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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Accidents

Accidents, 1935

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Players Injured

Western Age · Friday 19 July 1935 · page 3

Playing against Eumungerie at Balladoran on Sunday, G. Alchin received a nasty kick in the groin, while J. Scott received concussion of the brain…

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Motor Bus In Canal Eleven Drowned

Western Age · Friday 19 July 1935 · page 3

At Antwerp ten passengers and the driver were drowned and ten saved, when a motor bus overturned and pitched into a canal to-day, while…

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Riots in Belfast Homes Wrecked—many Injured

Western Age · Friday 19 July 1935 · page 3

At ten o'clock to-night rioting in Belfast had ceased, although fifty homes have been wrecked in one small area, and many burned down. More…

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Railway Accident Near Boorindal. Passenger Carriages, Guard Van and Two Trucks Derailed

The Western Herald · Friday 19 July 1935 · page 4

At about a quarter past four on Saturday afternoon last, word reached town that the usual mixed train had met with an…

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Terrible Accident Near Flour Mill

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 19 July 1935 · page 9

A out 3.5 p.m. to-day (Friday) shocking accident occurred near the Flour Mill. Three men were in a truck, on the peak…

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Motor Accidents. Contributing Factors. They Should Be Minimised

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 19 July 1935 · page 2

The number of car accidents, on our roads, needs some action in an endeavour to redoes them. Yearly, even around our district…

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Local and General Burning Accident

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 20 July 1935 · page 2

On inquiry at the District Hospital last night, it was assumed that the condition of John Thomas Edwards, who suffered severe [?] when he…

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ALSATIANS Terror in Cottage Fire. One Fireman Injured

The Wellington Times · Monday 22 July 1935 · page 1

Terrified by the heat and flames three Alsatian dogs ferociously resisted firemen who tried to rescue them foom the rear of…

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Railway Fatality Inquest Opened

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 23 July 1935 · page 4

The inquest into the death [?] Keith Chellew (24), whose legs [?] severed when he fell under a [?] at Narromine on Friday aftern[?]…

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Motor Fatality Knocked Down by Lorry Sydney

The Wellington Times · Thursday 25 July 1935 · page 2

White walking along Pittswater Road, Mona Vale, late last night, a man named Charles Wilcox, aged 50 years, was knocked down by a motor…

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Baby Drowned When Car Skidded into Water Channel Sydney

The Wellington Times · Thursday 25 July 1935 · page 1

A baby, aged three months, was drowned at Myrrin, Victoria, when a car driven by its father skidded into a water channel. The baby…

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Road Accidents

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 25 July 1935 · page 4

The number of serious motor [?]cidents on the Dubbo-Trang'c road in the last few years brought strong comments from Councillor F. J. C…

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Drowning Fatality. Sydney

The Western Herald · Friday 26 July 1935 · page 5

A baby drowned when a skidded near Myarrin (Victoria) when a car driven by its father skidded into the water channel…

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Car Fatality on Parramatta Road

Western Age · Friday 26 July 1935 · page 3

When a car collided with a telegraph pole on the Parramatta-road, on Monday, Mrs. Kathleen Bailey, aged [?]7, a resident of Bondi, was…

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Farmer Shockingly Injured. Sydney

The Western Herald · Friday 26 July 1935 · page 5

A farmer Rallied Harold Wegener, of Walla, was shockingly injured when the eight horses team he was working in a plough…

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Air Tragedy Pilot Killed in Mid-air Collision

Western Age · Friday 26 July 1935 · page 1

One pilot was killed and the other miraculously glided to safety when two Aero Club Moths collided in mid-air at a turning point…

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Terrible Accident at Narromine

The Western Herald · Friday 26 July 1935 · page 4

At 3.5 p.m. last Friday a shocking accident occurred near the Four mill. Three men were in a truck, on the Peak Hill train…

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Racing Accidents. Eight Horses Fall

The Western Herald · Friday 26 July 1935 · page 4

Eight horses fell in the Maiden Three and Four-year-old' Handicap at Rosehill last Wednesday, making the third serious Sydney…

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Last Friday's Tragedy The Inquest. Verdict of Accidental Death

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 26 July 1935 · page 5

The inquiry into last Friday's tragic happening was concluded in Narromine to-day. It was opened in Dubbo last Saturday,…

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District News Narromine Scalding Accident Scout Benefit Show Ball Personal

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 27 July 1935 · page 4

Mr. Allan Elder is confined to his lied with an attack of pleurisy. Miss J. Paul, of Gri[?]s, is at present spending a holiday with her…

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