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Riverina · Accidents

Accidents, 1930

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Car Smash Occupant Seriously Injured Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 1 January 1930 · page 1

William W. M'Murtrie, aged 44 years, of Vaucluse, a well known boot manufacturer, was seriously injured when the car in which he was riding…

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Ambulance Waggon in Collision Four Fresh Casualties Many Narrow Escapes Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 1 January 1930 · page 7

Two ears and au ambulance waggon from Parramatta station which had been attending casualty on the roadside were involved in a collision on…

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Boy Fatally Shot Rifle Accidentally Discharged Companions' Long Walk For Aid GOULBURN

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 1 January 1930 · page 1

While climbing a cliff when on a rabbit shooting expedition in rough country a boy named Burnett was shot dead when his rifle, which he was…

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Fell Off Ferry Newcastle Drowning Newcastle

The Daily Express · Thursday 2 January 1930 · page 1

A youth named Sydney Nicholls fell from the Stockton ferry this afternoon and was drowned. The strong current swept Nicholls away…

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Melbourne Motor Accidents One Killed; 10 Injured Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 2 January 1930 · page 2

One man was killed and 10 persons were injured in motor accidents in the suburbs early this morning…

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Swan River Drowning One Dead, Two Missing Perth

The Daily Express · Thursday 2 January 1930 · page 1

Lloyd Harding, 11 years, was drowned and two other boys are believed to have lost their lives, when a boat, in which they were engaged…

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Two Killed Cars in Collision Melbourne

The Daily Express · Thursday 2 January 1930 · page 1

Two persons were killed when two cars collided at Prahran to-day. One of the victims was a seven-year-old girl…

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Boy Drowned Two Missing Boat Sapsizes Perth

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 2 January 1930 · page 2

[?]ya Harding, aged 11 yean, was drowned, and two other boys are believed to have lost their lives when a boat in which they were catching…

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Car and Truck Collide Man and Girl Fatally Injured Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 2 January 1930 · page 2

Owing to a motor car colliding with a motor truck in Chapel street, Prahran, J. O'Brien, aged 26 years, and Audrey Tasker, aged 7 years, were…

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Fire in Theatre 69 Children Dead; 37 INJURED Panic at Picture Show Appalling Scenes at Paisley London

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 2 January 1930 · page 2

Sixty-nine children are already dead and 37 others are in hospital as a result of a fire in a picture theatre at Paisley (Scotland). The cinema was crowded with children when smoke…

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Cinema Disaster 69 Children Perish, 37 Other Injured Trampled to Death or Suffocated by Fumes Tragedy Caused by Panic When a Film Took Fire London, December 31

The Daily Express · Thursday 2 January 1930 · page 1

Sixty-nine children lost their lives and 37 were injured in the worst cinema disaster in the history of Great Britain at the Glen Cinema, Paisley, six miles from Glasgow. The building, which is in the…

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[?] Injured Car Crashes Into Palms Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Friday 3 January 1930 · page 6

Alfred Stanbon [?] well known [?] jockey, received head injuries to-day when his motor. car crashed into a palm plantation at Ken[?]ton…

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Fatal Motor Accident Tumut Native Born the Victim Mr. "Bunny" Day Killed His Wife and Driver Injured at Exeter

Adelong and Tumut Express · Friday 3 January 1930 · page 1

A car containing Mr. and Mrs. Albert James ('Bunny') Day, Mr. Alf Potter and the driver, Mr. 'Alex Stewart, on the road from Sydney to…

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Thrown to Roadway Two Men Injured Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Friday 3 January 1930 · page 2

Norman stapleton and Arthur Aitken were travelling towards Wollongong in a motor car when it was struck by another car and they were…

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Another Train Smash Southern Express in Collision at Seymour Fortunately Slowing Down Entering Station Victoria's Fourth Smash During the Holiday Season Melbourne

The Daily Express · Friday 3 January 1930 · page 1

The limited division of the Sydney express came into collision with a pilot engine just outside Seymour station about 7.15 last evening. The…

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Cleaning a Gun Accidental Shooting

The Daily Express · Friday 3 January 1930 · page 4

A shooting accident occured at Mr. Jack Molloy's New Junction Hotel, Narandera, on Monday afternoon, as a result of which Jack Spencer, a…

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Concrete Tank Bursts Accident at Thuddungra

The Daily Express · Friday 3 January 1930 · page 4

Although he is in hospital with a broken ankle bone, and severe abrasions to the leg. Charles Day, farmer, of "Hampton Court,"…

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Car Overturns Two Men Injured Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 4 January 1930 · page 4

A single seater motor car overturned on the Prince's Highway yesterday. The occupants, Thomas Duckett, and a man named Lilley, a resident of…

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'Bus Falls 40 Feet Driver Injured Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 4 January 1930 · page 4

A bus driven by Alexander M'Intosh at Woy Woy to-day, crashed over an embankment and fell 40 feet There were no passengers in the bus at the…

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Detonator in Coal Engine Crew Injured Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 4 January 1930 · page 4

A detonator among coal is believed to have been responsible for an explosion which occurred on a train be tween Parip and Rainbow yesterday…

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