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Riverina · Accidents

Accidents, 1930

1,260 stories in Riverina's papers · page 9 of 63

Car and Cycle Collision

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 28 January 1930 · page 2

It was inadvertently stated in our issue yesterday that Mr. Charles Graham, was the driver of a motor car which collided with a motor cycle near…

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Albury Fatality Mr. Wadmore's Death

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 28 January 1930 · page 2

Widespread regret was expressed, in Albury at the death of Mr. W. J. Wadmore, aged 32 years, accountant, of the Albury branch of the…

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Nearly Drowned Excitement at Cootamundra Stock Dam

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 28 January 1930 · page 1

Alien B. McDonell, aged 10, son, of Mr. and Mrs. William Mc Donell of Queen Street, Cootamundra, had a narrow escape from losing his life…

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Young Immigrant Drowned in Main Canal Near Murrami Shot Bird and Went in After It

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 28 January 1930 · page 2

A sad drowning fatality occurred in the main canal in the Murrami district, about 17 miles from Leeton on Thursday evening last, when a…

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Motor Accident Bride and Bridegroom Uninjured Young

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 28 January 1930 · page 1

A SERIOUS motor accident, in which 11 persons were involved, occurred on the Marengo road, eight miles from Young, on…

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Motor Cycle Accident Number Plate Embedded in Tree

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 28 January 1930 · page 2

While riding his motor cycle down Palm Avenue on Friday evening last, Jack Wiggins lost control of the machine when it swerved off the…

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Hit by Ambulance Fatality at Newcastle Newcastle

The Daily Express · Wednesday 29 January 1930 · page 1

William carpenter, [?] of M[?]rewether, was fatally injured when he was struck by an ambulance waggon on Saturday night. some hours after…

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Struck by Ambulance Waggon Man Fatally Injured Newcastle

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 29 January 1930 · page 2

William Carpenter, aged 35 years, of Morewether, was fatally injured when he was struck by an ambulance waggon on Saturday night…

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Mountain Train Crash Driver and Fireman Killed, Porter Injured Three Men Pinned-under Overturned Engine Points Wide Open Against Heavily Loaded Excursion Train Sydney

The Daily Express · Wednesday 29 January 1930 · page 1

Two men were killed, and one was critically injured in last night's derailment on the Blue Mountains railway, near Warrimoo. Two…

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Traffic Accidents

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 29 January 1930 · page 6

There were over 2000 more motor accidents in New South Wales in 1929 than during the previous year. In the metropolitan area the deaths from…

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Lithcow Drowning Lithcow

The Daily Express · Thursday 30 January 1930 · page 2

Kenneth Walsh, 15 was drowned while swimming in piper's Flat dam to-day…

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Lithgow Drowning Lithgow

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 30 January 1930 · page 1

Kenneth Walsh, 15, was drowned while swimming in, Piper's Flat dam yesterday…

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Boy Drowned in Dam Lithgow

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 30 January 1930 · page 2

Kenneth Walsh, aged 15 years, was drowned to-day while swimming in Piper's Dam…

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Surf Tragedy Man Drowned Rescuing Girl Sydney

The Daily Express · Thursday 30 January 1930 · page 1

A man was drowned in endeavoring to rescue a girl, who was carried cut a Tamarama Bay, near Bondi his afternoon. So far he has not been…

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Youth Drowned Plucky Boys Beaten by Undertow Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 30 January 1930 · page 2
Also in Cootamundra Herald

William Palmer, aged 18 years, a railway clerk, of Drummoyne, who was relieving at Bolli station, was drowned while surfing at Woonoona…

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Surf Tragedies Young Man Drowned Attempt to Rescue Girl SYDNEY

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 30 January 1930 · page 1

GEOFFREY HYMAN, 24, of Bondison of a well-known officer of the Returned Soldiers' League, was drowned in trying to rescue a girl…

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Bondi Surf Tragedy Young Man Drowned Attempt to Rescue Girl Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 30 January 1930 · page 2

Geoffrey Hyman, aged 24 years, of Bondi, a son of Mr. Hyman, a wellknown officer of the Returned Soldiers League, was drowned in trying to…

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Old Orange Resident Killed in Car Accident Orange

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 30 January 1930 · page 6

Fredwick Ackland, one of the oldest [?] of the district, was killed to-day when a motor car overturned between Lucknow and Orange…

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Drowning Fatality Young Micalong Girl Found in sft. Hin of Water

Adelong and Tumut Express · Friday 31 January 1930 · page 5

The news came to Tumut Wednesday morning that a drowning fatality had occurred at Micalong It appears that a young girl Miss…

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