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Riverina · Accidents

Accidents, 1932

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Albury Road Tragedy Accidental Death "Element of Carelessness"

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 23 January 1932 · page 5

The Coroner(Mr. Hugh Oates) on Tuesday, at the Wagga Court House, held an inquest touching the death of Thelma Stella Nesbitt, who was…

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Fall on Tiled Floor Man Fatally Injured Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Monday 25 January 1932 · page 2

Walter Bowdier, aged 54 years, whose address is unknown, died shortly after admittance to hospital as a result of a fall on the tiled floor of a…

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Five Warders Injured Eighty-four Convicts London

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 26 January 1932 · page 2

The latest reports from Dartmoor indicate that only five warders were injured while 84 convicts were wounded or batoned. Twenty men are in…

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Pitched Battle at Dartmoor Prison Convicts Attack Warders Police and Special Constables Join Fray Many Convicts and Warders Injured Buildings Burnt Down LONDON

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 26 January 1932 · page 2

As the result of a violent outbreak in the Dartmoor prison at Princetown, following a fortnight's unrest, between 50 and 70 prisoners and a dozen warders are in the gaol hospital suffering from injuries. It is believed that…

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Inquest on Victim of Motor Accident

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 26 January 1932 · page 2

Yesterday the Albury District Coroner (Mr. C. W. Swiney, P.M.) held an inquest into the circumstances surrounding the death of Mr. Charles…

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Serious Gun Accident Mr. H. Boyer the Victim Arm Amputated at Elbow

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 26 January 1932 · page 2

Mr. Harry Boyer on Sunday, had the misfortune to meet with a serious gun accident, which resulted in the loss of his right arm. After…

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Man Drowned in Canal Griffith

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 27 January 1932 · page 2

John Haines, aged 50 years, was drowned in 3 canal at Griffith late last night. Haines was the father of Jack Haines, the well known boxer…

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Child Drowned in Morven Billabong Efforts at Rescue Fail Henty

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 27 January 1932 · page 2

Phillip Bruce Jewell, aged 3 years and 10 months, the yo[?]ges child of Mr. and Mrs. Sydney, Jewell. of Henty, was drowned while bathing in…

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Explosion at Rubber Works Man Killed; Several Injured Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 27 January 1932 · page 4

When the door of a tube curing va[?]blew out at the Dunlop-Perdria[?] rubber works at Montague last night several men were injured, while…

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Indian Terrorists Express Derailed Driver and Passenger Injured Calcutta

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 27 January 1932 · page 1

Terrorists are believed to have been responsible for sabotage on the East Indian railway when an express from Cal[?] a to Benares was…

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Coroner's Inquiry the Triple Drowning Fatality Wednneday, 27th JANUARY

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 29 January 1932 · page 2

The Coroner (Mr. J. S. Dickson) held an inquiry into the cause of the triple drowning fatality which occurred in the Murrumbidgee River on…

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Drowned in Canal

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 29 January 1932 · page 4

John Haines, aged 50 years, was drowned in a canal at Griffith late on Monday night. Haines was the father of Jack Haines, the…

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Items of News Man Injured at Bathing Beach

Daily Advertiser · Friday 29 January 1932 · page 2

Mr. E. Shoemark, of Yabtree-street, Wagga, sustained a fractured collarbone while bathing at the Wagga bathing beach yesterday afternoon…

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Clergyman Drowned in S.A. Caught in Undertow Daughter's Narrow Escape Adelaide

Daily Advertiser · Friday 29 January 1932 · page 6

The Rev. H. S. Jo[?] aged 56 years, of the Port Adelaide Congregational Church, and chairman of the South Australian Congregational Union, was…

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Nasty Accident MR. M. P. Loth Injured

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 30 January 1932 · page 19

As a result of a very nasty accident, Mr. M. P. Loth, Superintendent of the Wagga District Ambulance, was admitted to Lewisham…

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Henty Tragedy Young Boy Drowned

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 30 January 1932 · page 17

A sad accident occurred on Tuesday at the Billabong at Morven, near Culcairn, when Phillip Bruce Jewell, aged 3 years, son of Mr. and…

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Found Unconscious Woman Seriously Injured Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 30 January 1932 · page 1

At 3 o'clock this morning Mrs. Madge Harkness, aged 45 years, was found lying unconscious in her flat a Bexley suffering from a broken jaw…

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W. Wyalong Man Drowned

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 1 February 1932 · page 2

Last Monday evening Messrs: C. Fraser and J. Burrow's reported: to the West Wyalong police that, they had found articles of a man's…

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Junee Motor Mechanic Found Drowned in Dam Neck and Legs Weighted

Daily Advertiser · Monday 1 February 1932 · page 2

The body of Walter Cowled, aged about 52 years, motor mechanic, of Marquis-street, Junee, was found in Kerry's dam near Junee Reefs, about…

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Junee Motor Mechanic Found Drowned in Dam Neck and Legs Weighted JUNEE

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 1 February 1932 · page 1

The body of Walter Cowled, 52, motor mechanic, of Junee, was found in Kerry's dam, near Junee Reefs, about 8 o'clock last night. Around…

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