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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Accidents

Accidents, 1934

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Fatal Collision Another Injured. Sydney

The Wellington Times · Thursday 25 January 1934 · page 1

Frank Woodward, 20, was killed, and David Butler, 17, critically injured to-day, when their motor cycles collided at Greenwich. Woodward…

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Alleged Cruelty to Injured Horse Defendant Convicted

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 25 January 1934 · page 1

Quite lengthy evidence was sub mitted in the case heard before Mr. C. F. Denton, P.M., at the Gilgandra Police Court on…

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ACCIDENTS Ambulance Has Busy Morning

The Wellington Times · Thursday 25 January 1934 · page 2

THE Ambulance had a busy morning to-day and up till dinner time had [?] less than nine calls, so it will be see[?] that Supt. Habler had a very busy…

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Three Men Drowned Through Boat Capsizing

Western Age · Friday 26 January 1934 · page 3

Three men, Charles Connell, George Menzies and Gordon Sproat, were d[?]oned as the result of a boat capsizing while fishing, near Nuggetts, New…

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Caught in a Current Two Boys Drowned

Western Age · Friday 26 January 1934 · page 3

While Donald Khote (13) and Ralph Fraser (11), were bathing in the Mitchell River, in the Gippsland district of Victoria, they swam out of their depth…

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Stranded Steamer Oakpord Eleven Officers and Crew Drowned

Western Age · Friday 26 January 1934 · page 3

Eleven men, being officers and crew of the steamer Oakford, which ws stranded in a gale after the vessel, sprang a leak, off Texel Island, were…

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Body of Unknown Man Drowned with Stone on Chest

Western Age · Friday 26 January 1934 · page 3

The body of an unknown middle-aged man, with a 15lb, stone lashed to his chest with a length of clothes line, was found in the Parramatta River…

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Accidental Death Finding Three Killed Through Axle Breaking

Western Age · Friday 26 January 1934 · page 3

The inquiry concluded at Gundagai into the accident in which three women were killed. The Coroner found that the deaths resulted from injuries…

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Fatal Shooting Accident to Brewarrina Grazier

Western Age · Friday 26 January 1934 · page 3

While George Andrew Victor Loughman, a well-known grazier of Tarcoon, near Brewarrina, was inspecting his property prior to leaving for Sydney…

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Two Drowned Anniversary Day Fatalities Sydney, Friday night

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 27 January 1934 · page 1

Arthur Walter Bugden (9), of Auburn, was bathing with a number of others in Parramatta Park this afternoon, when he disappeared. His body…

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Railway Accident Victims Improving

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 27 January 1934 · page 3

On enquiry at the District Hospital last night it was ascertained that the three young men who were severely burned and injured…

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Of Interest to Motorists Traffic Accidents

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 27 January 1934 · page 7

In many parts of the world, including Australia, deep concern is expressed by official bodies and motoring authorities at the number of reasonably avoidable…

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Car Over Cliff Two Men Injured

The Wellington Times · Monday 29 January 1934 · page 1

When a motor car swerved off the road and crashed over a cliff and somersaulted 40 feet to the bottom on the Gosford-Sydney. road…

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The Motor World News and Notes from the N.R.M.A. Accident Figures Alarm

The Wellington Times · Monday 29 January 1934 · page 4

The N.R.M.A. Safety Department expresses alarm at the number of road accidents which have occurred in this State since the beginning of…

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Drowning Fatality

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 30 January 1934 · page 3

A lad, Frank Harvey, 13 years of age, lost his life on Saturday at Peak Hill. He was swimming with some boys in the Government dam, when he got into…

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Died Together Hunter River Fatality Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 30 January 1934 · page 1

John Joseph Ernst (24) and Raymond Stephen Ernst (17) were drowned last night in the Hunter River, about 17 miles from Maitland…

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Train on Fire Three Men Injured Thrilling Dubbo Sensation

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 1 February 1934 · page 1

When goods train No. 65 West Was passing over she Bourke Hill on the boundary of Dubbo's municipality, it…

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Children's Deaths Accidentally Killed Sydney

The Wellington Times · Thursday 1 February 1934 · page 1

At a double inquest the Bulli Coroner found that Gladys Gow and Walter Smith were, accidentally killed by a car driven by Rev. H. H…

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Accident

The Wellington Times · Thursday 1 February 1934 · page 2

Mr. Norman Wilson, of Gisbon[?] Street, met with a painful accident on Tuesday morning last. He was engaged in taking a load of when…

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Man Drowned Extraordinary Mining Fatality

Western Age · Friday 2 February 1934 · page 1

Whilst two men were working in a mine at Newbridge, near Blayney, in Friday, at a depth of 140 feet, there was a sudden and tremendous…

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