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Accidents, 1931

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Knocked Down by Car Woman Fatally Injured Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 13 January 1931 · page 3

While crossing Bellevue road late last night, Mrs. Mary Shepherd, aged 60 years, of Waverley, was knocked down by a motor car and severely…

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Level Crossing Accident Woman Killed Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 14 January 1931 · page 1

A woman, who has not yet been identified, was killed this morning when a motor car in which she was travelling crashed into an electric…

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River Accidents

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 14 January 1931 · page 2

The sudden advent of warm weather during the last few days has resulted in big crowds flocking to the Wagga beach to enjoy a plunge in the cool…

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Accidentally Shot Young

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 14 January 1931 · page 1

Milton Yorbury, 24, residing with his uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. F. Yerbury, near Milvale, was the victim of a shooting accident on Sunday night,…

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Fatality at Walla Walla Man Falls Prom Load of Hay

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 15 January 1931 · page 2

Mr. Edward Lechmere, aged about 30 years, a contractor, of Walla Walla, was killed almost instantly when he chipped from a waggon load of hay…

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American Monoplane Missing Off Azores Occupants Believed to Be Drowned New York

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 15 January 1931 · page 1

It is believed that the monoplane Trade Winds, which was flying to Europe from America, fell into the sea off the Azores. A wireless…

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Petrol Explosion Youth Fatally Injured Struck Match in Store Room Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 15 January 1931 · page 4

James Buckley, aged 17 years, the son of Mr. F. J. Buckley, a storekeeper at Cremer, about 50 miles from Werris Creek, was fatally burned last…

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Indian Outrage Woman Killed, Children Injured Attack On Officer's Family Sikh's Vow to Kill British Calcutta

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 15 January 1931 · page 2

A brutal outrage occurred at the military residential quarters at Lahore yesterday, resulting in the death of Mrs. Curtis, wife of Captain Curtis…

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Accidents

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Thursday 15 January 1931 · page 4

The popular Fred. Fitzgerald is at present suffering pain caused by the loss of a finder nail. An elusive turkey was the medium of the accident…

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Jockey Injured Exercising at Ascot Skull Fractured Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Friday 16 January 1931 · page 6

Falling from a horse while exercising at Ascot this morning Raymond Phillips, aged 22 yeas, a jockey, received a fractured skull and shock. He…

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Motor Car Accidents 32,500 Deaths in America Chicago

Daily Advertiser · Friday 16 January 1931 · page 1

The deaths caused by motor cars in 32 States at the United States on 1930 is equivalent to the wiping out of a small city. The total number of…

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Motor Accident Woman Killed Search for Husband Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Friday 16 January 1931 · page 1

The Police in Victoria and New South Wales are searching for John Lee who disappeared when his wife was killed in a collision between an…

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Cross-Country Rider injured

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 17 January 1931 · page 21

The jockey, R. Inkson, who was injured when The Ringer, the horse be was riding in the Lady Bay Hurdle Race, fell was taken to…

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Drowned in Rapids. Sst. John's (New Foundland)

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 17 January 1931 · page 10

One youth and six girls, aged panging from 11 to 25 were drowned in rapids on Explants Rives when a sled broke through the ice. Their…

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Sledging Disaster Seven Drowned St. John's (Newfoundland)

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 17 January 1931 · page 1

One youth and six girls, whose ages range from 11 years to 25 years, were drowned on Wednesday night in the Exploits River. The party was in a…

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Man Injured Car Over Embankment Murwillumbah

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 17 January 1931 · page 1

William Boswell Locke was seriously injured last night when his motor car fell over an embankment. The car overturned before crashing to the…

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'Plane Crashes Occupants Injured Machine Destroyed Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 17 January 1931 · page 4

Flight-Lieutenant Charlesworth and Cadet Johnson, of the Royal Australian Air Force were slightly injured when a Wapiti 'plane crashed into a…

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Narrow Escape From Drowning

Daily Advertiser · Monday 19 January 1931 · page 2

On Friday evening Miss Dulcie Jobbins, of l15 Tarcutta-street, Wagga, got into difficulties while swimming in the Murrumbidgee River at the back of…

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Kicked by Horse Man Seriously Injured

Daily Advertiser · Monday 19 January 1931 · page 2

Mr. Michael Thynne, aged 32 years, of Albury road, Wagga, suffered severe injuries when he was kicked on the jaw by a horse on Saturday evening…

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Kicked by Horse Main Seriously Injured WAGGA

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 19 January 1931 · page 1

Mr. Michael Thynne, 32, of Albury road, suffered severe injuries when he was kicked on the jaw by a horse on Saturday evening, at his home…

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