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Riverina · Accidents

Accidents, 1932

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Bridge Railway First Accident Inspector Injured Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 23 March 1932 · page 1

Edward Fitzallen, aged 50 years, a transport inspector, was found lying unconscious beside the railway line at the entrance to the Harbor bridge…

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One-eyed Men Injured by Explosion Bored Into Unfired Charge MURRUMBURRAH

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 23 March 1932 · page 1

George Watson, aged 30 years, married, and the father of three children, and G. Bevelin, also married, were severely injured while working on the…

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Car Accident At the Gap Bridge

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 23 March 1932 · page 7

Mr. R. G. Abbott, of Gethungra, and Mr. Buckley, his companion, had a miraculous escape from serious injury on Monday afternoon,…

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Three Injured Motor Cycle Hits Lorry Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Monday 28 March 1932 · page 1

Two women and a man were injured yesterday morning when a motor cycle and side-car, on which they were riding, crashed into the rear of a…

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Hit and Run Motorist Two Men Injured Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Monday 28 March 1932 · page 2

Two men were knocked down by hit-and-run motorists in Park Road, Moore Park, last night, David Welsh, aged 23 years, of Marrickville, is in hospital…

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Week-end Accidents Five Killed 100 Injured Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 29 March 1932 · page 1

Week-end accidents took a toll of five lives in New South Wales, while more than 100 persons were injured…

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Cruiser in Storm Mountainous Seas Seaman Drowned Auckland (N.z.)

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 29 March 1932 · page 1

The New Zealand cruiser [?], which was in Sydney in counsction with the opening of the Harbor bridge coremona[?] encountered such…

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Car and Cycle Collide Smash in Fitzmaurice Street Cyclist Injured

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 29 March 1932 · page 2

A sensational motor car and motor cycle collision occurred in Fitzmaurice street, Wagga, about 1 o'clock yesterday afternoon as the result of…

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Railway Fatality Verdict of Accidental Death Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 30 March 1932 · page 1

A verdict of accidental death was returned by the coroner to-day after an inquest into the death of William. Joseph Magner, aged 42 years, a [?]…

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Junee Man in Car Collision

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 30 March 1932 · page 2

Last Week, while Mr. L. Russell (manager of Mr. J. Trim's branch store at Junee) was motoring along Parramatta road, near Auburn, another…

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Sad Fatality

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Thursday 31 March 1932 · page 4

General regret was expressed when word was received in Hillston last Thursday that Samuel Edmund Thomas, aged 18 years, third son of the…

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Collision Near Currawong

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 1 April 1932 · page 2

A horse and sulky met in a head on collision with a motor car driven by Mr. W. C. H. Roberts, of Currawong at a dangerous corner near the [?]…

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Junee Man in Car Collision

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 1 April 1932 · page 7

Last week, while Mr. L. Russell (manager of Mr. J. Trim's branch store at Junee) was motoring along Parramatta road, near Auburn…

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Lorry Driver Killed Collision with Car Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Friday 1 April 1932 · page 2

As a result of a collision between a motor lorry which he was driving and a motor car at Penshurst to-night George Springfield, whose address is…

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Woman Injured Brawl at Alexandria Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Friday 1 April 1932 · page 1

During a brawl at Alexandria late last night, Mary Geusen, aged 30 years, received wounds in the face, two black eyes, and a probable…

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Narandera Sports Jim Ryan Injured in Cycle Race

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 1 April 1932 · page 2

The eleventh Annual Sports Carnival of Narandera Athletic Assn., was held under good weather conditions on Easter Saturday and…

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Aeroplane Accident Committee's Report Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Friday 1 April 1932 · page 2

The Minister for Defence (Senator Sir George Peare[?]) has received a report from the Air Accidents Investigation Committee regarding an…

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Yachts Sink Five Men Drowned

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 2 April 1932 · page 5

Twenty-two boats were capsized and 75 persons were thrown into the sea on Saturday afternoon at seaside resorts near Adelaide by a…

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'Plane Crash Two Officers Injured Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 2 April 1932 · page 2

Crashing into a canal as it was about to take off at Mascot aerodrome this afternoon, an Air Force Moth was badly smashed and two…

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'Plane Overturns at Mascot Two Men Injured Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Monday 4 April 1932 · page 1

Two members of the Royal Australian Air Force were slightly injured at Mascot aerodrome yesterday afternoon, when their machine struck a…

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