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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Accidents

Accidents, 1936

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Over Fifty Injured Dubbo's Worst Accident Hotel Balcony Collapses During Progress of Sale

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 9 April 1936 · page 6

The most serious accident in the history of Dubbo occurred about 4 o'clock ye,terday afternoon, about 50 persons being…

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Many Injured When Balcony Collapsed Dubbo Sensation

The Wellington Times · Thursday 9 April 1936 · page 3

Thirty-five persons met with disaster yesterday when the front balcony of the Macquarie View Hotel collapsed…

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Car Overturns Girl Critically Injured Sydney

The Wellington Times · Thursday 9 April 1936 · page 1

Amy May Rafferty, aged 26 years, was critically injured when a motor car in which she was a passenger overturned near Cook's River…

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Burning Accident

The Wellington Times · Thursday 9 April 1936 · page 2

Little Gwen Burns, the 5-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Burns, of Brewery Lane, met with a painful burning accident yesterday. It…

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Eighty Persons Crash to Footpath when Hotel Balcony Collapses Thirty-one Injured—Two in Critical Condition Dubbo District Hospital Taxed to Accommodate the Victims Amazing Stories of Miraculous Escapes told by Some who Fell

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 9 April 1936 · page 1

With a terrific roar, a section of the balcony of the Macquarie View Hotel, facing Talbragar Street, collapsed suddenly during an auction sale about 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon, and about 80 people were precipitated to the concrete footpath, some suffering serious injuries. Thirty-one persons were admitted to hospital, 28 to the District and…

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Train Fatality. Wednesday

The Western Herald · Friday 10 April 1936 · page 5

A men who either all of lumped on to the tracks at Wynyard Railway Station yesterday afternoon. and was out to please, has…

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Free From Accidents

The Western Herald · Friday 10 April 1936 · page 2

Perth was the only town in Great Britain which was completely free from accidents during 1935, despite the fact that the…

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Disastrous Balcony Accident. Sydney

The Western Herald · Friday 10 April 1936 · page 5

Thirty-five persons were injured when the front palcony of the Maequarrie View Motel, Dubbo, colapsed precipitating occupant so…

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Balcony Collapses. Thirty In Hospital. Shocking Accident at Dubbo

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 10 April 1936 · page 2

Between seventy and eighty people were thrown from a hotel balcony to the concrete footpath below when two sections of the balcony of the…

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Story Of Hard Luck. Chapter of Accidents

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 10 April 1936 · page 2

Mr. F. J. Offner, of "Mt Olive." Dubbo who is a brother of Mrs. T. McNamara and Mrs. A. Garrsey, of Narromine, was recently the victim…

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'Roo's Attack Man Seriously Injured

The Wellington Times · Thursday 16 April 1936 · page 12

The ferocity which can be displayed by an old-man kangaroo when at bay, was demonstrated in the Hillston district last week…

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Miner Injured Struck by Falling Stone Newcastle

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 16 April 1936 · page 1

Terrible injuries to back were suffered by Tony Solo (29), a brusher, at the Stockton Borehole Colliery, Newcastle, when he was struck by a heavy…

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Two Killed Rifle and Motor Accidents Mudgee

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 16 April 1936 · page 1

Mrs. Thomas Frederick Walker (39), of Gilgandra, was fatally injured when a motor lorry got out of control on a steep hill and capsized three times…

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Reporting Accidents

The Western Herald · Friday 17 April 1936 · page 2

In New York & new Bill says that a driver, of vehicle who injuries a dog must report the matter to the dog owners or to the…

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In Car Collision Hon. W. M. Hughes and Wife Slightly Injured Sydney

The Wellington Times · Monday 20 April 1936 · page 1

The Hon. W. M. Hughes, Minister for Health and Repatriation, was slightly injured in a head-on collision between two motor cars near…

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Recent 'Plane Fatality Inquest on Victims Sydney

The Wellington Times · Monday 20 April 1936 · page 1

An inquest was held at Picton concerning the deaths of the five victims of the crash of the W.A.S.P. Air Lines Ganet aeroplane in the…

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Bass Strait Tragedy Four Dead: Eight Injured: Family Swept Overboard

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 21 April 1936 · page 2

The varying depths of water at the Heads is shown in this map plotted from authoritative charts. Sonic experts say that this variation contributes to the vagaries of the sea at the entrance to the bay. When a huge wave smashed on the Bass Strait steamer, Nairana, in the…

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