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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Accidents

Accidents, 1934

362 stories in Dubbo & the Western Plains's papers · page 11 of 19

Show Manager Killed in Motor Accident Kempsey, Friday night

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 2 June 1934 · page 1

John George Murdock (25), manager of the Mayfair Theatre, Kempsey, was killed, and Miss Gipsy Walsh seriously injured, when Murdock's car skidded…

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Car Capsizes McKillops in Accident

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 2 June 1934 · page 1

When their car capsized about three miles from Narromine on the Dubbo Road at mid-day yesterday, five members of the well-known…

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Train Collision No One Injured. Wellington. N.Z.

The Wellington Times · Monday 4 June 1934 · page 1

The Invereargill-Christchurch express train was involved in a serious accident at Sockburn, when a passenger train crashed into the rear…

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Sad Death Accidentally Shot Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 5 June 1934 · page 1

At East Maitland yesterday a little boy picked up a pea-rifle and playfully pointed it at his sister. The weapon exploded, and the bullet entered the…

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MUMBIL Painful Accident

The Wellington Times · Thursday 7 June 1934 · page 4

THE weather still keeps fine and rain is wanted very badly, as a number of the rainwater tanks are getting very low. Frosts have been…

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Fatal Car Skid Man Killed: Woman Terribly Injured

Western Age · Friday 8 June 1934 · page 3

When a car skidded on the slippery road, about two miles from Kempsey, it capsized, rolled over three times and crashed into a telegraph…

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Shocking Accident Accidental Discharge of Pea Rifle

Western Age · Friday 8 June 1934 · page 1

Young Cecil Smith, a 14-year-old [?] residing at Mount Frome, Mudgee, had a sensational and painful experience on Tuesday morning last…

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Peculiar Car Accident

Western Age · Friday 8 June 1934 · page 1

A rat running up the leg of his trousers was responsible for a car accident at Narromine, last week. Mr. Fred Haberman, a district farmer, was…

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Man Shot Caragabal Accident Caused by Dog

Western Age · Friday 8 June 1934 · page 3

A dog is blamed for causing the accidental shooting of a man at Caragabal, near Grenfell, last Friday, in a peculiar manner…

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Family Fatality Result of a German Shell Belgrade

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 12 June 1934 · page 1

A farm laborer, who was just re-employed after months of unemployment, was hammering a blade of a scythe on a piece of old iron, which proved to be…

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Tragic Car Smash Five Miles From Gilgandra Man Killed—-Three Injured Victim Was to be Married Shortly

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 14 June 1934 · page 4

A tragic car accident occurred on the Gilgandra-Coonamble Road, about 10 o'clock on Sun day morning, when a…

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Painful Accident Shot Through Foot

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 14 June 1934 · page 4

Mr. Cecil Sigtson, of Balladoran, and the popular "hooker" of the Football Club at that centre, was the victim of a very…

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"Grabbed the Wheel Driver's Version of Accident Inquest Opened Adjourned Until

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 14 June 1934 · page 7

At the bedside of E. E. De Wade, the driver who was injured in Sunday's car smash at "Arthursloigh" when Herbert…

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Painful Accident

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 14 June 1934 · page 9

Mr. C. McCalman, of "Pine Clump,' met with a very painful accident last Thursday while endeavouring to locate a defect in the…

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Timber Train Fatality

The Western Herald · Friday 15 June 1934 · page 3

Skidding on frost covered rails of the narrow timber train lines at Alexander (Victoria) an engine and ten trucks loaded with logs…

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Tragic Car Smash. Man Killed—Three Injured. Victim Was to Be Married Shortly

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 15 June 1934 · page 4

A tragic car accident occurred on the Gilgandra-Coonambie road, about 10 o'clock on Sunday morning, when a Willys-Knight car, owned and…

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Mr. Bert. Tinker Killed Fatal Car Accident on Gilgandra Road

Western Age · Friday 15 June 1934 · page 3

A fatal car accident occurred about 10 o'clock on Sunday morning on the hair-pin bend at Arthursleigh, about five miles past…

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Fatal Accident. Bedside Inquiry How Bert Tinker Died

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 16 June 1934 · page 5

A quiet ward in Gilgandra Hospital was transformed into a Court of Inquiry, on Wednesday, when the Deputy District Coroner (Mr. B. Townsend)…

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Two Drowned Washed from Rocks Frantic Efforts. Sydney

The Wellington Times · Monday 18 June 1934 · page 1

Two men, believed to have been Herbert Henry Foote, aged 52 years, and Charles William Schultz, aged 25…

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Motor Fatality Gilgandia Inquiry Coroner's Finding Held Over

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 21 June 1934 · page 6

The inquest into the motor fatality, which resulted in the death of Herbert George Tinker, opening details of which appeared in Saturday's…

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