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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Accidents

Accidents, 1935

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The Cause Road Accidents Sydney

The Wellington Times · Thursday 23 May 1935 · page 2

Superintendent Carter, referring to the fact that the most serious road accidents are due to excessive speed, said that unless drivers took…

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Killed in Motor Accident. Sydney

The Western Herald · Friday 24 May 1935 · page 5

A Brisbane report states that Vivian Beasley, 26, was killed outright, and James Bredden was fatally injured, and five others less…

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Car Accidents Two Capsize. Wonderful Escapes

The Wellington Times · Monday 27 May 1935 · page 1

IF yesterday had been a Friday and the 13th of the month, people would have put it down as a bad omen for accidents, of which there were quite…

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No Foul Play Accident? Body Found in Culvert Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 28 May 1935 · page 1

The mud-bespattered body of a man who is believed to have been Arthur A. Vaughan, was found close to a fire under a culvert at Beecroft, near Ryde…

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Accident

The Western Herald · Friday 31 May 1935 · page 6

On Wednesday (22nd May) Mr. Gordon Bye (the contractor for the Bourke-Hungerford mail service) met with an accident which…

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Motor Fatality Postal, Employee Kill. Sydney, [?]

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 4 June 1935 · page 1

While Bernard William [?]foyle (46), a postal employee, was Malking along Victoria Road, Ma[?]kville, last night, he was knocked down by a motor…

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Road Fatality Car Skids and Overturns Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 4 June 1935 · page 1

Several persons were badly injured when the car in which they were riding skidde dand overturned at Kellyville, yesterday…

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Motor Crash Five Persons Injured Wellington

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 4 June 1935 · page 1

Mr. and Mrs. J. Rowe, Mrs. J. Lorton, Messrs. E. Frecklington and N. Emmott were injured in a car smash on Bathurst Road, near Lucknow…

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Accident to Mr. Bruce Arthur

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 6 June 1935 · page 4

Mr. Bruce Arthur, of the Agricultural Department, reports a providental escape from personal injury as the result of a car mishap on the…

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MUMBIL Accident at Bridge

The Wellington Times · Thursday 6 June 1935 · page 5

OUR local school teacher spent the week-end in Dubbo with friends. He witnessed the football match between Cobar and Dubbo and thinks…

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Car Fatality. Sydney

The Western Herald · Friday 7 June 1935 · page 5

Mrs. Herbet Stevens, 30, suffered a terrible death when two lorries collided near Camden last night. A clothes prop crashed…

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Fatally Injured Three in Car Smash Light Standard Struck Melbourne

The Wellington Times · Monday 10 June 1935 · page 1

Dorothy Joyce Long, aged 28 years, Ormond Randall, aged 48 years, a grazier, and Desmond Valentine Shaw, aged 40 years,…

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Royal Automobile Club Weekly News Summary. Stopping After an Accident

The Wellington Times · Monday 10 June 1935 · page 4

The R.A.C.A. appeals to all motorists to stop after an accident in which their cars are even remotely concerned, even though they may…

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Terrible Fatality School Boy's Tragic End. Killed by Falling Chimney

The Wellington Times · Thursday 13 June 1935 · page 2

Death overtook little Brnce[?] grave in a sudden and tragic [?] just a few minutes after 1 o'clock yesterday afternoon, when he was…

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Young Cyclist Killed Collision with Taxi

Western Age · Friday 14 June 1935 · page 1

Norman Douglas Carr, 17, was thrown from his bicycle when it collided with a taxi at Aspley. He was killed instantly. Later a man was…

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Motor Fatality Near Camden Woman's Terrible Death

Western Age · Friday 14 June 1935 · page 1

Mrs. Herbert Stevens, aged 30, suffered a terrible death when two lorries collided near Camden. A clothes prop crashed through the…

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Industrial Accidents

Western Age · Friday 14 June 1935 · page 1

Richard Madden, aged 45, a mechanic, while operating a blowing machine at the premises of F. W. Hughes, at Botany, had his hand caught in the…

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MOTORING The Motor World. News and Notes From the N.R.M.A. Impatience Causes Accidents

The Western Herald · Friday 14 June 1935 · page 2

"Anybody, who has made a study of road accident causes must come to the conclusion that a very large proportion of smashes are brought…

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Gulargambone Fatality How It Occurred

The Wellington Times · Monday 17 June 1935 · page 2

FULLER particulars regarding the terrible fatality in which little Laurie Burns, the 4 year old son of Mr. and Mrs. W. Burns, met his…

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Motor Victim. Another Fatality. Sydney

The Wellington Times · Thursday 20 June 1935 · page 1

Angelo Dagostin, aged 44 years, who was walking along Western Road, Prospect, last night, was knocked down by a motor car and…

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