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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Accidents

Accidents, 1934

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Mother and Babe Drowned in Tumut Pool Tied Together. Sydney

The Wellington Times · Thursday 11 January 1934 · page 1

The bodies of Mrs. Jack Martin and her baby were found yesterday in a swimming pool near Tumut. The baby's body was…

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Two Injured In Acid Tank. Eyes Affected. Sydney

The Wellington Times · Thursday 11 January 1934 · page 1

While demolishing an acid tank at the Broken Hill Proprietary works at Newcastle yesterday, Cecil Flanagan,…

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Narrowly Missed Death Train and Trike Collide Pumper Holmes Injured

Western Age · Friday 12 January 1934 · page 2

At about 3 o'clock on Friday afternoon a head on collison took place is the cutting near Toongi between a railway trike being driven by Pumper…

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Plucky Boy Meets Painful Accident

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 13 January 1934 · page 1

Young Kevin Bytheway, aged 10, met with a nasty mishap at Geurie yesterday afternoon. Prom information gleaned, the lad was helping an…

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DROWNED Nepean Tragedy Young Camper's Death

The Wellington Times · Monday 15 January 1934 · page 1

One of two brothers was drowned, and the other barely escaped a similar fate, when bathing in the Nepean River at Douglas ark, near Picton,…

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Motor Car Fatality

The Western Herald · Tuesday 16 January 1934 · page 2

A man and his wife were killed instantly and many others injured when a motor track got out of control on a steep hill near Menzies Creek in the…

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Bright Life Lost Drowned at Trangie

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 16 January 1934 · page 1

A sad drowning fatality occurred at rangie, about 5.30 p.m. on Sunday, when Eric Smith (21), son of Mr. and Mrs. N. C. Smith, of the Bank of New…

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Another Fatality With Record-breaking Plane Paris

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 16 January 1934 · page 1

Eleven persons are believed to have been incinerated when the record-breaking plane, Emerald, on the return trip from Saigon to Le Bourget, crashed…

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Trangie Fatality Young Man Drowned

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 18 January 1934 · page 2

Caught in the swirling water below the weir at Trangie on Sunday last, Eric Clyde Smith (22) was drowned. At the inquest held before the Coroner…

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Young Man Drowned In Presence of Gilgandra Pleasure Seekers Former Gulargambone Resident

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 18 January 1934 · page 4

Two car loads of pleasure seekers from Gilgandra were among the many eye-witnesses of a drowning fatality at Gin…

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Drowning Fatality

The Western Herald · Friday 19 January 1934 · page 2

John Farrell McGrath, 45, of Five Dock, was found drowned in the Hen and Chicken Bay, near Gladesville, this morning. He is said to have…

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Fatally Injured When Thrown From a Horse

Western Age · Friday 19 January 1934 · page 4

When Frank Sidney Moses Davis aged 27, son of very well-known and highly respected residents of East Orange, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Davis…

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Trangie Tidings and Topics Trangie Tragedies Young Man Drowned at the Weir. Old Man Dropped Dead At The Cemetery

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 19 January 1934 · page 8

The Grim Reaper visited Trangie on Sunday and Monday, with such effect that it cast a gloom over the whole population. In the first case a young man in the dower of youth, lost his life in most tragic circumstances, at the Weir, and in the second instance one of Trangie's oldest…

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Accidental Fight Proves Biggest Scene. Not Scheduled in Script of "The Big Cage," But Took Place

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 19 January 1934 · page 4

In Hollywood the accidental and unexpected—elements that can't possibly be included in a movie script— sometimes not only make a picture…

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Murder and Suicide Tumut Drowning Case Sydney

The Wellington Times · Monday 22 January 1934 · page 1

An inquest was held to-day at Tumut, concerning the deaths of Mrs Florence Eliza Martin, 39 years of. Frederick Martin, whose bodies were…

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Boy Drowned. Canoe Sinks Fight for Life

The Wellington Times · Monday 22 January 1934 · page 1

William Cannop Jelly (17), of Canley Vale, was drowned in Ophan School Creek at Canley Vale yesterday, when a canoe in which he was…

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DROWNED Result of Boat Capsizing Auckland, (N.Z.)

The Wellington Times · Monday 22 January 1934 · page 1

Three men, Charles Connell, George Menzies, and Gordon Sproat, were drowned as the result of their boat capsizing while fishing near…

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Drowning Fatality

The Western Herald · Tuesday 23 January 1934 · page 2

Auckland—Mrs. Jane Craig, 33, of Avondsle, and her baby son were found in a creek, each with a wound in the throat. The boy was dead, but…

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The Tumut Fatality

The Western Herald · Tuesday 23 January 1934 · page 2

An inquest was held at Tumut to-day concerning the deaths of Mrs Florence Eliza Martin, 30, and her 18 months old twin son, William…

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Three Fishermen Drowned

The Western Herald · Tuesday 23 January 1934 · page 2

Three men, Charles Connell, George Menzies and Gordon Sproat, were drowned as a result of a boat capsizing while fishing near Nuggetts, New…

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