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Riverina · Accidents

Accidents, 1929

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Child Drowned Playing Near Waterhole NEWCASTLE

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 18 February 1929 · page 1

John Hery Mclean aged [?] of May held was drowned in a waterhole near the abattoirs. The child in company with others, was playing with a…

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Car Over Cliff Detective Fatally Injured Wipe Sustain Concussion Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Monday 18 February 1929 · page 5

Detective-Sergeant Edward Truskett, aged 53 years, and his wife, Marion Truskett, were seriously injured when a motor car left the roadway and fell…

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Sutcliffe Injured Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 19 February 1929 · page 3

It is improbable that Sutcliffe will, play during the remainder of the English tour. He is suffering from an injured shoulder, which was…

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Aerial Fatality Marulan Mishap Poor Visibility Blamed Goulburn

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 19 February 1929 · page 5

Giving evidence at the inquest into the death of Captain E. Cornish and D. K. Wryde, who were killed when their aeroplane crashed near Marulan…

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Gas Explosion Six Persons Injured Berlin

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 19 February 1929 · page 2

A large gasometer near the Northern railway station exploded to-day, and dislodedg[?]uge blocks from surrounding buildings, and sent debris a great…

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Motor Cycle Crash Spectators Injured Bathurst

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 19 February 1929 · page 1

Three spectators at the Bathurst speedway on Saturday night were injured when two motor cycles got out of control and dashed off the track…

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Storms in Queensland Fatality at Jericho Store Struck by Lightning Rockhampton (Q.)

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 19 February 1929 · page 5

During a heavy storm here yesterday several horses and cattle were struck dead by lightning. Many trees were damaged…

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Aeroplane Crash Accidental, Says Coroner Practising Stalling Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 19 February 1929 · page 4

A verdict of accidental death was returned by the City Coroner to-day at the conclusion of the inquest concerning the death of Horace Bennett…

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Albury Road Mishap Indian Farmer's Injuries Fatal Verdict of Accidental Death

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 19 February 1929 · page 6

An inquest into the death of Esser Singh, farmer, of Pullitop, who died as a result of injuries received in a motor accident on Saturday, was held…

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Drunken Motorists Accidents Increasing Determined Action to Be Taken Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 19 February 1929 · page 6

Referring, today to the large increase in motor accidents, the Premier, Mr. Bavin, said that the Government was determined to prevent people from…

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Windsor Fatality Damages Claimed From Defence Department Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 20 February 1929 · page 4
Also in Cootamundra Herald

The widow and children of the late Alfred Charles Smith, who was decapitated by an aeroplane o his farm at Windsor recently, have lodged a claim…

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Fatality Averted Drowning Boy Rescued Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 21 February 1929 · page 3

Edward Mainwaring, of Campbell town, was responsible for the rescue of Donald Watt, aged 14 years, a school boy, from the Parramatta River at…

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Workman Seriously Injured Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 23 February 1929 · page 6

Charles Alverton, of Eastwood, was severely burned and received internal injuries when a wall of a brick kiln at the Eastwood brickworks collapsed…

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Blasting Accident City Railway Worker Killed Two Others Badly Injured Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 23 February 1929 · page 5

One man was killed and two others were seriously injured when several tons of rock fell on them while blasting operations were being carried out…

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Motor Cyclist Killed Collision with Cattle Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 23 February 1929 · page 1

John M'Cross aged 20 years, was fatally injured early this morning when a motor cycle which he was riding at Lidcombe ran into a mob of…

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Blasting Accident Another Death Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 23 February 1929 · page 10

Laurence Turner one of the victims, of the blasting accident on the city railway works to-day, died an hour and a half after admittance to…

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Accidental Death

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 23 February 1929 · page 6

That death was due to accidental causes was the finding of the District Coroner, Mr. C. W. Swiney, at Albury yesterday when he conducted an…

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Collision in Fitzmaurice Street

Daily Advertiser · Monday 25 February 1929 · page 2

There are at least two motor car owners in Wagga who are lucky. It is not often that two cars can come into collision when travelling at about…

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Motor Cyclist Killed Collision with Car. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Monday 25 February 1929 · page 4

Bramwell Vince was killed when a motor cycle in which he was a passenger collided with a motor car at Hazelbrook, on the Blue Mountains,…

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