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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Accidents

Accidents, 1936

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Car Overturns. Five Passengers Injured

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 28 February 1936 · page 2

Miraculous escapes from more serious consequences were experienced by the five passengers in a car which overturned on the Wellington Road…

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Killed in Car Crash Collision Near Lismore

Western Age · Friday 28 February 1936 · page 1

One man was killed and another seriously injured in a hend-on collision between a lorry and a motor car on the Lismore road. The dead…

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Road Accidents. Sydney

The Western Herald · Friday 28 February 1936 · page 5

Preliminary figures of road accidents in New South Wales for 1935 have been issued by the Commissioner for Roads Transport…

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Accident Squads

The Western Herald · Friday 28 February 1936 · page 2

Accident squads have been organised by the police in Berlin to render first aid, to victims of car accidents and to photograph…

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Strange Explosion Several People Injured Sydney. Friday night

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 29 February 1936 · page 1

A terrific explosion, the origin of which is still a mystery, almost completely wrecked a residential in Kent Street, City, this evening, and caused…

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CASUALTIES Old Lady Injured

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 3 March 1936 · page 6

When she slipped and fell in her garden at 154 Darling Street, on Saturday afternoon. Mrs. A. J. Boyle (70) fractured her right thigh. Dr. Roper…

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Collision in Main Street

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 5 March 1936 · page 4

A most serious accident was narrowly averted at the intersection of Bridge and Miller Streets at 5.30 on Friday afternoon last, when a utility…

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Girl Drowned Coming from Music Lesson Sydney

The Wellington Times · Thursday 5 March 1936 · page 1

Nancy Wallace, aged 8 years, of Girraween, was drowned in a creek near her home yesterday afternoon…

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Road Accidents 365 Killed A Heavy-Toll

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 5 March 1936 · page 4

Preliminary figures on road accidents in.N.S.W. for the year ended 1935, issued by the Commissioner for Road,…

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Fatal Car Collision Grazier Charged with Manslaughter

Western Age · Friday 6 March 1936 · page 1

Two men, W. Burden and J. Hatten, were fatally injured when their motor car collided with a car on the Hume Highway, near Yass…

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Fell From Car Police Constable Injured Yass

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 10 March 1936 · page 1

While Const. Newham was Questioning two men in a car outside the post office at Yass, early this morning, they speeded on, although he drew his…

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Drowned in a Dam Fatality at Baldry

The Wellington Times · Thursday 12 March 1936 · page 2

A very sad fatality occurred on Mr. Hughes' property at Baldry on Tuesday last, when a youth named…

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Dunedoo-Mendooran-Merrygoen MERRYGOEN Hie Diggers' League Painful Accident New Officers

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 12 March 1936 · page 5

A meeting of the newly-formed Merrygoen-Mondooran branch of the R.S. & S.I.L.A. was held in the local hall on Monday night. The principal…

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Car Accident Near Mitchell. Woman Wales Five Miles for Help

The Western Herald · Friday 13 March 1936 · page 7

We clip the following from the "Charleville Times;" of the 6th March:— Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Kratzman,…

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Horse Injured

The Wellington Times · Monday 16 March 1936 · page 1

Tireless efforts were made yesterday by the veterinary surgeon, Roy Stewart, to save Limarch, which fractured its near pastern at Randwick…

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Grim Prediction Train Fatality at St. Peters

The Wellington Times · Monday 16 March 1936 · page 1

A grim prediction wag fulfilled yesterday afternoon, when a 17 year old youth, Wyman Dunn, of Bexley, was fatally injured…

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Hit by Tram Woman Gravely Injured

The Wellington Times · Monday 16 March 1936 · page 1

An elderly woman, Mrs. Fanny Meredith, of North Sydney, was critically injured yesterday afternoon when knocked down by a tram in…

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One Killed Five Seriously Injured Car and Cycle Collide

The Wellington Times · Monday 16 March 1936 · page 1

Six persons were injured, one fatally, when a motor car and a motor cycle and sidecar met in a terrific collision at Marrickvile yesterday…

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Injured Horses Regal Star Destroyed Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 17 March 1936 · page 1

Regal star, who was injured at Randwick on Saturday, was destroyed to-day, while the veterinary surgeons were successful in their efforts to save…

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Drowning Fatality at Warren Weir Well Known Young Greek

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 19 March 1936 · page 1

A sad drowning fatality occurred on Sunday afternoon below the Warren weir, when George Coroneos. aged 28 years,…

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