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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Accidents

Accidents, 1934

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Accident

The Western Herald · Friday 13 July 1934 · page 3

In the second division of the Novice Handicap, Star Base fell and the well known Jockey McCarten received a broken…

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MOTORING The Motor World. News and Notes From the N.R.M.A Britain's Accident Figures

The Western Herald · Friday 13 July 1934 · page 2

In the first quarter of this year there was a serious increase in the number of street accidents in Great Britain, as compared with…

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Sprained Ankle Australian Actress Injured

The Wellington Times · Monday 16 July 1934 · page 1

FALLING down a flight of stone steps at the Criterion Theatre on Saturday night, Miss Jocelyn Howarth, sprained her ankle, but carried…

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Accident

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 17 July 1934 · page 1

A lad named Bourke (13), of [?] Bultge Street, sustained a nasty cut on his big toe which necessitated a couple of stitches, while chopping wood…

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Obituary Fatal Accident

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 17 July 1934 · page 1

John Francis Woodley (64), a native of Dubbo district, and a resident of Gilgandra, met his death on Friday afternoon last at Gilgandra, when he…

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Fatal Accident Death Follows Fall From Lorry Late John Woodley

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 19 July 1934 · page 6

Mr. John Woodley, of Gilgandra met his death early on Friday afternoon when he fell from a motor truck driven bfy…

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Fatal Accident at Gilgandra

Western Age · Friday 20 July 1934 · page 1

Mr. John Woodley (64), pound-keeper and wood merchant of Gilgandra, and a former Dubbotte, fell from the back of a lorry driven by his son…

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Inquest Adjourned Fatality Sequel

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 21 July 1934 · page 1

Owing to the absence of E. E. de Wade, who was undergoing medical treatment in Sydney, the inquest into the death of the late Bert Tinker was…

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Local Accidents Nothing Serious

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 21 July 1934 · page 1

John Davis (70), of Eulomogo, fell from a sulky on Wednesday afternoon, sustaining cuts on the head and hands and shock. Dr. Flower admitted him…

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Accident Sequel Driver Fined £10

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 24 July 1934 · page 5

The sequel to a car accident on the Wellington Road on May 24, when Gordon Grant was seriously injured and Claude Joseph…

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Painful Accident

The Western Herald · Friday 27 July 1934 · page 4

On Tuesday afternoon last Mr. Herb Norris was the victim of a very painful accident. It appears that it was his intention to mount…

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Washed Off Rocks Man Drowned Body Recovered. Sydney

The Wellington Times · Monday 6 August 1934 · page 1

While fishing from the rocks at Kiama yesterday, William Wilson, aged 48 years, an engineer, was washed from the rocks into the sea…

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COMOBELLA Rifle Accident

The Wellington Times · Thursday 9 August 1934 · page 4

MR. Edgar Horan has his motor lorries engaged carting sand from Mitchell's Creek to the sewerage works. At least eight men are…

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Steamer Collision. Sydney

The Western Herald · Friday 10 August 1934 · page 5

A sensational accident occurred near Newcastle last night when the Ferry Steamer Blue Bell collided with the steamer Warraneen,…

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Fisherman Drowned Washed Out to Sea

Western Age · Friday 10 August 1934 · page 3

Whilst fishing at Kiama on Sunday, William Wilson, an engincer, 48 years of ape, was washed off the rocks into the sea, and carried sonic distance out…

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Cyclist Killed Tragic Race Collision

The Wellington Times · Monday 13 August 1934 · page 1

WHILE competing in an amateur cycling race between Campbelltown I and Lakemba late on Saturday afternoon, Clifford Dudley Baxter, 23, of…

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Is He Drowned? Wagga Mystery. Sydney

The Wellington Times · Thursday 16 August 1934 · page 1

Keith Elms, an Englishman, is believed to have been drowned in a flooded creek near Wagga. He was last, seen travelling towards a…

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Accident at Mendooran

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 16 August 1934 · page 7

Frederick Muller, a shire Council employee, of Coonabarabran, who was shooting ducks on Myall Plains Station, Mendooran-road, with a…

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Loading Accident

The Western Herald · Friday 17 August 1934 · page 4

Whilst unloading wool at the local railway on Monday morning last Mr. Will Holland (one of the railway employees) was…

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Local and General Man Injured

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 18 August 1934 · page 2

When droving sheep it Beni yesterday, Jack Wheatley (20), of Pozieres Street, sustained painful injuries to his side. His horse stumbled and fell on…

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