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Riverina · Accidents

Accidents, 1930

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Realistic Movies Film Stunt Flights End in Tragedy Two Planes in Collision Dive Into the Sea Fox Films Director One of Five Who Perished San Monica, Californa, Jan. 3

The Daily Express · Saturday 4 January 1930 · page 1

Two commercial cabin airplanes, each believed to be carrying five persons, collided three miles off the shore, and plunged into the sea. It is considered probable that all were killed…

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Level Crossing Accidents Two Children Killed Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 4 January 1930 · page 6

Level crossing accidents were responsible for the deaths of two children in New South Wales to-day, one at Como, near Sydney, and the other near…

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Accident to Wagga Motorists

The Daily Express · Saturday 4 January 1930 · page 2

On Wednesday evening two Wagga men, named Naughton and O'Connor went over a culvert at Nargoon, near Gundagi. The car was badly…

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Head-on Collision Three Persons Injured SYDNEY

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 6 January 1930 · page 1
Also in Daily Advertiser

Three persons were admitted to hospital as the result of an accident which occurred in Tennyson road, Ryde, late last night, when two motor…

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Drowned in Sea Deadly Undertow. Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Monday 6 January 1930 · page 2

Richard Thomas Grant, aged 16 years, of Abbotaford, was drowned while bathing with his father and sister at Carrum They were all taken…

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Cabs Collide Woman Injured Lithgow

Daily Advertiser · Monday 6 January 1930 · page 6

Two passengers in a motor car had a remarkable escape from serious injury when their motor car and a large Kaloomba tourist car, carrying eight…

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Trams Collide Girl's Nose Broken Other Persons Injured Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Monday 6 January 1930 · page 6

Several persons were injured, but only one seriously, which two trains collided at White Bay Junction, White Bay, to-night. Ettie Heath, aged 18…

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Forbes Car Smash Child Killed, Seven Persons Injured FORBES,Sunday

The Daily Express · Monday 6 January 1930 · page 1

John Allan Ap[?]leby,aged four months, of Newtown, was killed and seven persons injured when a motor car overtuned on orange Road…

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Earthquake at Deception Island One Man Killed, Three Injured London, Jan. 4

The Daily Express · Monday 6 January 1930 · page 1

(Copyright.—From Sir Hubert W[?]kins at Deception Island on January 3 "An earthquake swept Deception island to-day, making huge holes…

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Petrol Explosion in Railway Yard Three Children Killed, Six Injured London, Jan. 3

The Daily Express · Monday 6 January 1930 · page 1

A tragedy costing the lives of three children and serious injuries to six Others occurred as the result of the explosion of a petrol drum a…

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Injured by Jack

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 7 January 1930 · page 4

A man named Noack was cutting timber on the Uranquinty reserve yesterday morning when the jack he was using suddenly flew from position. The…

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Apparently Drowned Resuscitative Measures Simple Methods

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 7 January 1930 · page 6

The delight of bathing on summer days in the cool waters of sea, river, I creek, lake, or waterhole, cannot be gainsaid. Swimming is a splendid…

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Items Oe News Woman's Finger Injured

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 7 January 1930 · page 4

Mrs. Dulla. who lives in Edword street, had her finger badly lacerated while using un axe yesterday afternoon. She wag taken to a doctor By the…

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Crashed Into Culvert Boy Killed; Sister Injured Goulburn

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 7 January 1930 · page 4
Also in Cootamundra Herald

Harold Dyring, aged 12 yeare, was killed, and his sister Betty, aged 4 years, was seriously injured, when a car driven by his father, crashed into…

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Accident at Iceworks

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Tuesday 7 January 1930 · page 5

Mr. P. T. Rogers, merchant, Lockhart, much to the regret of his friends, had his Christmas holidays spoiled by an unfortunate accident…

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Motor Car Accidents Week-end Toll Eight Deaths in Two States

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 7 January 1930 · page 4

[?] During Hie week-end, motor car accidents were responsible for five deaths in [?]Victoria and three in New South…

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Fatal Accidents Near Yarra GOULBURN

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 7 January 1930 · page 1

A fatal car accident occurred about 1½ miles on the south side of Yarra railway station yesterday, involving the deaths of Harold Dyring, aged 12,…

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Minor Accidents

The Daily Express · Tuesday 7 January 1930 · page 2

The Wagga Ambulance was called upon yesterday to attend two minor accidents. Mrs. Dalla, of Edward Street, cut her finger with an axe…

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