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Riverina · Accidents

Accidents, 1931

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Explosion on Submarine Stokers Sprayed with Boiling Water 12 Ratings Ratings Injured, London

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 5 February 1931 · page 1

The Admiralty announces that an explosion occurred in the crank case of the port main engine of Submarine II., caused by the temporary seizure of the…

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Boy Fatally Injured. Collision at Newtown Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Friday 6 February 1931 · page 1

When a motor cycle and bicycle collided at Newtown late last night the rider of the bicycle, Albert Clark, a boy, was fatally injured, and Arthur…

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Cricketer Injured

Daily Advertiser · Friday 6 February 1931 · page 3

William Miller, a member of the Retreat team, while playing cricket at Illabo on Sunday was struck in the eye with a ball and was admitted to…

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Seaplane Disaster Nine Killed; Three Injured LONDON

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 6 February 1931 · page 1

A Royal Air Force seaplane, attached to the Mountbatten Air Station crashed into Plymouth Sound. Nine of the occupants were killed, and…

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Seaplane Disaster Nine Killed; Three Injured Plymouth Sound Crash Men Trapped in Cabin London

Daily Advertiser · Friday 6 February 1931 · page 1

A Royal Air Force seaplane, attached to the Mountbatten Air Station crashed into Playmouth Sound. Nine of the occupants were killed and…

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Road Accidents Startling British Figures London

Daily Advertiser · Friday 6 February 1931 · page 5

The Secretary of State for Home Affairs (Mr. Clynes), in a written answer to a queston in the House of Commons, said that road accidents have…

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Terrible Calamity in New Zealand Disastrous Earthquake and Fire Hawkes Bay Towns Swept by Flames More Than 300 Killed and 1000 Injured Buildings Dynamited at Napier Hastings in Ruins Hospital Collapses and Nurses Perish House Tumbled Into Sea

Adelong and Tumut Express · Friday 6 February 1931 · page 5

Hawkes Bay Province, in New Zealand, has been the scene of an appalling disaster-- so terrible thai its extent can only be estimated…

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More Fires in Napier Injured Number Wellington

Daily Advertiser · Monday 9 February 1931 · page 2

Fixes again broke out among debris in Napier. Men from the warships and firemen fought the flames for hours before they were quelled…

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Boy Drowned in Dam at Merungle Hill

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 10 February 1931 · page 2

Frederick Walter Eason, the eight year old son of Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Eason, of Farm 1148, Merungle Hill, was drowned in a concrete dam on…

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Boy Injured Leg Amputated Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 10 February 1931 · page 3

Reginald Fitton, aged 16 years, was seriously injured when he fell from a tram at Randwick to-day. His leg was amputated later in hospital…

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Ex-Gundagai Resident Drowned. Double Tragedy in Bogan River

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 10 February 1931 · page 3

Word was received in Gundagai on Friday that Mrs. Rose Pines, 44, wife of Frederick Pines, onetime Rabbit Inspector of Gundagai…

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A Jugiong Accident Alf Keane's Fall W. C. Commission Makes Award

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 10 February 1931 · page 6

The Workers' Compensation Commission (his Honor Judge Perdriall, and Commissioners Routley and Halliday), on Wednesday last had before…

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Cliff Crumbles Man Falls 100 Feet Unusual Accident Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 10 February 1931 · page 1

William Ryan, a well known cross country rider, had an unenviable experience at Nepunga, near Warrnambool, yesterday. The edge of the cliff…

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Drowned in Surf Sequel to Party Canvasser Disappears Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 11 February 1931 · page 1

During a party held at Marroura Beach about 3.30 o'clock the morning Samuel Rosenthal, aged 38 years, a canvasser, waded part by clothed into…

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Shocking Tragedy in Madras Province Eight Killed; Three Injured CALCUTTA

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 11 February 1931 · page 3

A shocking tragedy occurred in Phettampatti in Madras province, when the inmates of the house of a magistrate were attacked in mysterious…

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Police Injured in Motor Car Collision Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 12 February 1931 · page 1

Four police constables were injured early this morning in a collision between a police car at another car at Brighton. One of the occupants of the…

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Motor Car Overturns Man Killed: Brother Injured Perth

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 12 February 1931 · page 2

Two brothers named Flay, well known farmers of the Yank district were returning home late last night when their motor car overturned…

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N.Z. Earthquake. Deaths Total, 212. 1950 Persons Injured LONDON

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 12 February 1931 · page 3

In a cable message to the Secretary of State for the Dominions (Mr. Thomas) the Governor-General of New Zealand (Lord Bledisloc) states that…

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Jockey Injured Accident at Kensington Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Friday 13 February 1931 · page 6

The well known pony jockey, G. Guinane, was seriously injured this morning at Kensington when the horse he was riding fell. He was taken…

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Ex-gundagai Resident Drowned Double Tragedy in Bogan River

Adelong and Tumut Express · Friday 13 February 1931 · page 6

Word was received in Gundagai on Friday of last week that Mrs Rose lines, 44, wife of Frederick Fines, one-time Rabbit Inspector of…

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