell like a stone…

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Rifle Fatality Doctor's Son Loses Life Sydney, Friday night

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 6 January 1934 · page 1

Gilbert Larcombe (16) died to-day from a bullet wound accidentally received when out shooting with two companions near Kenny Hill last night…

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Unusual Accident

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 6 January 1934 · page 1

Cecil Coad. son of Mr. and Mrs. a. Coad, of Darling Street, was the victim of an unusual accident early yesterday morning. He was sleeping in a bed in…

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District News Narromine Riding Accident

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 6 January 1934 · page 4

Mr. W. A. Bishop, of "Avondale," Narromlne, sustained a broken thigh and collarbone on Thursday morning, when the horse he was riding fell with…

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Five Injured Car Collision Mother and Son Critical

The Wellington Times · Monday 8 January 1934 · page 1

Five persons were injured, two seriously, when two cars collided on the Western road at Pendle Hill yesterday. Both cars were considerably…

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Two Drowned Boat Overturns Sydney

The Wellington Times · Monday 8 January 1934 · page 1

Mrs. Florence Germyne, aged 34 years, and Bernice Ellis, aged 7 years, were drowned when their boat was overturned at Hexham…

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Local & General News Man Injured

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 9 January 1934 · page 2

William Black was treated by the Ambulance and taken to Dubbo District Hospital on Saturday night, suffering from a cut lip and…

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Latest Cables and Telegrams Cyclist Killed In a Collision Steward on the Australia Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 9 January 1934 · page 1

Robert Fulton (22), employed as a steward on H.M.A.S. Australia, was home on furlough. He was riding along Canberra, Street…

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Wellington District News. Exclusive News Dripstone Nearly a Drowning Fatality

The Wellington Times · Thursday 11 January 1934 · page 4

A triple drowning fatality was narrowly averted last Saturday during the severe storm which swept the district, when three children were…

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Three Killed Six Injured. In Car Collision. Sydney

The Wellington Times · Thursday 11 January 1934 · page 1

Indefinite reports received in Gundagai, indicate that, following a collision between a service car travelling from Sydney to Melbourne and…

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Motor Smash Three Killed—Six Injured Gundagai

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 11 January 1934 · page 1

Indefinite reports received here indicate that, following a collision between a service car travelling from Sydney to Melbourne and a motor car going…

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