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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Accidents

Accidents, 1935

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Drowning Narrowly Averted

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 3 January 1935 · page 5

Several parties from Gilgandra visited the Gin Gin weir during the holiday season, and on New Year's Day a fatality was narrowly averted…

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Drowning Fatality. Sydney

The Western Herald · Friday 4 January 1935 · page 5

Stanley Roberts, aged 9, ana Joyce Wyatt, aged 7, were drowned while bathing at South Melbourne while a girl named Eluned…

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Grazier Killed Car Dives Through Bridge Shocking Dubbo Fatality

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 4 January 1935 · page 4

When a sedan car got out of control and crashed through a bridge over Coalbaggie Creek, on New Year's Day, Thomas…

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Locomotive Boiler Explodes Thirteen Killed; Many Injured

Western Age · Friday 4 January 1935 · page 1

At Montgomery, West Virginia, thirteen were killed and more than twenty injured, by the explosion of a locomotive of a train taking one hundred…

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Riding Accident at Trangie

Western Age · Friday 4 January 1935 · page 1

Bolting from the track while competing at the gymkhana at Trangie on Boxing Day, a horse ridden by Noel Gillespie (21) dashed its rider against…

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Train Derailed at Darling Harbor. Accident Attrebuted to Children's Pranks. Sydney

The Western Herald · Friday 4 January 1935 · page 5

Several thousands of pounds worth of damage was done when the main Western Line goods train was derailed on the Darling…

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Prevention of Accidents. NEARLY 280 Children Killed Last Year

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 4 January 1935 · page 1

"What are you doing to prevent accidents? Nothing? But perhaps your indifference arises from lack of…

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Cyclist Injured

The Wellington Times · Monday 7 January 1935 · page 2

While on his way to Dubbo on his bicycle on Thursday afternoon last a young man named Alfred Egan, aged 17 years, son of Mr. and…

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Amazing Car Accident Miraculous Escapes Wellington Bowlers in Trouble

The Wellington Times · Thursday 10 January 1935 · page 2

TWO car-loads of bowlers left Wellington yesterday for the purpose of fulfilling their engagement with the Narromine Club in the pennant…

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Wellington District News Tnews Exclusive News Arthurville Serious Accident

The Wellington Times · Thursday 10 January 1935 · page 4

ON last Tuesday a serious accident occurred at Mr. F. Giddings' property, when one of his header drivers, a young Englishman named Cedric…

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Two Killed by Lightning Walgett Fatality

Western Age · Friday 11 January 1935 · page 1

Geoffrey Parkins, 38, of Cooralie Station, 20 miles from Walgett, and his nephew, William Recce, 12, of Campsie, were struck dead by…

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Car Fatality at Molong. Sydney

The Western Herald · Friday 11 January 1935 · page 5

Mrs. Broad of Broken HUT was killed instantly and her Husband, Wilfred Broad, 47, was critically injured, and her eight year old…

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Fatality in Ajra During Riot. Sydney

The Western Herald · Friday 11 January 1935 · page 5

A Calcutta message states that nine Moslems including two women, were killed and more than 20 injured at Ajra, a small town…

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Man Falls Over Balcony Drover Looby Injured

The Western Herald · Friday 11 January 1935 · page 4

At about 2 o'clock on Thursday morning a well known drover of Bourke and district, Mr. Charles Looby, met with an accident at…

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Railway Accident in Russia London

The Western Herald · Friday 11 January 1935 · page 5

A Moscow report states the second disaster within a week occurred at Rostov the chief city in the Don Territory when a train…

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Car Accident Wellington Bowlers in Trouble

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 11 January 1935 · page 4

A rather serious accident occurred on Wednesday, about 1.30 p.m., when a car containing a party of Wellington bowlers capsized, and was burnt…

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Motor Fatality

The Wellington Times · Monday 14 January 1935 · page 2

Following on the sensational car accident in which a number of Wellington bowlers were concerned, came the tragic news that another…

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Tennis Stars In Motor Accident Sydney

The Wellington Times · Monday 14 January 1935 · page 1

The Czechoslovakian tennis champion, Menzel, and his wife, had narrow escapes last night when their car somersaulted twice on the…

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Motor Accident Terrible Injuries. Hobart

The Wellington Times · Monday 14 January 1935 · page 1

The Premier of Tasmania, Mr. Ogilvie, and his private secretary, Mr. H. C. Smith, were severely injured in a motor accident at…

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Car Accident Victims

The Wellington Times · Monday 14 January 1935 · page 2

Mr. T. Trounce, the driver of the car which turned over last week while on the way to Narromine with the Wellington bowlers, and who is…

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