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Riverina · Accidents

Accidents, 1933

887 stories in Riverina's papers · page 11 of 45

"Little Brother" Shot Fatal Accident at Coolac COOLAC

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 6 March 1933 · page 1

Herbert McBride, 20 an Immigrant under the "Little Brother" Movement, working for the Harpleya, Coolac was out with a gun on Friday afternoon,…

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Accidentally Shot Dying Depositions taken SYDNEY

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 6 March 1933 · page 1

Constable C. Walsh, of the Waratah police, was accidentally shot in the heart last night while, in a motor car near Neath. He said he was…

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Week-end Accidents

Daily Advertiser · Monday 6 March 1933 · page 2

K. Kenneally, of Docker street, Wagga, while batting in the match on the Wagga Cricket Ground on Saturday afternoon for South Wagga…

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Child Drowned

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 7 March 1933 · page 4

Martin, the four year old son of Mr. and Mrs. W. Pascoe, of Henty was drowned on Wednesday evening while playing near the stock route…

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Steamer Passenger Injured Peculiar Accident Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 7 March 1933 · page 4

While inter-State liner Canberra was passing under the Harbor bridge last night a woman passenger was struck hy a large piece of…

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Unusual Accident

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 7 March 1933 · page 2

While riding a bicycle from Narandera to The Rock, George Craze, of Henty. sustained injuries in a peculiar manner. In company with his brother…

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Items of News Pea Rifle Accident

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 7 March 1933 · page 2

A. Mott, aged 21 years, while shooting at Widgiewa, dropped the pea rifle he was carrying. The rifle was discharged, the bullet entering Mott's…

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Revolver Accident Policeman Shot Newcastle

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 7 March 1933 · page 4

While travelling in a motor car near Neath last night, Constable C. Walsh, of the Waratah polity station, was hot above the heart. Mystery…

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Jockey Injured Sydney

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 8 March 1933 · page 4

Edward McMenamin, 28, jockey, received a fractured collarbone and concussion when thrown from his mount at Randwick racecourse this…

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Pea Rifle Accident

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 8 March 1933 · page 2

A Mott, 21, while shooting at Widgiewa, dropped the pea refle, which discharged, the bullet entering his groin and lodging in the abdomen…

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Cyclist's Fatal Collision with Motor Car Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 9 March 1933 · page 7

While riding a bicycle along the Princess Highway at Blakehurst early this evening Leslie Cecil Webb, aged 58 years, of Penshurst, came into a…

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Boy Injured Battered with Spanner Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 9 March 1933 · page 1

Believed to have been the victim of a homicidal maniac, Albert Rowe, aged 12 years, of Red Cliffs, is now in hospital suffering from severe head…

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Ambulance Waggon Collision with Bus Driver's Remarkable Escape Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 9 March 1933 · page 3

An ambulance waggon belonging to the Canterbury Bankstown district brigade, was involved in a sensational collision with a big motor bus at…

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Schooling Accident Horse Fails at Randwick Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 9 March 1933 · page 7

Ted M'Menamin, the well-known cross-country rider, who recently won hurdle races on Spider King and Kirna, received a broken collar bone…

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Child Badly Injured

Daily Advertiser · Friday 10 March 1933 · page 2

A shocking accident before June Stoessel, aged 9 years, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. O. Stoessel, of Uranquinty, yesterday afternoon. With her…

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Local and General Son of Illabo Postmaster Seriously Injured

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 10 March 1933 · page 2

Mr. S. G. Hawkins, postmaster at Illabo, received word on Sunday night of a very serious accident that had that afternoon befallen his…

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Boy Seriously Injured Fall Into Tub of Boiling Soap Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Friday 10 March 1933 · page 2

Albert Riley, aged 16 years, of Auburn, received severe burns to the body and limba when he slipped and fell into a large rub of boiling soap…

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Former Settler Meets with Fatal Accident

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 10 March 1933 · page 2

While riding a bicycle along the Princess Highway at Blakehurst early on Wednesday evening, Leslie Council Webb, aged 58 years, of Penshurst…

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Constable Walsh Meets with Serious Gun Accident

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 10 March 1933 · page 2

Constable C. Walsh, one time a member of the Leeton police force and now attached, to Waratah (New castle) station, met with a serious…

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Drowned In Henty Dam

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 11 March 1933 · page 10

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

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