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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Accidents

Accidents, 1936

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Boy Scouts "Accidents and How to Deal With Them" Panic, Fire, Drowning, Runaway Horse, Mad Dog PANICS

The Wellington Times · Thursday 28 May 1936 · page 9

Every year numbers of lives are lost by panics, which very often are due to the smallest causes, and which might be stopped, if only one…

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Pat Oharas Death When the 'Plane Caught Fire Verdict of Accidental Death

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 28 May 1936 · page 1

At the inquest held on Tuesday at Cadagan Station into the death of the well-known planteraviator, [?]at O'Hara, the coroner…

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The 'Plane Crash Inquest at "Cadadgan" Accidental Death

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 28 May 1936 · page 3

A finding of accidental death was returned by the Deputy Coronor (Mr. A. B. Dundas) who, on Tuesday, held an inquest into the…

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Race Accident

The Western Herald · Friday 29 May 1936 · page 4

At the Nyngan races on Thursday, Martin Ryan (of Bourke) whilst riding The Champ in the last race, sustained an accident at…

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Tragic Accident Aeroplane Crashes. Mr. Pat O'hara Burnt to Death

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 29 May 1936 · page 2

A tragic plane accident occurred last Sunday morning, about 10 a.m. at "Pine View." the properly of Mr. P. Fisher, when a machine crashed…

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Gauge Burst Metal Worker Injured Sydney, Friday night

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 30 May 1936 · page 1

Andrew Holmes (27), a metal worker, met with a terrible accident to-day, when a pressure gauge burst directly in front of his face. The gauge…

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Motor Fatality One Man Killed Others Injured

The Wellington Times · Thursday 4 June 1936 · page 9

Skidding on the greasy Cargo road, while rounding a bend at the 15-miles peg, at 7.30 a.m. on Tuesday, a big lorry got out of control, and when it…

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Local Jottings Cars in Collision

The Wellington Times · Thursday 4 June 1936 · page 2

Two cars met in collision on Tuesday morning in front of the Western Stores and Edgleys Ltd., but luckily neither of the two drivers was…

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Peculiar Accident

The Wellington Times · Thursday 4 June 1936 · page 7

While "double-banking" home from school at Bellingen on a bicycle two sons of Mr. and Mrs. J. Kirkland were involved in an unusual…

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Factory Accident 80 Per Cent. Avoidable Sydney

The Wellington Times · Thursday 4 June 1936 · page 1

The Minister for Labour and Industry, Mr. Dunningham, says that it is the opinion of officers of his department, which is confirmed by…

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Sad Accident Baby Boy Badly Scalded Grafton

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 6 June 1936 · page 1

Pulling an ironing cloth from a table to-day, Neville Robinson, aged 15 months, dragged a benzine iron with it and, in a few seconds, was enveloped in…

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Altona Accident Waggon and Train Collide Melbourne, Friday night

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 6 June 1936 · page 1

Two railway passengers were injured, this afternoon, when a petrol waggon collided with a train at a level crossing at Altona…

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FOOTBALL Hard Game Several Injured

The Wellington Times · Thursday 11 June 1936 · page 5

Yeoval-Cumnock United played a team from Peak Hill on Sunday at the local ground and after a strenuous…

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Two Men Injured By Explosion Sydney

The Wellington Times · Thursday 11 June 1936 · page 1

George Thompson, quarryman, and Robert Towers, laborer, were seriously injured in an explosion at the…

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Head-On Collision. Trangie Road Accident. Lucky Escapes

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 12 June 1936 · page 2

An accident that could have resulted in much more serious consequences occurred on the Trangie road last Sunday night, when two…

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Railway Fatality. London

The Western Herald · Friday 12 June 1936 · page 5

A crowded workmens' train was passing over a new railway opened only two days ago at the foot of Vesuvius, when the last coach was9…

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1012 Police Car Accidents

The Western Herald · Friday 12 June 1936 · page 2

In 1935 vehicles driven by the London Metropolitan Police on patrol duties of all kinds were involved in 1012 accidents. This…

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R. W. M. Hughes Injured in Plane Smash Broken Collarbone Still Bright and Cheerful Won Admiration Brisbane

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 13 June 1936 · page 1

[?]ound from Sydney to Brisbane, the [?]ospar airliner, Captain Cook, came [?]rief in a paddock near Beaudesert, Thursday afternoon…

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CASUALTIES Show Accident

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 13 June 1936 · page 6

When he fell from a horse during one of the hunting events at the Nyngan Show, Shaw Brown, an employee of Moxham Bros., Mullengudgery,…

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Car Fatality Second in Family Crash on Narromine Road

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 16 June 1936 · page 1

About two years ago, a brother of Kay Jordan, the well-known Warren League footballer, was travelling by car to Warren to see Ray…

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