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Riverina · Accidents

Accidents, 1933

887 stories in Riverina's papers · page 10 of 45

Level Crossing Smash Train Strikes Car Man Killed, Two Injured Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 25 February 1933 · page 1

One man was kilted and two men were injured in a level crossing smash at Penrith this evening. Septimus, Crawford, of Five Dock, was killed and…

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Mrs. Antonio Moreno Killed in Motor Accident Hollywood

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 25 February 1933 · page 2

Mrs. Moreno heiress to an oil fortune, who recently became estranged from her husband, Antonio Moreno, waft killed when her motor car fell…

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Cricketers Injured

Daily Advertiser · Monday 27 February 1933 · page 2

Two fieldsmen were injured yesterday while playing cricket at Wagga. A. Maiden, of Lockhart, while attempting to stop a hard shot from a…

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Local and General Street Accident

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 27 February 1933 · page 2

On Saturday Mr. Cleverdon, of Church Hil, was driving his car down Parker street, and a lad. Don Wilson, was riding a bike up the…

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Motor Accident Five Injured Car Over Embankment Inverell

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 28 February 1933 · page 1

Five persons were injured when a motor car fell 20 feet over an embankment and crashed into a gully on Cunningham's Hill last night. The car was…

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M'cabe to Enter Hospital Pataudi's Injured Finger Troublesome Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 28 February 1933 · page 2

After the fifth Test match, the allrounder, S. J. M'Cabe, will enter a private hospital to undergo an operation for the removal of his tonsils…

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Fatal Scaliding Accident Child the Victim

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 28 February 1933 · page 2

Late on Friday afternoon a scalding accident occurred which was attended with fatal results the same evening…

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Accident to Pioneer. MR. W. W. MATTHEWS

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Tuesday 28 February 1933 · page 2

We regret to report that Mr. Wm. Wesley Matthews, senr., farmer, of Lockhart, aged 81 years, had the misfortune to break his thigh on…

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Accident Near Kyeamba

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 28 February 1933 · page 2

Mrs. A. Post, of The Glen, Kyeamba, was returning home last night in a sulky when the horse shied at some road formation, and she was…

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Motor Fatality Husband and Wife Killed Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 2 March 1933 · page 1

Mrs. Keighely, of Newcastle (New South Wales) was killed instantly and her husband fatally injured, when the motor car in which they were driving…

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Trams Collide Driver Faints at Post Several Persons Injured Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 2 March 1933 · page 1

When E. Potter, the driver of a tram at North Sydney fainted this morning the tram rushed down an incline out of control, and crashed into…

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Street Accident

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 2 March 1933 · page 5

On Saturday, Mr. Cleverdon, of Church Hill, was driving his car down Parker-street, and a lad, Don Wilson, was riding, a bike up the…

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Grazier's Death Circular Raw Accident Peak Hill

Daily Advertiser · Friday 3 March 1933 · page 1

Mr. James Aubrey, a well known grazier was fatally injured last night when he was struck in the face by a piece of timber while he was working…

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Motor Traffic in Leeton Needs Tightening Up Accident on

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 3 March 1933 · page 1

Some of the motor and lorry driver in Leeton need bringing up with a round turn for their disregard of the traffic laws. Mr. Wal. Bafley…

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Tram Smash Four Persons Injured

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 4 March 1933 · page 12

There was a sensational tramway smash at the intersection of Pacific Highway and Miller street, North Sydney on Wednesday, after the…

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Larwood's Toe Injured MELBOURNE

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 4 March 1933 · page 16

An examination of Larwood's injured foot revealed a small bone in the toe splintered as a result of the terrific force he exerted upon it…

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Local and General Accidentally Shot

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 4 March 1933 · page 2

Archie Mott, 21, while shooting at Widgiewa, dropped his pea rifle, and it exploded, the bullet entering his groin and lodging in his abdomen,…

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Glider Accident Youth Seriously Injured Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Monday 6 March 1933 · page 2

When operating a new type of glider at Port Melbourne this afternoon, George Hawkins aged 18 years, of Camberwell, crashed from a height of…

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Young Man Drowned in Henty Dam Henty

Daily Advertiser · Monday 6 March 1933 · page 2

Leslie Schlenker, aged 24 years, son of Mr and Mrs. Arthur T. Schlenker, well-known residents of Ryan, was drowned in a dam on the property of…

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Boy Drowned in Lake Companions Unable to Help Ballina

Daily Advertiser · Monday 6 March 1933 · page 2

Noel Thomas Curtis, aged 7 years, was drowned in Lake Ainsworth. at Tintenbar, seven miles from Ballina, this morning. With two other boys,…

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