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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Accidents

Accidents, 1935

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Far Western Sick and Accident Fund

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 13 April 1935 · page 6

These letters tell their own story. They are published, by request, to put the facts of a local happening before the public…

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[?] COLLISION. Between Car and Sulky [?] Horse Killed and [?] Occupants Injured

The Wellington Times · Monday 15 April 1935 · page 3

[?] collision took place on [?] day night last on the main [?], about three miles from [?] near Spilsbury's, when…

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Cars in Collision

The Wellington Times · Monday 15 April 1935 · page 2

Two cars collided near the Cobbora railway crossing on Saturday last, but luckily no injury to, the occupants resumed, although the cars…

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Athlete's Death Fatality After Funeral. Auckland (N.Z.)

The Wellington Times · Monday 15 April 1935 · page 1

When a petrol lorry and a car collided at Toupe, Hughie Gillies, 19. a prominent athlete, was killed, and four occupants of the motor car,…

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Two Men Killed Terrific Head-on Collision Tram and Motor Cycle

The Wellington Times · Monday 15 April 1935 · page 1

Two men were killed on Saturday night in a terrific head-on smash between a motor cycle and a tram in Pacific Highway, Lane Cove…

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Rifle Fatality Young Lad Loses Life Wagga

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 16 April 1935 · page 1

Baden Belgium Bailie, aged 18, was fatally wounded, near Tumbarumba. He and his cousins, who had just returned from a shooting excursion, were…

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Freak Accident Stick Pierces Body Timber Getter's Plight Brisbane

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 16 April 1935 · page 1

A timber-getter, named Laver, was transported by the Ambulance 50 miles to a hospital, with a stick 3ft. long and more than an inch in diameter…

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Battered by Burglar Mother and Daughter Critically Injured Brutal Melbourne Crime

The Wellington Times · Thursday 18 April 1935 · page 1

Another brutal crime is reported from Elsternwick, where Mrs. Morton Rolfe, an elderly woman, was terribly injured when a…

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ARTHURVILLE Painful Accident

The Wellington Times · Thursday 18 April 1935 · page 4

A STORM blew up on Friday evening, with showers of dust coming in from the west at hurricane force, and then a downpour of rain,…

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Petrol Lorry and Car One Killed, Four Injured

Western Age · Friday 19 April 1935 · page 1

When a petrol lorry and a motor can collided at Taupo, Hugh Gillies, aged 19, prominent athlete, was killed, and four occupants of the motor…

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Shocking Accident Arm Torn Off

Western Age · Friday 19 April 1935 · page 1

Edgar Warne, aged 20, who was a passenger in a bus, had his right arm torn off within three inches of the shoulder when he was stack by a…

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Road Accident Toll

The Western Herald · Friday 19 April 1935 · page 2

"That 86 persons were killed in road accidents in this State during last quarter, is an alarming condition of affairs when it is…

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Chapter of Accidents. Sydney

The Western Herald · Friday 19 April 1935 · page 5

Jack Meads, 30, a carpenter, at Hume Reservoir, was knocked down by a motor car near Albury and killed instantly. Earlier in the…

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Motor Fatality Fine Old Lady Killed Goulburn

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 23 April 1935 · page 1

Mrs. T. K. Abbott, senr., mother of Mr. C. L. A. Abbott, M.P., was fatally injured when struck by a motor car at Alpine, near Goulburn…

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Rifleman Killed Another Badly Injured Tamworth

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 23 April 1935 · page 1

When returning from a rille meeting at Tamworth, Robert Tindall, aged 50, was killed in a car accident. Another rifleman, who was in the…

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MONTEFIORES Car Collision

The Wellington Times · Thursday 25 April 1935 · page 4

THE wintry weather that prevailed for almost a week has disappeared, but for how long no one knows. A few fine, days will be appreciated…

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Drowned in Mine. London

The Western Herald · Friday 26 April 1935 · page 5

A Capetown message states that three Europeans and forty natives were drowned in the Machavie Mine which was re-opened after…

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Accident

The Western Herald · Friday 26 April 1935 · page 4

On Wednesday moaning last whilst driving sheep on Yanda Station hi company with another lad, Charlie Wood had the misfortune…

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Latest Telegrams Accidental Shooting on Central Railway Station. Sydney

The Western Herald · Friday 26 April 1935 · page 5

While Mrs. McGuinness was standing on the platform of the Central Railway Station last night she received a shot from a rifle in…

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Motor Fatality Two Killed

Western Age · Friday 3 May 1935 · page 1

When a motor car somersaulted in Corrong-rd., Adelaide, Mrs. E. Greene 35, and Thomas Davey, 52, visitors from Victoria, were killed…

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